Whirlwind is a top flight machine and an all time favorite. Maybe the first machine i really started to whip older players and I knewm one day I had to get one!
Bought a bueatiful example and just never really played it for whatever reason. Sd it and moved on and haven't thought much on it. Just gotta let them go

You can buy back the vast majority of machines again if you really miss it. Sell it and have fun with Godzilla.

That is a tough one. You’ve only had ww a year. I wouldn’t be done with it yet. Do like so many of us do: scheme and scheme until you find a way to have ww and Godzilla

Keep WW and find someone to rent you Godzilla for 3 months. About $750 for a pro around here.
-Mike

Life's too short.

Sell your Whirlwind, don't look back, and move on to a Godzilla!

Get a Premium though.

If you want to slow down, keep WW and play Godzilla on location.

This is what I do. Sell nothing. That way you can’t have any regrets.

My advice is don’t get a terminal illness, it can warp your sense of “good deal” to the point of crazy. These days, I struggle with the thought of having a disease-limited time to enjoy a virtually unlimited list of titles, so I try to focus only on the ones that make me smile and want to play them again. It’s unfortunate that I have means but no remaining space, I quickly ran out of that (recently). According to the wife, I’m not allowed to pluralize the term “game room”.

I have a theory that once you get the idea of selling a particular game in your head it’s very hard to shake it. Almost everyone has regretted selling a game. Many that have regretted selling a game and bought it back realize why they sold it in the first place. If you were talking about selling a Gottlieb Going Nuts to fund a TBL we’d maybe have some concerns. WW and GZ will be around for many years after whatever decision you make. Good luck!

Keep the Whirlwind you love. You will regret selling it.

Yes keep it if your already thinking it ,over many many years I have learned if u do sell them and the ones you buy back are the ones you should never sell again I got back a lot of machines over the years and will never sell them again that’s how u really know and as I said if you are already thinking that it’s a every sign u don’t want too sell it so keep it

I enjoy going to barcades/breweries a few times a month, so I prefer to buy what I don't see on location. For me, that's basically every Stern made in the past 10 years. I love GZ, but like to keep it as one of my favorites to play when I'm out supporting a local spot.

I always regret it when I sell a pin. Now I just keep them. I vote to keep Whirlwind, I really enjoy that one.

WW was a grail game for me too due to nostalgia. That said, I've owned it twice and didn't look back after selling it the 2nd time. I'd say dump it. Not a hard game to get down the road if you really want it, but I'm not one who will probably pick it up again

I will second this. GZ are everywhere and probably will be for a while.

WW is a classic and solid game. Keep it. GZ prices will get down eventually.

Sold my whirlwind 2 years ago now to get a TMNT pro. TMNT lasted about a year and I sold it for Godzilla premium… I miss whirlwind sure, it’s an awesome game, but I don’t regret it. My modern machines get significantly more play than any older pin. And that’s why we do this, to play our games and have fun.

Sell it. You’ll miss it, but you won’t regret it.

Dump some arcade games for space and cash, keep WW and buy GZ

Don't sell Whirlwind until you have a Godzilla in hand, even if that means saving up for a while. They are still making Godzillas, and eventually the prices on those will come down some. I forsee a day within the next 2 years where you can get a lightly used Godzilla Pro for $5800-$6200. They are just making a ton of them (and its a great game). Once supply finally meets demand, these things come down. If you have a long time horizon and money in hand, you could wait until around the time the next new Stern Pin drops. There are plenty of people that will drop Godzilla in favor of pursuing the "new shiney". I have Whirlwind and had Godzilla. Both are great games, but I personally would have more to do on Godzilla. Note that depending on your play skills Godzilla is a much longer playing game than Whirlwind.

My best advice would be to switch your game out whenever you get bored. If you have more than one machine you get ones that you don’t wanna let go of but if you have only one it’s nice to get something different every now and then

You are selling an appreciating asset to purchase a depreciating one.

Whirlwind will hold its value and probably appreciate in value. Godzilla will be dropping in price over the next year or so as they 1) pump out as many new ones as they can while the demand is there and 2) people who already have a Godzilla start selling them to fund newer pin purchases.

I considered selling my LOTR to buy a Godzilla and then came to my senses. I'll buy a used Godzilla in another year when prices have dropped.

Try not to get attached nostalgically to a title, or put any major significance into a machine or else you will keep it even though you lost “play it” interest years ago.

For me that significance was imbued upon The Machine: Bride of Pinbot by association, specifically she makes a matched set with Pinbot, which is bolted to the floor, therefore so is she, yet you ask me if I like playing Bride 1.0, I will gladly remind you to “Shoot the ramp”, and when you’re done shooting the ramp, shoot the ramp, then shoot the ramp, then shoot the ramp, and after that, try to shoot the ramp, if you can weasel it, then shoot the ramp, but after that you really need to shoot the ramp, but then shoot the ramp, shoot the ramp, shoot the ramp, and then finally, trap up and shoot the Heart Ramp, drain all balls, put name on Billionaires Club list, go home. Rinse Repeat.

Do not fall for the trap of buying something to “complete” a collection, just to find out your “grail” title turned out to be a pig with lipstick.

Are you still playing WW? Never sell a pin your still playing and enjoying. It will leave you wanting for it in the future and it may haunt you for years. Once you stop playing it, that is when you part with it.

Prices coming down has been speculation in this hobby for the last 10+ years and look where we are today. I don't see prices coming down unless we are in a massive recession. I do think prices will level out a bit. Many people paid over MSRP for a GZ due to the wait times of 6 months+ to get it NOW. This is why the secondary market on them are high. Once out of production a good pin, price will increase and non desirables will decrease.

Usually i'd agree with this. But with pricing continuing to climb, sometimes you can't rebuy easily.

OP i'd keep it and save for the other pin. I had sold both my pinbot and taxi years back and missed them. I had to rebuy later on, and now they'll stay put. If WW means THAT much to you (i don't like the pin) then keep it. It will be harder to find years from now and with a greater price tag.

I sold GoT Pre (my only pin) in feb 2020 with plans to buy NIB AFM for my birthday a couple months later. Then Covid closed down the world. Overnight I lost my job of 18 years, and the pinball market jumped in price. I’m doing well, but I still don’t have an AFM in my basement. I had to get an Arcade1up to hold me over. It’s hard to justify these prices, when I got an F14 for $800 just a couple years before. My new $10k toy is a summer weekend car. AFM is realistically a couple years away though.

Don’t sell this one first, life can change without notice.

Whirlwind is a true classic. Godzilla is essentially the new hotness and it's prolly twice? the price too.

I'm not saying "the bubble is bursting" but historically you can get a game for $500 - $1,000 off of NIB price once production of a pin catches up to demand. When I can drive and hour and pick up a NIB for MSRP from the dealer, secondary prices fall a bit. Look what has happend to JJP's GnR. Those were going above MSRP to the point that JJP raised prices to 11k for an LE, and you can get them now for $8200 2 years later with 30ish for sale on pinside. Now, Godzilla should fair better than G&R (it's WAY better) but I do see the price on a second hand going down a little when NIB is available everywhere again.

Edit to add: Last used G&R LE confirmed to sell on pinside went for... $7,999. https://pinside.com/pinball/market/classifieds/archive?s=1&ad_machine_key=2912
You can buy one NIB for $11,000 right now.

if you just have room/money/time for one game, keep the WW. can't go wrong with a classic and you can play godzilla everywhere

If you only have room for one pin and WW (which you like a bunch) needs to go...get a GZ Prem instead of a Pro. Has the bridge, building, and mechzilla mechanicals. I think those 3 extra things will make it seem like a step up from WW or a Pro.

This is true, wait and eventually you'll see a good deal on a Godzilla given how much supply there is. But the one caveat I'd give here is that the big bulk of the supply seems to be Premiums rather than Pros. I've seen a dozen or so premiums on location compared to maybe three pros, and everyone buying for home use is also going premium. I wouldn't count on the pro going much below MSRP unless it's a really beat up location one.

Go for it sell and buy a pro plus money left over cant lose

I can tell you I am extremely happy with the Godzilla pro in my house. I could see keeping it forever. A forever home.

You will not be disappointed with the game, imo.

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So you have room for two pins, a plan to save money to get a second, and you can't just be patient and keep the game that's important to you while saving up for another?

Nothing wrong with that, but if that's the case sell WW because clearly it's not that important to you. It's just a game, you won't hurt its feelings. You're not a bad pinballer because you got a grail, enjoyed it, and then wanted to try something else.