Muskoka, ON
When I buy a pin that I previously sold, then it's a keeper . . .
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Stern Electronics, 1980
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Quoted from ff6735:ACDC is my #1 at this point to. Last to leave.
WHAT??? What happened to IJ? That was a short honeymoon! 
Yeah, never say never. So I'll say: I plan to always have a TSPP in my collection. 
For me it's MM. Was my grail pin, wouldn't have been able to buy it without a loan from my fiancé at the time and it was at our wedding reception. WAY too much sentimental value for me to ever get rid of it!
DB062511-00676.jpgWould never sell my KISS. It's a game I dreamed of owning since I can recall seeing it at a bowling alley while, at my 5th birthday party. 33 years later I got one, the soon discovered that I loved playing pinball and bought 5 more machines in the next year.
Redo that taxi and sell it back to me!!
I've been refining my collection to a group of keepers around 25 in total for the past couple of years.
Recently, I've had the thought of downsizing, and what that might look like.
I think I could easily get to 10.
Getting to 5 wouldn't be as easy - but I think I could do it.
The *one* that I just wouldn't sell? Quite impossible to pick. Unless it happens, I have no idea.
For me it's Whirlwind. It's the one I go back to most frequently, perfect amount of stop and flow, fun music with cheese-tastic call-outs, great unlicensed theme, entertaining toys, appropriate amount of randomness, elegant and understandable ruleset, plus it's a tank that rarely breaks. It was my first purchase and it'll be the last to leave if there's ever a need for liquidation.
Long live Whirly,
Ryan Claytor
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Quoted from conester:it was at our wedding reception
Wow. 
Cool of your wife. 
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My restored Black Knight.
It got me hooked on pinball when they were new and was the first thing I bought when I started collecting.
many have came and went. since 3 is the max. the fireball home model my parents bought is never leaving no matter how crappy they were. Dr Dude my first venture in commerical pins will never leave. Just added a Nascar that will never go anywhere. I may take the fireball home model down and store under the others but will never sell it.
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Quoted from freezie:The only way my BSD would leave , would be if I was buying a hep one to replace it .
werd...
Quoted from tamoore:I've been refining my collection to a group of keepers around 25 in total for the past couple of years.
LOL... Wrong thread Mr. Moore! Try "do you have 25 pins you would never sell or trade?"
From here on out all the pins I have now and all the pins I plan to acquire in the future, will be willed to whom I want when I'm gone. BUT.....they have to have a picture of me on the back-glass to look at while they are playing
Melbourne
Quoted from pinmanguy:Probably my whirlwind.
Preach! 
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Quoted from pinmanguy:Probably my Whirlwind.
Quoted from RyanClaytor:Preach!
Brothers of the Cellar. We should start a cult.
Also my Scared Stiff (when I finally land a nice one).
Quoted from TunaSled:Brothers of the Cellar.
*LOL* Love it! ...I might need to make another shirt. 
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Quoted from RyanClaytor:*LOL* Love it! ...I might need to make another shirt.
Please do!!
I think I wouldn't let something go if it was in incredible condition and could never really be replaced. My WPT and JD are about as nice as they come but they would still go on the block if I was made a nice offer. I don't think either one is hard to find in nice shape for not a lot. The only games that were very very nice that I have played that I would never trade if I got ahold of them were Taxi, Adams Family, and a Whitewater at the HAAG expo in Houston. I think the same guy brought all three of those. It is hard to justify paying for mint condition when nice is 60% the price but god some machines shine when mint.
XM. Has just the right balance of fun, difficulty, and visuals. When I didn't have it for several months I felt like I had a gaping hole in in my collection, so I'm not certain any amount of money would compensate for that.
Quoted from embryonjohn:Call me crazy, but for me it'd be my 1977 Gottlieb Big Hit.
Okay, you're crazy.
Still waiting for someone to answer:
My (fill-in-the-blank) pin isn't going anywhere. Nobody else wants it.
Quoted from gaspumprob:Skypilot said:
My 3rd restoration. Love my attack!AFM.fin 033.jpg (Click image to enlarge)
I am glad I ordered black for my MMr after seeing your AFM.
Thaaat's pretty-much the business. Nice work, Skypilot.
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