I'd sell tspp since you don't like it beyond having a large piece of art.

Nope.

Nope. One is enough.

A new machine always reinvigorates my whole collection for a while...but mostly, I am the same as you and will only get a new machine if a really good deal comes up. I have a small amount set aside for those times when a good machine at a great price pops up, but I don't save for any specific machine (and definitely not in the NIB price range).

Any game that sits I rotate out. I love that I come home dying to hit the basement and fire up games to play. If I did not feel that way I am not sure they would be down there.

I never played DW when it was the only game I had. I was going to sell it and just not have any pinball machines, but then I bought a couple of projects, and then an ES and on and on. I think having one game limits you so much that you tire of it quickly. You'll probably play TSPP a ton more if you had two more games with it honestly...

I go through these phases where I go crazy on one of my hobbies then it just goes dormant for a while. Buying a new machine helps appreciate the other ones. It is your call though...if you spend it on something you enjoy better then do that.

One is never enough! My suggestion is get another game but get something totally different in theme variety is the spice of pinball

I think a FG / TSPP would be a great two pin lineup. Get it man. Getting FG may excite you to play TSPP more.

And if you don't want to blow a huge wad of cash, just buy a cheaper second machine. Many amazing titles in the $1500 range. Could be a good test to see if having more than one helps you play the first more and gets you more into pinball. If not, you could sell both. If so, add FG, or sell one and add FG, or whatever works for you.

I think you need to get a World Cup soccer because if you're only going to have one game you should have a game where you are competing against the machine by defeating teams.

If you don't want any more, don't get any more.
It's all up to you, man.
Freedom!

I used to have 12 lined up in the gameroom. I am down to 5 working and 2 EM projects to screw around with this winter. I found it is getting what you like and not the quantity, sell the one you have and get one you will enjoy playing.....................kind of like wives

TSPP comes up often enough that you could always reacquire down the road if you miss it. If you're going months without turning it on, doesn't sound like you need/want to increase your pin collection at this time. Always nice to have the $ saved up in case you need to act quickly on purchasing a pin!

Nope.

Pinball == Lays Potato Chips.

I had one for years and years without wanting another. I bought my second a two years ago. It really blew up from there.... I agree with the notion that having multiple games can lead you to play each one more.

not sure how to help, i cant really relate- i would say buy a cool old ss game- only out a few hundred and not a few thou. then see where your at.

Why are you here?

lol- ya i would say it went critical mass

You may be the first person in pinside history to utter those words.

If no play look for a trade. Sounds like you're a one pin guy. Nothing wrong with that. Just keep it fresh.

I think the question is how much did you play TSPP when you got it? If it was just "meh" then you are good with one. But if it was more fun than a fish tank full of cats, get another and have that kind of fun again. Then sell TSPP and get a different one. A single game will always get stale. Variety is the part that keeps them fresh.

I have to wonder how you can say that you "love" TSPP if you hardly ever play it.
Dude, seriously. Give your head a shake.
Sell the pin you're no longer playing and get something new.
If you have enough for 2 older titles, you likely have enough for a NIB like Metallica or ACDC -pins that will likely keep your attention.

The stupid thing about this hobby is the "need" to keep these things when you're no longer playing them.
What's the point?

Some people go through phases for a lot of different reasons. You'll know when it's time to sell or buy another pin.

Or if you're indecisive you can start a thread on pinside

Its taken me years to realize this. I have 8 games and 5 rarely get played. I am finally realizing that no matter how much I like the art or theme some games are not keepers and just don't get played. If its sitting, find something fresh to play and you will think totally differently.

Find a friend to trade with. 3 to 6 months. It will add some variety to the mix and perhaps you will find, like I did, that you miss your game. That was the case with my bobby orr power play pinball. I got her back. I built a shrine. I don't think I'll ever let it go

If you love something, set it free. If it comes back, it's yours forever. If it doesn't, it never was.

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If you are going to have only one TSPP is the one to own consider more relaxing shallow rule set game for your second game funhouse and cyclone or even phoenix and paragon

You need to "add to" or frequently sell/trade your one pin to keep it interesting.Otherwise its really not a hobby.

If he doesn't play it, it doesn't matter.

Time to get a fresh game.

Getting a other game may not make pinball fresh and if TSPP is not his cup of tea I say go old school.

Can still appreciate fine art without owning a fancy painting

And let's be honest here, in game terms pinball isn't exactly best bang for buck. (Of course some get more enjoyment out of it than other things!) so I don't blame cheesewhisperer for that.

I think the OP said 1, not 120!

Family guy=funny. Simpsons=not funny. That's a good enough reason to freshen things up

Am I the only one that thinks the OP has an ulterior motive here?

I really think someone WANTS to be talked into a second pin....

I don't play My GNR but I wouldn't sell it

Try a well maintained, top title, wedgehead (Gottlieb) from the 70's. You may like pinball more than you think.

I personally don't get that but too each their own. But you also have enough pins where it's not a big deal to have one sit for while.

When you own just one pin it is a novelty: something fun and out of the ordinary in your family room (or basement or den or living room) that will impress visitors just because most people don't have one.

It becomes a hobby when you own two or more pins and you think often about adding (or trading for) others. Owning a large number of pins will only impress other pin hobbyists. Most people (especially your parents and relatives) will feel you are foolish to have spent so much money on games.

You currently own one very nice game. It sounds to me like you should relax and enjoy being in the first group above and quit thinking about buying another pin.

False. One is never enough, if it was, you would not be on pinside. There would be just the one machine and it would be used for stacking laundry.

So you're telling him he has to move his shirts and socks off his game now?

No, "sometimes" owning a large number of pins impresses someone that doesn't have any but wishes they did. And +1 on parents and relatives thinking you are foolish spending money on coin-op. Even when you explain to them that you've never lost money selling them (sometimes profit), they still think it's a stupid thing to invest in.
"Why aren't you putting your money into 401k?"
"Because I can play my investment and get it back.. How much did your 401k go down a few years back, oh right half. My pins didn't go down in value by half thank you very much"

I enjoy the jaw drops when a civilian walks into my arcade.

Clearly this hobby is not for you. You're trying to force this, find something else that interests you more.

One machine and one game a month is less than what most of us force our wives to play.

I don't understand why you wouldn't just sell your Simpsons and buy a Family Guy.

Or, as others have said, maybe pinball just isn't your jam. Even if I there was a game I absolutely hated in my basement, I would play it a lot more than once a month.

I will tell you when I had 1 machine we played a few games, then went on to play something else (ffooseball, arcade game, etc). When I added a second and a 3rd then we played nothing but pinball all night. It because you grow tired of the same thing over and over, but after an hour of playing something else it's easy to go back to the first game.

I will also add there are times I just don't feel like a game of tspp, but totally feel like a round of Spider-Man. My 2 cents having a minimum of 2 games (3 is even better) will really make pinball much more fun. Plus when you have friends over, you will find a lot more playing goes on.

With winter coming, don't sell it. Soon, you'll wish you had kept it.