Tell me how it works out. I haven't gotten close but have thought about it.

I can get by with a slim collection because I live an hr from www.CPpinball.com & go there damn near every open weekend.

Plus I'm going to buy 2 more machines

5 real games + 1 Hyperpin + CP's 75+ games = happy PW79

Most I've had is 6 at once, now have 2, soon to be 3. I am still alive!

Me too. Problem is, once you go there...a pretty big hill to climb back up nowadays.

It Not. But If you have the means. Your wife does not hound you 24/7 sell these dam pinball it is a waste of money. And you can fit more pinballs in your home than keep them coming. I sold 5 pinball all 'A' list. back in 2004 and I have bought all of them back for twice the price. But If you do down size a guess you can do what most people do "except me" and just keep flipping the pinballs. Good Luck do what is best for family. But try to keep as many as you can.

Back in 2007, I downsized from 26 Machines to zero machines. Initially my downsizing started in an attempt to raise funds for my Dad's heart and artery surgery. Then it simply became a way to survive the real estate collapse of 2007.

The list included many top tier Williams/Bally DMDs including Medieval Madness, Attack From Mars, Monster Bash, HEP Cactus Canyon, Sample Cirqus Voltaire, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Theatre of Magic and a few others. I also had Sterns like LoTR, TSPP, Sopranos, PoTC, World Poker Tour and Spider-Man.

I then start rebuilding with EM and early Solid State machines.

I am now back to a healthy collection, but I doubt I will ever have the collection that I enjoyed back in 2007.

Marcus

I bought to many spent to much. But I cannot really say I totally downsized . I have two games being restored, two preordered. But I sell anything immiediatly if it is not played a bunch by me. Even if my family loves a game(they do not live with me) if I don't play it a ton or it does not call out to me to master it or get better it goes.

I currently have two games in my dining room and one of those is sold and the other (TAF) is moving into the garagecade. Need a dining room table and sick of weird looks when people come in and think I have to many big boy toys. Also have 3 arcade machines I need to shoehorn into my garage. A 9ft refurbished pool table that I love to play prevents me from going crazy, if that was not played it would be scary how many games I could fit.

I only have two hands and learned the hard way that once you have ten games, things do not get played for days/weeks. Some games I wanted to keep based on loving the theme but the game itself was not being played.

If I had a hardship pinball would be the first thing to go. Well accept my Tron Le, you can bury me with that one, I kid that would go too if need be.

Basically pinball is a wonderful distraction but I have not missed one game I sold accept I think I will miss Whitewater wars with my little brother.

I sold everything. I'm still here.

lol.

buy more. You will be happier.

I cut my collection in half, from 29 pins down to 14 1/2 (the half is a RFM playfield to swap in the SWEp1 cab). I am very happy with the downsize....less games means more playing on each and less to work on when they break. Though I regret selling a few games like WPT, SMB, and Hollywood Heat

its a good idea to downsize i think. i need to lol. but they are too damn fun!!!!

No reported deaths as of now by anyone who downsized as a direct result of said downsizing. So, all have survived.

I'll start by getting rid of the ones I'm storing for others.