I have no location pins near me, and if I go to Disney and see a pin they are crap broken. So in order for me to get variety I have a lot of pins in my home. I know 8-10 people who have collections, but they are all 30+ minutes drive and it's not easy to get together so to me having a large collection is nice.

I can have a pin that I don't play for 1-2 months because I am playing a new pin I got, but that doesn't mean I want to sell the pin, I like to have it and I will get around to playing my pins just don't play every pin I own every day.

I would have more than 10 if I could.

On a side note, I got a vacation house and moved 1 pin there PotC which I don't play as much at my main home because I had it for 10 years. But since I am only at the vacation house like 6-8 times a year it gets played when I'm there probably just was much as if it was in my main collection.

I have one currently and looks like it will be none by the weekend. Sale pending. I'm still in if you count a 1930s pre-war game or a Pitch and Bat. Then I guess I have two.

That is like asking " do you have just one girlfriend and are satisfied with that?"

No. Need more

There is something about a row of pins. Not sure if that is nostalgia, feng shui, or what. Having just one pin means it gets play a lot and only one person can play at a time. When something breaks or needs attention then you have no pinball to play. Just doesn't work well.

I have 4 but really only play TWD

LOL

I started w 1...but currently have 3..AH AH AH AH

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I only have one working pin but that doesn't make it right

I'm getting back into the hobby after a 10 year hiatus of no pins, used to be a regular in rec.games.pinball, back with LTG, Clay, Ray J. and others. This was back pre-Stern days, when the biggest controversy was Ken's Mirrored Balls..... For the longest time back then I had my 5 in the downstairs den, with one or two projects to restore in the garage. That number was sometimes much higher or lower depending on the bargains I found back then, as I was using restoring and selling them as a way to afford the hobby. Nowadays with pin prices 5 to 10 times higher compared to what used to buy them for 10-15 years ago I have to be much more selective and save longer. I have a MMr ordered thru a distributor and it will be my only pin for the next year or so. I do plan on playing in a pinball league to help with the variety issue. Plan on working my way up to 3 machines in several years, but with kids in college it will have to be a slow buildup. The days of buying a $500-800 WMS/Bally WPC pin off route, refurbishing it and selling them for $1500-2000 to buy the next 2 pins are over unfortunately.

Depends how much you play, or how long you keep them. If its just a once a month head down and have a few games the sure one pin can do you. Or if you play it every day, youll probably get bored of the game after a few months and want to swap it out.

Your definately asking the wrong crowd though, lol

Confession time: I only have one. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to have a few more pins, but based on my wife's reaction when I bought the TAF, I'm pretty sure she would veto a second one. Don't you guys have wives? What do you say to them?

When my wife and I bought our house, we had a deal. I got one room to do whatever I wanted and she got to decorate the rest of the house.

I've chosen to fill my room with pinball machines.

I Have only one game. Theater. I am very much of the less is more category on games. I truly love this hobby. I want a couple more, though one is not enough.

I had up to 4 games at one point, and I've found that 1-2 suits my space and desire for now.

I used to think I would get a game and keep it forever if I liked it. Now I'm more content to have 1 or 2 machines and enjoy them thoroughly, rotating them out every once in a while.

I'm also not personally interested in the reusable cab concept (P3, Heighway). That's not to say I won't like their individual games (Alien, etc..), but I don't really care about swapping games in a cab.

You HAVE to have more than one. What do you play when you are working on the others?

I got an STLE as my first pin. I got a second and third (IMVE came out and found a nice LOTR) because I was afraid if I only had 1 machine I would get burned out on that pin. I liked STLE too much to risk getting tired of it. I play all of them all the time still. Now my problem is I'm out of room and I cant pick a machine to go...

Currently at 2 pins, but for awhile GOT PRO was my only pin. It's a great single pin with so many strategies, speed, and adrenaline. Have had it for 1 1/2 years. I used to have 5 pins but had to sell them off to pay medical bills. Building my way back up (at a snails pace), but No way could I live with just one.

I am a total newbie to home pinball collecting, and AFMr will be my first pinball machine and my only pinball machine for a long while unfortunately.

Pinball appetite is insatiable. Stop kidding your self and those in your life. The first step in addition is to admit. The sooner you realize this, the better off the people around you will be. When you realize this you'll stop with the "if I had just one more..." or " I'll be happy now that I have XYZ"

I have been to some people's homes who have over 50 really nice pins and they can't wait for the next purchase. They want more.

I have one pin. I change it every 3 months.

I am in the process of moving 50 of my pins to another location, right now 1 pinball ownership is a tempting thought

SPFXTed. Otherwise, nope. Nobody else.

I remember when I only had one but that one somehow grew to 90 and now whittled down to 70.
Used to have a wife too, the pins ended up being a whole lot more fun in the end.

Been collecting for 13 years I started at 2 pins then gradually up to 5 pins for the first 8 years. I sold 4 and added 9 in the last 5 years for total of 10.

Looking for something new like TA to be next.

I've got a foosball table I'm looking to get rid of... haven't told the wife why... but I miss having an EM and am thinking about sneaking one into the trailer when I'm in Allentown!

-Rob
-visit http://www.kahr.us to get my daughterboard that helps fix WPC pinball resets or for my Pinball 2000 H+V video sync combiner kit

The last time I only had one machine - 1984.

I started with one about a year and a half ago. I personally get bored playing the same one over and over.

my second machine was a virtual pin (I bought it from virtuapin.com). It's obviously never going to compete with real pinball, but I like it mainly because you can try out and learn the rule sets and strategies to other games. makes it a lot easier then watching or reading a tutorial. The physics aren't half bad on visual pinball. the only thing that kinda sucks is the analog nudging. If that aspect somehow improved it would be soooo much better.

My every machine is the last ONE

One machine is still more than acceptable to some people. This local location has stood stalwart for over 35 years.

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My plan was to only buy one for my game room.
That plan didn't last long and I added 25 more.

I told myself I would be satisfied with 1, as countless others have. Then I'd be satisfied with 2, then 3, then 4. I now have 5 and have to be satisfied because I am in a 1 bedroom apartment and can't fit any more!

I was happy with one but then I discovered Pinside and it was beat into me that one is not enough.

If you really like pinball then one cannot possibly be enough.

But if you're furnishing a nice family room and just want one pinball machine to be a novelty that will set your family room apart from most others, then that one game will be just fine...unless you get hooked on playing it and start looking for more information on other pinball games and wind up hanging out here on Pinside.

My wife and I put down the deposit for our second NIB pin before we even got the first one. We have space limitations so we can't really fit more than two in the house at any given time so that's saving us from picking up any of the other great looking tables on the way.

I find 6 is a very nice number. That said, I'm getting #7 this weekend and will be back up to 8 in a few weeks (my previous max). I think I could live with 4 but have the space and can spend the cash, so why not?

As far as what to tell the wife...my general line is that all my pins are liquid assets and if we ever really NEEDED the money, I could sell them pretty quickly. Very true statement. So, really, you're not really SPENDING any money when you buy a pin. Heck, savings rates are less than 1% Though not an investment, at least I'm getting more than 1% return in the way of FUN! She seems to buy my logic.

Hope that helps.

kind of like shopping when hungry. careful.

Games are so varied and different from one another and there are decades worth of pins to choose from, so just one won't really cover all your bases.

I wish I had space for 100 or more. Maybe someday I can open a pin museum....

No, not just one. I'm not even sure you could live with 2. I am hoping to get away with 3 I really like and be happy with that b_vest get your wife into playing the game and having fun and building her skills. Then you can get the green light for another.

it will never happen. It's like having a nintendo and only 1 cartridge. it's going to get old regardless how awesome the game is. It's not like a car, where you get the same use out of it .

I wish I could have 100+ pins too.
The main problem I see for myself with having too many pins is that it would go from being a fun hobby to a job, and I already have one of those.

I had 1 pin for about 8 years.... finally got my second one a little over a year ago.

im down to 11 now and freaking out, used to having more!

I have 1 currently, with an AFMLE on order. I had 10, but realized I couldn't afford that many at once, so building my collection slowly this time.

I didn't realise you can buy them in ones.

I've sold pins to people that keep just the 1 game. People that only have 1 do not know about pinside, nor do they care. Thus, they will not be commenting on this thread.
In case you're wondering the singles are: Gottlieb - Sure Shot, Bally - Bobby Orr Power Play, Stern - Meteor
Soon will be 2 more singles: Stern - Cheetah and EBD

I bought my first pin and was satisfied, that lasted for 22 days.

Looks lonely...

1 pin from 2007 - 2013. 6 years.
Now own 8. Wish I had owned more than 1 when my kids were younger. Many of my current pins were added after my oldest 2 kids left home. Should have added more sooner. That's my only regret.

Had one as a kid for 19 years. Played it alot sold the system 1 for a system 8o in the mean time got old enough to get a job and now have more and always looking for another.