Cedar Hill, MO
How many you got room for. Like really have a dedicated space for? Not in the kitchen for example...
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Quoted from crujones4life:Not in the kitchen for example...
So not counting these two, or the games at the shop, 41.
Quoted from crujones4life:Not in the kitchen for example...
Don't judge people just because of where their games are located.
You guys with 10 plus...basement or something else? Separate building or add on? I built an arcade in my basement that's 600sq ft. I have alot of arcade games though so only room for 7 pins.
Quoted from PinballManiac40:Don't judge people just because of where their games are located.
Haha...no judging. I know some places of the country/ world don't have basements or very much square footage for the monies.
23 currently in the basement (I get the whole basement, no pins upstairs, house rules). That is about half of what I need for what I have, the rest in storage/temporary space/rotates. I can get 4 more in with some adjustment of the utility room and will be doing that after the two current projects are done (Kitchen/Great Room remodel, almost done, and a 26X30 Garage/shop addition (30% done)
9 is what I can fit in the basement garage and still be able to remove all playfield glasses comfortably, thus 9 it will be. Still only own 7 games so have two more spots reserved.
The car have to stay outdoors, I have to prioritize!
St. Albert, AB
I have 36 and can fit a lot more in my 3000 sq foot game room in my basement. I do have a few video games also.
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20210210_102147 (resized).jpgQuoted from tatman9999:I have 36 and can fit a lot more in my 3000 sq foot game room in my basement. I do have a few video games also.
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Fantastic room and collection! I like that LZ Premium!
Quoted from cait001:44 votes in and I'm in the lowest bracket with 3! damn
And yet your collection shows 13 lol
Quoted from chubtoad13:He has 10 in the kitchen
She ... And her collection can't properly be listed.
It's quite awesome to be honest.
Quoted from PinballManiac40:Don't judge people just because of where their games are located.
John
49.
I have all 59 in there now as the 10 games I had out on route are shoehorned in the gameroom with no room to move around or remove the glass.
With good presentation about 45. 55 and things get a little awkward. Anything more than that and games need to start going into storage position.
Quoted from LTG:Nice Lionel O gauge trains.
LTG : )
My dads Prewar cars.
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Look at that carpet... Love it.
The Dirty Dozen: 3 downstairs, 3 in bar area and 6 in Great Room. Seeing some of these higher numbers has me thinking about an addition - for pins only.
When we built our house the downstairs was designed for and electrical was put in for the pins. Despite that foresight, I now have two in our unfinished basement area, two in the front room upstairs and one in a downstairs bedroom. I keep thinking I need to pare down the collection - but it always seems to grow little by little...
Quoted from hockeymag8:The Dirty Dozen: 3 downstairs, 3 in bar area and 6 in Great Room. Seeing some of these higher numbers has me thinking about an addition - for pins only.
Yup I’m thinking about a home addition also, or moving but the real estate market here is way overpriced just to get a raised ranch with garage & walkout basement
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Love your carpet and black light setup, that’s pretty cool they’re mixed with normal lights
Quoted from SilverUnicorn:I have 12 pins in our basement now as well as some arcade games. I could fit more, but have to balance space for the wife to exercise and do her Zumba training. It's only fair as she puts up with my obsessions. I can put up with hers
We also have a pool table which isn't leaving
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Chris
Poor Breakshot looks so out of place!
Here’s the thing: I have as many machines as I have space for, and they go wherever they fit, rather than in one dedicated space.
I had my first pin in an empty corner of the dining room.
Then I decided that I don’t really use my eat-in kitchen, so two went in there.
Then I decided I could consolidate the bookshelves in my living room, so two more went there.
Then I realized I could replace my coffee table with a cocktail pin.
Then I realized I don’t use the closet in my office, so I took the doors off and fit two in there.
Now, I’m wondering if I really need a fireplace.
I know a lot of people prefer a single game room, but I love that my whole house is an arcade.
16, all in the basement, but I could fit another 10 if I didn’t have a home theater, or if I renegotiated the “Treaty of ‘04” with my wife. I currently have 8 in storage and 2 out on loan.
Quoted from tatman9999:I have 36 and can fit a lot more in my 3000 sq foot game room in my basement. I do have a few video games also.
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This is serious!
Quoted from Isochronic_Frost:Love your carpet and black light setup, that’s pretty cool they’re mixed with normal lights
Thanks! 8 4ft blacklights and 8 4ft white lights. Blacklights and white lights are on separate light switch. 8 20amp circuits as well.
30 in the basement. Could probably get 3-4 more in if I take apart the workbench, but it's both handy and has "Bill 1945" written on the side in marker, and I hate to do that to 'ol Bill just yet. Could also fit 2-3 more where the TV is, but that's just overboard.
Currently 10 cocktail pins and one woodrail in the 3rd floor loft. It has dormered ceilings, so cocktails fit under those perfectly. The woodrail is sitting next to the bar. One day I want to chainsaw the pool table out and fill up that space with my favorite wedgeheads and woodrails. I estimate I could get about 16 of them up there. I love the '50s-'60s era of pins and they're fun (and cheaper!) to collect, but also it's a 28" doorway and modern pins won't fit up there without taking the backbox off anyway.
I think I have about 10 pins between my storage locker and my basement alcove, including some of those wedgeheads and woodrails waiting for that loft space one day.
I have a dedicated room to fit 8. With the garage I can fit 4 more, but I think having around 8-10 total is just fine for me.
I can actually fit 9 in this room, but number 9 would have to be folded up and stored as a stand-by alternate, which is good because I can breakdown and rotate games and store atleast 1 with plenty of room to do so.
Quoted from tatman9999:I have 36 and can fit a lot more in my 3000 sq foot game room in my basement. I do have a few video games also.
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Note to self, become friends with tatman9999 haha.
My wife and I built a house from scratch specifically to hold pinball machines. We built a room capable of holding 17 games, but they would be packed in tight and there would be no place to sit. We've come down from that number and now we're thinking of doing 8 or 9 in that room, with plenty of seating and a bar area. We could always make it more, and if we wanted to turn the room next to it into a pinball room we could even get up to 30ish, but I don't want games to sit around unplayed like that.
IMO, 6 is the minimum needed to feel like you have variety. It just gives you that feeling of "oh wow I haven't played this in a while".
After a Hurricane, that took half the house, I rebuilt a new kitchen, great room.
So I got the old living room and dining room.....20 is the best I can fit with Pinball Tetris....
Quoted from swampfire:or if I renegotiated the “Treaty of ‘04” with my wife.
You are well past the 7 year statue of limitations and if you don't need to father any more children, I'd tear up that Treaty and go hog wild... but sleep with one eye open.
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