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How long have you owned your favorite pin?

By funkeman

11 years ago

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#1 11 years ago

TAL

funkeman

Inactive member

San Jose, CA

11y 17,150 53 1

Pinside! I'm fairly new to the hobby -- woops, I mean the *addiction* -- and I'm honestly trying to not browse Pinside as much when I'm at work.

Just wondering ... I've seen a lot of posts by people who seem like they continually cycle their collection. Maybe every 6 months to a year they trade out a pin. I know a bunch of you probably have your favorite pin that you'll take to your grave. So I'm wondering ... how long have you owned your favorite pin? And for those of you who constantly rotate pins, what's the longest you've ever held onto one?

Got my Tron LE a little over a month ago and am loving it. Can't see myself ever getting rid of it. The only issue now is how to make room for my next machine ...

#2 11 years ago

SLB

Buckman

Pinside+ Frequent

Vancouver, BC

11y 77,400 1,074 9 7

Favourite pin = MM

Arrival of 1st MM we owned: 1998
Departure of 1st MM: 2002
Length of ownership: 4 years

Arrival of 2nd MM (see picture below): 2007
Departure date of 2nd MM: never
Length of ownership: currently 5 years

So looks like the total is 9 years (and still lovin' it).

I must say though our new pimped out Tron Pro 2D is an amazing pin as well, been here 58 days at this point and I can see it putting it MM ownership type time at our place!

HEP_MM.JPG

#3 11 years ago

RYE

Pimp77

Pinside member

20y 92,650 6,275 78

I'm working on 5 years with my SM...but I've had my FGY just a tad longer.

#4 11 years ago

RWH

Pinside member

Norwood, OH

13y 132K 9,925 2 10

Little over 8 yrs for my Star Race.

#5 11 years ago

JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,353 79 11

My first one is still the favorite, Harlem Globetrotters. Bought on Aug. 10th, 1996 at a garage sale for $200. Plus after owning 446 different pins over the years its just easier to tell people that the first one is still the favorite and would be the last to leave.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi.
269-979-3836

#6 11 years ago

JIM

ebjimmyg

Blocked

12y 1,072

its not my favorite, or even in my top 5 i have, but i have had T2 since 1999. wont ever get rid of it.

#7 11 years ago

JMB

Monster_Bash

Pinside member

12y 79,800 2,564 23 17

1999 AFM...MB and RFM (in that order)

Still got'em all

#8 11 years ago

TAL

funkeman

Inactive member

San Jose, CA

11y 17,150 53 1

Quoted from Dayhuff:
Plus after owning 446 different pins over the years its just easier to tell people that the first one is still the favorite and would be the last to leave.

WTF?! FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX? Please tell me you are/were an operator and this was not just for a personal collection. Wait. Please tell me it *is* just for a personal collection ...

#9 11 years ago

MAD

nerbflong

Pinside+ Frequent

19y 96,300 773

Theatre of Magic 10 years now. Still love it!

#10 11 years ago

DIK

davewtf

Pinside member

Madison, WI

12y 84,400 9,740 1 114

I don't own my favorite pin.

#11 11 years ago

JPD

Dayhuff

Pinside member

Battle Creek, MI

11y 126K 6,353 79 11

OP
Quoted from funkeman:
WTF?! FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX? Please tell me you are/were an operator and this was not just for a personal collection. Wait. Please tell me it *is* just for a personal collection ...

Didn't own them all once so dont have a heart attack.
Most have come and gone, but 70 of them are in the collection, and there's another dozen or more here awaiting there fate. Never was or will be a operator, just picked them up here and there. Matter of fact I've bought 9 games just this past week alone.....busy busy.

John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, Mi
269-979-3836

#12 11 years ago

ADM

Breadfan

Pinside member

Medford, OR

12y 55,300 1,858 12

Since May 2012. AC/DC BIB LE!

#13 11 years ago

CPB

Max_Badazz

Pinside+ Frequent

20y 132K 4,317 21 226 1

My current fav is Jackbot.... have owned it for about 3 years. My former favorite, IJ, I have owned for 13+ years

#14 11 years ago

NAM

kwiKimart

Inactive member

San Diego, CA

12y 90,650 10,693 3 71

1 year for my HUO TSPP!!!!!

#15 11 years ago

TOM

tomdotcom

Pinside member

Kamloops, BC

15y 112K 6,198 2

Fishtales, I've had it a few years now. I've actually been thinking of selling it lately...

BSD I've had a couple years, and really don't wanna ever sell it...

#16 11 years ago

SMD

stevevt

1 year and 10 months. I bought it on my 40th birthday. It was pretty good when I bought it, but now it's a 9.5 out of 10. I have no plans to get rid of it.

#17 11 years ago

BLY

MrBally

Pinside member

Paradise, NV

12y 141K 13,932 22 1

My absolute favorite is 4 Queens by Bally. It took me eighteen years to find one. I've had it for about twelve years now.

#18 11 years ago

MRM

diskoboy

Pinside member

Brentwood, TN

12y 27,400 520 1 9

My fave is TZ. I've only had it 3 months.

#19 11 years ago

GLM

ovfdfireman

Pinball Pro

12y 115K 4,915

Sm about 4 or 5 years

#20 11 years ago

MKY

Pdxmonkey

Pinside member

12y 170K 7,305

Sopranos machine #1
Routed machine bought in 2009. Had it for a year, till I was in dire need of money. It's at Ground Kontrol now.
Sopranos machine #2
Routed machine (but alittle nicer) bought it in 2011. Had it for about six months and traded sopranos and $500 for the shadow and demolition man both very nice...how do you say no to that?
One month later...
Sopranos machine #3
Huo loaded to the gills with cool mods bbought six months ago...last sopranos I'll have to buy.

#21 11 years ago

ZPY

zippydapinhead

Inactive member

Albany, OR

12y 78,450 3,484 12 32

Quoted from davewtf:
I don't own my favorite pin.

#22 11 years ago

BRC

Jackontherocks

Pinside member

Mesa, AZ

11y 94,300 4,955 8

TFTC. Just got it after Thanksgiving holiday and will be my first pin. I am waiting on delivery and should be here Monday or Tuesday. Plan to take it to the grave. Stay tuned.

#23 11 years ago

BEE

Finrod

Pinside member

Atlanta, GA

15y 45,950 947 6 6

I bought my Black Knight 2000 in 2000, still have it, don't ever intend to let it go unless for some reason I got a stupendous deal on a better one. The better one would have to have the futuristic plastics as well, unless I felt industrious enough to swap plastics.

#24 11 years ago

CMP

roadshow16

Pinside member

Bristol

13y 45,900 258 19

Had Roadshow about 12 years now. Had CFTBL about 13, but RS is my favourite

#25 11 years ago

TAM

tamoore

Pinside member

Grayling, MI

11y 123K 6,661 37 58

I'll realistically never own my favorite machine, so I'll just have to make one that I already own my favorite.

Hoping AC/DC Premium will end up being the one, as it'll cost $3400 more than any other pin I've bought....

#26 11 years ago

aeneas

Flippers.be

11y 76,050 1,523

Whitewater 12 years. And MM 10.

#27 11 years ago

KER

Kerry_Richard

Pinside+ Frequent

Danville, CA

12y 83,900 3,024

My 1st pinball was/is Funhouse purchased in 94'. I still have Funhouse, but not the original one I bought then.

The oldest and longest kept pins are; Tommy & CFTBL both purchased in 95'

#28 11 years ago

???

pinstor12

Inactive member

12y 45,300 1,860

Roadshow=12 years, 1st pin

#29 11 years ago

???

lost8ball

Pinside+ Addict

11y 50,650 270

MM - going on 9 years now.

#30 11 years ago

RML

tpn2011

Pinside member

Gulf Shores, AL

12y 55,900 1,418 1

A pin does not last with me longer then 2 or 3 months but I'm really digging fish tales might stick around for awhile but when I get my hands on Tz that's not going anywhere but on the other hand I said that about creature and prob getting ready to sell it so who knows

#31 11 years ago

ART

OLDPINGUY

Arts Arcade

12y 171K 12,507 7

1st pin Sing a long. 1971.
Longest newer pin Fish tales 14 years, just traded.
Longest...1932 Baffle Ball, No fun, but 31 years.

Longest I think will be Xmen, or TZ.

I tell my wife to bury me in a pin cab!

#32 11 years ago

BMS

Betelgeuse

Pinside member

13y 129K 3,645 72

Some guys I know trade games in and out all the time, to the point where they have an almost completely different collection every 2 years. I personally tend to hang on to the games I love that I have been lucky enough to acquire. I have had TZ for over 6 years now, AFM and Mystery Castle for about 4. Those would be the last games I would part with. The longest though is the Big Shot that has been in my family since the 80's. My one friend likes to take jabs at me for getting so attached to my collection, but I love the games that I love and there's not much out there I would prefer to have in their place.

#33 11 years ago

SSP

zarco

Pinside member

11y 57,900 895 45

My first pin, and one of my favorites, is a Gtb Spiderman. Have owned
it for 25 years. The same is more or less true for most of my collection.
Over the years I've had well over 100 pins cycle in and out of my
collection. I've kept my favorites (47 is all I have room for), so
I've got what could be called a 'mature' collection.
Steve

#34 11 years ago

SKB

Eskaybee

Pinside member

12y 155K 12,963 40

LoTR: going on 7 years.

My wife's favorite: FGY - 4 years, then I sold it. THEN she tells me it's her favorite lol

#35 11 years ago

BOB

beatmaster

Mods for your pinballs

Beauharnois

12y 102K 7,387 7 17

still waiting for it!

#36 11 years ago

HPR

Pinside member

Laval, QC

11y 48,050 472 12

Got my first pin Firepower 12 years ago ! Still have it.

#37 11 years ago

SMK

TheLaw

Pinside+ Addict

Ann Arbor, MI

12y 162K 48,066 19 30 1

Hmmm...had my TZ for 7ish years?

#38 11 years ago

LT5

at_t_2d

Pinside member

12y 48,800 192

My favorite is TZ and I have had it for 16 years.

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