(Topic ID: 12594)
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Attack from Mars
Bally, 1995-
Cirqus Voltaire
Bally, 1997
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Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure
Williams, 1993
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Lord of the Rings
Stern, 2003
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Medieval Madness
Williams, 1997
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Monster Bash
Williams, 1998
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No Fear: Dangerous Sports
Williams, 1995
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No Good Gofers
Williams, 1997
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Fairport, NY
We need more info: Do want family-friendly theme that kids & wife/gf would like?
Is artwork very important? or do you only care about how great of a player's game it is?
Do you require fast game flow?
Quoted from Pin_Crazed:I personally would go for three: NGG, WH2O, and either TOTAN or CV. I believe you could buy those three for under 10K, have some $$$ left over for parts, beer and food for a pin party
I don't think you could do CV in there for under $10K. Maybe TOTAN at $5K, WH20 at $3K and NGG at $2K.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Do want family-friendly theme that kids & wife/gf would like?
Doesn't have to be family friendly at all, I don't have any kids and my gf doesn't play more than a game or two with me a month... she just isn't interested. My friends seem to gravitate towards TAF, but as long as we are gambling on it they will play any game that you put in front of them 
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Is artwork very important? or do you only care about how great of a player's game it is?
Artwork is moderately important to me, I want a games that look good... but I'm not that picky, just don't like a few of the bang for the buck games that are particularly ugly. The gameplay is more important to me that artwork, but artwork does have some importance.
Quoted from Pinball-is-great:Do you require fast game flow?
As long as it isn't terribly slow, I'll be happy with it.
Quoted from mrgone:afm and Monster Bash.
Good luck finding both for under $10k.
Quoted from gambit3113:I don't think you could do CV in there for under $10K. Maybe TOTAN at $5K, WH20 at $3K and NGG at $2K.
I was rounding numbers, 4k for totan or CV, 3k for Wh2O and 3k for NGG. It would probably break down more like 4.5k for totan or cv, and 2.5-3k each for NGG and WH2O. I believe it is possible, you won't get them over night but you could if you wait for the right deals. 
If you want to stick w/ Bally from 90's, then how about picking 2 of these 3:
The Shadow, ToM, & RFM.
If you want to get a couple that are not Bally, then perhaps pick 2 of these 3:
Whitewater, NGG, Whirlwind
If you want (1) Stern, then perhaps Spider-Man or Tron LE.
I'm assuming you're not into the new AC/DC.
Have fun figuring out which pin to get next!
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Mississauga, ON
Quoted from gambit3113:You have two deeper, Lawlor games. Get something fast with shorter ball times, for starters. Then something in the middle. AFM and Scared Stiff might be doable on that budget. IJ and SS could be done, too. If SS isn't your thing, swap in ToM.
IJ and ToM
IJ and SS
AFM and ToM
AFM and SS
I like gambit's options above. These are all great suggestions for the money. IJ is especially nice since you already have two license themes in your collection. Can't say that I think much of the MB suggestions... not for me. AFM might be the fastest of the bunch if that matters, but also not easy to find. The others are just plain fun A-list pins and you can't go wrong either way. Also, if variety is important, WH2O is great as is CV. These are unlike any of the games you currently have.
You need a speed/flow game...I'd go Spiderman, though AFM would also fit the bill nicely. That decision comes down to your prefered theme in my book. Then go for variety. Black Knight or Pinbot to represent the SS era, and a nice EM...maybe something like Fireball or Cow Poke to represent the EM era. Would give you a nice, well rounded collection of styles and eras. I know that's 3 machines, but you should be able to get all in very nice / restored shape in your budget.
If you don't like the idea of adding some different eras, I would still go either SM or AFM and probably CV. Might be a stretch of the budget, but should be doable. That would give you a great variety of play styles while staying modern.
Quoted from davewtf:Jediturtle said:
I would still go either SM or AFM and probably CV
what? no JD?
I would add ts, bsd & ft and have $4000-5000 left in my pocket.
Not with that budget to work with! Of course if he ends up with a grand left over, that would be my highest recommendation! Was trying to spend all his money with only those 2-3 machines.. LOL!
(by the way...you ready to trade me that TZ for my WoF yet??? Pretty please? )
5 months later
So I thought I would revisit this one, I used this thread to help decide what to bring into my collection over the last six months.... and it had a huge impact on my purchases, and I am extremely happy with the results! Thanks to all who posted!
My collection when I started this thread: TZ, TAF. My current collection: TZ, TAF, AFM, SS, WH20.
So where would you guys take this collection next? I have cleared out some additional space and could fit three more pins in my collection. What is missing from this collection?
Frankly In a bigger collection I like variety... a 70's super widebody like Paragon, 80's classics like black hole and haunted house, maybe even pin2k's like RFM. Then as many have mentioned there are quite a lot of fun 2000+ Sterns, in fact consensus is the newer pins like X-Men and ACDC make the 90's ones look dim, slow, and dated. Any of those suggestions would help you out of your "stuck in the 90's" funk 
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