Lenoir City, TN
Quoted from cait001:Curious to know, did you ever feel that you had TOO MANY machines?
For me, it's the feeling of just having too many machines to work on and tinker with.
But perhaps it's anxiety around storage issues, or feeling like you just aren't enjoying them all as much as you could/should?
Yes, and realized it when I first setup all my games in the new loft.
Built the room to hold 50 machine, but have since decided to keep it to 40 or less
I got to the same spot you did. I set them all up after having been in storage for a few years and 6 or so of them had a fairly major repair need
Since I started collecting, I never had more than one machine that was not working, but now with 40+, I was staring at a ton of work all at once ...
That convinced me to do a few things:
Continue to upgrade the collection to the best condition machines I can find (keep maintenance low)
I've dramatically slowed adding to the collection count, (especially projects) and giving myself more time to play them
With a large collection, you will need to keep a running list of all the small issues that need attention - and as the machine count grows, so do the number of major repairs
I'm using any extra time to go deeper into restorations - where I CHOOSE the depth and level of work (working a Harlem GT now)
