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?

For the record, I don't feel like I have too many games myself. But I was thinking about a conversation I had with someone else who just had so many projects, and then I was thinking about how little time I had to actually play my own games due to a heavy year of overtime.
I don't have the room for it, but I've dreamt about having like 20 games at once, but I feel like at that point I'd want to have a tech I just hire on the regular because I don't think I could get them all taken care of!

sage advice!

I did that for almost the first time ever, buying JP Pro recently. tbh it's been great and I wonder if I eventually switched my line-up to all as-new machines if I'd actually miss the big shop jobs...
I started in the hobby with little money but some time, and bought projects and basket-cases. Now I have a bit more money, and way less time, so having just 3 modern machines eventually appeals to me...

it is my collection of art books that spans 3 floors of the house, but at least that looks good from a design standpoint (all neat in shelves, and really if you've ever seen Architectural Digest photos, they always stage homes to look classy by putting art books everywhere, right???)
My games all have to fit in to a back storage area / game room, excluding stuff I'm storing at friends' houses. (my only exception to that rule will be when I finds the 1950s Mills slot machine of my dreams, because that will be a good display piece outside of the game room)

My partner and I recently did a re-assessment of how we're using the house and the only change we decided on was to free up more room for exercise equipment in the basement. (treadmill, spin bike, free weights) that all took priority because we're not going back to gyms any time soon.

I know a handful of people like you, and so thank you so much for doing what you do. It's hard for some to get 1 or 2 machines to a show, but there are a few folks that bring a row almost every year. It really keeps the shows alive and thriving. (remember pinball shows??? 2021, fingers crossed...)
And of course the people that host tournaments at their home collections are up there too in the pinball karma department.

friend of mine installed a winch for the annual move to the show!

Do you have him coming by for a regular monthly maintenance, or just ad-hoc?
As much as I enjoyed everything I learned fixing up project machines for years, my goal would be to one day have a lineup of like 6-10 machines and have a tech come take care of them for me.
Mind you, I also swore I'm never moving again until I retire, so I might just be at 3 (full-size) pins for a while yet.
these are not bad problems to have.