I bought my first in 1982. Bought another six months later. Sold those when I went to basic. After I was out of the Air Force I bought another 2 within a year, had those for 4 years. Sold those machines, Got married and got rid of wife. O how I missed them. Bought a machine about 2 years later, another within a year, another a year later. Got remarried and bought 3 more machines within a year, added 1 to 8 per year while buying selling trading. Several years after getting married my wife started playing. I traded and sold games to get ones she liked. Turns out she has expensive pinball tastes. She has been buying games with me the last couple of years. I sold 2 games to buy her a MBR for her 50th birthday. My buying and trading has slowed considerably, but I think I have the perfect collection for my wife and I.