Answer to the question is yes. Driven by the home collector in my opinion. As to empirical evidence, from a data set of ONE. I have a healthy, growing collection, a distributor I trust and depend on, a mod guy and a repair guy on my phone, I pay x per hour to keep the machines going and watch and learn while they are being repaired. Hope to do it myself one day when I retire. Not to save money but because I am fascinated by these machines that combine physics and electronics and programming, far superior to any video game I have ever had. (I used to be a high-end PC Gamer, custom liquid cooled machines, highest frame rate, large high rez monitors etc.) I think there are a lot of us that have discovered this. Maybe? IF so, will this sustain a long-term demand? I don't know, as to more empirical evidence, my son and I have bonded over it, I've bought him a couple of machines for his house, and he comes over to my collection a couple of times a week. We watch YouTube for tutorials on the code, I listen to podcasts and go to the big shows. It's a great hobby, it takes more of my time, happily. How repeatable is this to other collectors? Will it transfer over to the mainstream? I don't know. I doubt it, my friends come over and enjoy the experience but it's only every now and then and I don't see them seeking out areas with pins. Central Florida is a bit of a pin wasteland unless you're talking Orlando which is only an hour away so there is an opportunity to experience variety. As to home collector demand, I think it is enough to sustain a few manufacturers over the next few years. Certainly, the recession we are currently experiencing will make a difference, the well managed companies will survive.