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How long after your first pin before you got your second?

By ReadyPO

2 years ago

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“How soon did before you brought your second pin home?”

Less than a week 5 votes

3%
In the first month 38 votes

20%
Within six months 66 votes

35%
Within a year 26 votes

14%
Between one and three years 25 votes

13%
Longer than three years 16 votes

8%
One Pin is all I need 1 vote

1%
I jumped in feet first and bought two or more right off the bat 13 votes

7%

(190 votes)

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#1 2 years ago

CAH

The usual response after someone posts about their first pin is almost always advice related to how they tend to multiply and increase in numbers and to be prepared, have more room, how lonely it looks, etc. A pretty good one radium just posted in the What machine did you bring home today thread was "Remember the golden rule, every pin you own should be touching two others." (https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-machine-did-you-bring-home-today-post-your-pictures/page/338#post-5755482)

This got me thinking about how long after my first pin before I got my second, and I was shocked when I went back and looked and it was only five days! I bought two non-working projects that were only two hours away - Also my first double pin purchase (I have had two others since then).

How long after you got your first pin did you get your second? and how many times have you done a double (or more) (for us mere mortals, not Colsond3 or the96stang!)

#2 2 years ago

LEV

CrazyLevi

Pinside+ Pro!

New York, NY

9y 144K 28,414

A couple months.

Also my first eBay buy.

Lots of lessons were learned.

#3 2 years ago

ZAC

zacaj

Pinside member

Rochester, NY

10y 157K 10,154 76 121 2

I don't see any 'zero seconds' option in your poll..

I bought my first two simultaneously from the96stang

#4 2 years ago

KNT

Coindork

Pinside+ Member

Cave Creek, AZ

6y 147K 4,600 20 74

I bought my first two at the same time.

#5 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from zacaj:
I don't see any 'zero seconds' option in your poll..

Quoted from Coindork:
I bought my first two at the same time.

Nice!

#6 2 years ago

ZDG

gutz

Pinside member

9y 73,550 1,601 1

You have to wait 30 minutes, otherwise you will cramp up.

#7 2 years ago

SKW

SKWilson

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 89,550 1,120 1

I bought my second two years after the first. I've bought five more in the last ten months.

#8 2 years ago

MJI

Percula

Pinside+ Addict

3y 55,050 219 3

About 3 months

#9 2 years ago

ECB

erak

Pinside member

Grimsby, ON

14y 117K 3,713 3 86

I've bought, fixed up, sold and traded 40 in the last 15 years.
So averaging 2.6 machines a year.

#10 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Added a category to the poll for those who started right off the bat with two or more for the overachievers

#11 2 years ago

Monk

Pinside member

6y 90,550 1,722 21

I bought my second pin about 3 years after my first one. I still didn't know it was "normal" to have pins at home at that point or where to buy them. I started doing some research, found Pinside, and then the race was on.

#12 2 years ago

BRU

pinballer247

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 56,050 69

I bought a $1,000 Firepower II for my first pin and one month later a NIB TWD Pro. A year in and I have four pins and counting

#13 2 years ago

DPE

zpinman370

Pinside+ Frequent

5y 73,300 634 9

I am averaging 1 NIB a year or so but it could be 2 this year if GNR ever gets released

#14 2 years ago

FEZ

Fezmid

Pinside member

8y 86,050 1,720

I bought T2, and then 7 months later, bought MET Pre. T2 is gone (only pin I've sold), MET is still there, along with three others that have been added in the past couple of years...

#15 2 years ago

EJS

Pinball Outpost

10y 212K 12,605

I voted between 1 and 3 years which is probably the most accurate.

Game 3 probably less than 1 year. Then things got out of hand.

THEN I had to sell all but 1 because I was moving. Now things have gotten out of hand worse than before.

#16 2 years ago

MSL

sataneatscheese

Pinside+ Pro!

Crofton, MD

4y 179K 7,075 6 65

I've got 4 now, have owned a total of 19 (I rotate frequently), and got my first game, WCS94... in August 2018. If you can sell them for what you paid for them, why not?

#17 2 years ago

NJK

PinballBeerGuy

Pinside member

Madison, WI

8y 46,800 226 6

Won Alien Poker in a raffle a couple weeks after my NIB TH was delivered (about 16 months later if you count from the time I pre-ordered Hobbit.) I average about one machine a year.

#18 2 years ago

GTX

gdonovan

Pinside+ Member

6y 172K 11,825 70 4

I'm at on pace for 2 every month, 70 in the last 3 years.

5 in one shot last month

I need to slow down but I am having fun.

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#19 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from gdonovan:
5 in one shot last month

I should have mentioned you along with Colsond3 and the96stang!

#20 2 years ago

JDD

jackd104

Pinside member

Springfield, MA

10y 79,050 2,381 8 7

10 years. Anyone beat that?

#21 2 years ago

SDM

EMsInKC

Pinside member

Kansas City, MO

9y 75,800 3,648 19

Quoted from jackd104:
10 years. Anyone beat that?

Easily. 39 years. First game in 1971. Second one in 2010.

#22 2 years ago

GTX

gdonovan

Pinside+ Member

6y 172K 11,825 70 4

OP
Quoted from ReadyPO:
I should have mentioned you along with colsond3 and the96stang!

I smell another purchase coming up in the next week or two, lots of irons in the fire.

#23 2 years ago

RAT

Medisinyl

Medisinyl Mods

Gainesville, FL

8y 137K 2,853 15 33

May have been less than an hour . Got my first (BSD) at TPF (FUN auction)...then unexpectedly grabbed a Freddy off the floor soon after.

#24 2 years ago

PJM

Moli410

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 59,300 310 3

Took me about 2.5 years to get my second pin after suffering a broken bone injury and trying to get back to work full time. Now I'm ready for my 3rd pin.

#25 2 years ago

SPB

onemoresean

Pinside+ Frequent

7y 96,550 787

36 years

#26 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from EMsInKC:
Easily. 39 years. First game in 1971. Second one in 2010.

Quoted from onemoresean:
36 years

From your collections, looks like you both are making up for lost time

#27 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from Medisinyl:
May have been less than an hour . Got my first (BSD) at TPF (FUN auction)...then unexpectedly grabbed a Freddy off the floor soon after.

I showed my wife this post and told her I exercised incredible restraint waiting five days before my second (and third) pin(s)

#28 2 years ago

KOS

Kkoss24

Pinside+ Frequent

Crown Point, IN

3y 95,050 4,578 4 15

This year April and June couldn’t have picked a better pair!!! Slow n flow vs Flow gotta love it!!!

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#29 2 years ago

SSB

Pinster5000

Pinside+ Frequent

Fort Lupton, CO

5y 52,050 117 3 14 1

1 month, then my girlfriend bought the second.

#30 2 years ago

KUI

jonnyqtrek

Pinside+ Frequent

2y 72,050 851 3 1

For those of us who have their first pin and intend, but don't know when, to get a second, we might need another option besides "One pin is all I need."

I'm more along the lines of "desperately want a second pin, but certain others here are convinced there's no room in the house, and need to be convinced otherwise."

#31 2 years ago

KOS

Kkoss24

Pinside+ Frequent

Crown Point, IN

3y 95,050 4,578 4 15

I just showed up with both..It’s the only way to do it fight it out after Lmao ..

#32 2 years ago

LFS

pinballaddicted

Pinside member

8y 122K 3,844 79

My wife wanted one so I bought her 2!

#33 2 years ago

MIS

Lhyrgoif

Pinside member

4y 106K 5,228 41

About 2-3 months.

Now they are breeding at a rate of about 2 new pinbabies per year.

#34 2 years ago

SLH

bepositive

Pinside member

10y 44,300 340

My wife did not like waiting for her turn to play and thought a second pin would be nice . She took truck to a ops warehouse and brought 4 more home . No adult supervision in my home !!!

Shane

#35 2 years ago

SPeD66

Pinside member

10y 54,900 908 6

Less than 2 months for me.

#36 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from jonnyqtrek:
For those of us who have their first pin and intend, but don't know when, to get a second, we might need another option besides "One pin is all I need."

Can't seem to edit the poll anymore, but certainly missed this category. I will just have to assume "one pin is all I need" also means "one pin is all I need right now"

#37 2 years ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from bepositive:
She took truck to a ops warehouse and brought 4 more home .

Unicorns do exist! Never let her leave!

#38 2 years ago

CRD

chad

Pinside member

10y 128K 12,808 9

Quoted from bepositive:
My wife did not like waiting for her turn to play and thought a second pin would be nice . She took truck to a ops warehouse and brought 4 more home . No adult supervision in my home !!!
Shane

That is most excellent!!

#39 2 years ago

REY

nascarrey

Pinside member

Downers Grove, IL

6y 72,300 1,639 8

Got my first 2 at an estate sale!

EK & BW100

Owners must have liked the motorcycle themed pins...….

1 year later

#40 1 year ago

KUI

jonnyqtrek

Pinside+ Frequent

2y 72,050 851 3 1

OP
Quoted from ReadyPO:
Can't seem to edit the poll anymore, but certainly missed this category. I will just have to assume "one pin is all I need" also means "one pin is all I need right now"

Follow-up question... Does a virtual pin count, or only physical?

#41 1 year ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from jonnyqtrek:
Follow-up question... Does a virtual pin count, or only physical?

Of course it counts!

#42 1 year ago

???

curban

Pinside+ Frequent

Seven Valleys, PA

4y 73,800 762 29 14

Started with a NIB GB pro as Christmas present for my wife in 2018.
For me, the 2nd (Roller Coaster Tycoon) took ~5 months. That's when I discovered the joy of the 2nd hand pin market, and the flood gates opened. The 3rd (Aerosmith) was picked up about 3hrs after the 2nd.

#43 1 year ago

TMK

ExSquid

Pinside+ Frequent

Bohemia, NY

7y 78,050 1,122 2 9

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#44 1 year ago

MJS

schudel5

Pinside member

Kalamazoo, MI

19y 145K 5,888 65 27

Hurricane in 1996. Scared Stiff in 2001. So 5 years.

#45 1 year ago

TMK

ExSquid

Pinside+ Frequent

Bohemia, NY

7y 78,050 1,122 2 9

Quoted from ExSquid:
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2008 Bride of Pinbot, 2021 GOTG NIB!

#46 1 year ago

KOZ

KozMckPinball

Pinside member

6y 85,300 3,900 3

Isn't within 6 months and within a year the same thing for some people? That said, mine was 10 months between first and second. Over 2.5 years between second and third.

#47 1 year ago

CAH

ReadyPO

Pinside+ Frequent

4y 180K 4,916 114

Quoted from curban:
Started with a NIB GB pro as Christmas present for my wife in 2018.

Hope she doesnt regret that gift - looks like you have a great collection!

Quoted from schudel5:
Hurricane in 1996. Scared Stiff in 2001. So 5 years.

Quoted from ExSquid:
2008 Bride of Pinbot, 2021 GOTG NIB!

I do not have that kind of impulse control.

#48 1 year ago

TMK

ExSquid

Pinside+ Frequent

Bohemia, NY

7y 78,050 1,122 2 9

OP
Quoted from ReadyPO:
Hope she doesnt regret that gift - looks like you have a great collection!

I do not have that kind of impulse control.

hah! well between the pinballs I bought a Golden Tee Golf 2015 and Mrs. Pac man / Galaga 1981 anniversary edition machine. So I've been busy

#49 1 year ago

JON

classicgamefan

Pinside member

10y 62,150 202

I bought my first (LAH) in May 2000. In 2012 I discovered tournament pinball and Cactus Jacks (the arcade not the pin) in Oklahoma City and really ignited my pinball passion. I bought my second (R&B) in Dec 2012 so a little over 12 years after the first. Since then I've added about 20 pins, but I really need to thin it down to 10 or 11.

#50 1 year ago

???

RTS

Pinside+ Member

10y 80,550 2,845 15

Quoted from curban:
present for my wife

Yes. Of course. "For the wife."

It's the best way to keep adding games to the collection.

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