I love working with my hands and fixing things. I started out wanting an EM that i could fix and get running and thats exactly what I did. I picked up a Gottlieb King Rock 4 player. Backglass, Playfield and cabinet were all in good shape. However, as most all EM's, the score reels needed some work and the underneath was a mess. Got it all working, played it, loved it. I thought I'd never sell that game. Then the sickness really set in. Over the next few years I bought a Sky Jump, Atlantis, El Dorado, Jacks Open, Abra Ca Dabra, Hit the Deck, Jumping Jack, Jungle, Captain Fantastic, Volley, Buccaneer, Flying Carpet. I found King Rock really sucked as a game and was boring. I decided to sell it because it was taking up space and I didn't play it. But I had a hard time letting it go, I even told the guy " If you ever want to sell it back to me let me know". All of my EM's needed work, some I did complete restores. I dumped in a lot of money into making them play and look nice. Now Im tired of all that work. I like EM's but my tastes have changed. Now, Im all about newer games. I've since sold off most all my EM's. I have only kept El Dorado, Hit the Deck and Jumping Jack. But now I have a game room full of my favorites. Aerosmith pro, Metallica pro, Ghostbuster LE, Batman 66, Last Action Hero, Family Guy, Austin Powers, Elvira PM. It just so happens I got tired of FG and sold it this week and I already have a Simpsons pinball party to pick up next week.
So to answer your question, for me, it's hard to get rid of games because I feel attached to them because of time and money i have into them. I now am collecting for my grail games. I realize I have to give up a game to get another game simply because Im out of room and now the prices of the games I want are way more expensive. When thinking of buying a game I always ask myself, do I like xyz game better than yzx game? Met, GB and B66 are always off the table, so I dont even consider selling those games.
As of the last 2 weeks I see my old King Rock is up for sale at double what I sold it for. NO WAY do I want that game back!!
Funny how our tastes change.