I may be in the enviable position soon of being able to reward myself for years of hard work with buying one pin of my choice. Any pin, short of MM. I'm married so I RARELY get this chance. Not bragging, just got lucky through my job.
But its hard to choose. WOZ, AFM, AC/DC .....
or
Two or more pins of lesser value....
What would YOU do? Thanks for the imput pinball brethren.
Tron Pro is on my short list. I would also see if something else comes up for a good price. But I already have a good lineup.
After I convinced my wife that this was a good idea...
I've never even seen these 10k machines that people talk about, so I'd go with multiple, at least 3. Probably one $4,500-5,500 machine, and two $2,500 machines, or one $2,500 machine and a couple lessor.
Spitballing here as I'm going off the top of my head and not checking currently prices, but would hope for a LOTR or a POTC, and a BSD and something of similar value, or a BSD and a Big Guns and something else.
But I've got some room and jump starting a nice collection would be awesome. Debating parting with an old Mustang that doesn't get used nearly enough just for this purpose.
I would get a nib metallica dirty donny premium, mint huo lotr and could squeeze in a zaccaria hot wheeles with no Playfield wear
Met-6k
Lotr3-4k
Hw-500-1k
In British pounds and for what machines go for in the uk
For $10k, I used to be able to get a whole lot more. These days, that's like 3 pins. Here's what I'd probably do.
2 pre-DMD games (Taxi, Diner, Pinbot, Bride of Pinbot, High Speed) - $3,000
1 newer Stern (SM, LOTR, TSPP, Tron) - $5,000-$6,000
1 earlier SS game (Mata Hari, Black Hole, Fathom) - $1,500
If anything is left over, put the rest into improving the machines you end up with.
If you just want to go big, get a new Stern like AC/DC Premium or Metallica Pro and a mid-90s B/W game, like CFTBL, Judge Dredd, The Shadow, The Getaway, or WCS94.
Quoted from fattrain:Don't buy one
Buy Several
I vote for this, too.
I find my AC/DC Premium to be a fantastic game, but I've always been uncomfortable having that much money tied up in a single machine. I've also regretted helping "pinflation" by making this purchase.
I say, don't support the insanity that's been turning pinball exclusively into a rich man's hobby. There are still A LOT of great games that can be had in the less-than-$3k category. And the truth of the matter is, most of those "A" titles that go for ridiculous amounts of money aren't any better than many games that cost FAR less.
Tron Pro & TSPP
Get a Stern, a 90's Bally/Williams, an 80's alphanumeric, and an early 80's SS
example: Tron, Jackbot, Earthshaker, and Gorgar
Transformers Pro, Judge Dredd, Whirlwind, and Comet
Avatar, Indiana Jones, Taxi, and Black Hole
Monopoly, Cirqus Voltaire, MNF, and Harlem Globetrotters
T3, Demo Man, Funhouse, and Xenon
Ironman, Flintstones, Elvira ATPM, and Fathom
if any $ is leftover, then sneak in an EM for fun 
Wow lucky.
If I had that I would definitely get LOTR and maybe Space Shuttle as That was my favorite table in the 80's and what really got me hooked with Pinball before the Price to play sky rocketed.
I would go multiple as well.
Scared stiff- about 3.5k
High Speed- about 2.5k
WCS '94- about 2.5k
Rollergames- 1.5k
the problem with this question, is the fact that the main question is Which pin to buy. As if the option is only one. This mindset that thinking 10k is a reasonable amount to spend on 1 game is the primary reason the bubble happened in the first place. You should be thinking. Which 8 to 10 pins should I buy? This is where you get the most for your money. Because 1 pin will get old. Doesn't matter what the title is, if it's only 1 pin it gets tiring and old eventually. it's a lot harder to get sick of 10 games than it is 1.
I would buy AC/DC Premium Pinball Refinery Edition the second that money became available. I am really hoping for a bonus at work later in the year to make that happen. The extra $2000 - $2500 would be the start to their Metallica. PS: I hate threads like this, because now I don't want to wait to save up for these.
Safe Cracker. (with wings) 
RFM.
Quoted from Dbaum88:Hey Luke - gotta remove some things but I think I can fit one or two more.
In that case...my answer would be WOZ or Hobbit, plus one other cool game in the $2500 range.
--Luke
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.....or Scared Stiff, natch!
