I'm in the middle of an Evel Knievel restore/pf swap. I'll do the cabinet when it warms up. I completed a Bally Strikes and Spares pf/cabinet restore last year, and have a Bally KISS pf swap on deck, cabinet is already done. I've learned tons, it's been kinda fun, and looking at and playing them when they're done is a great feeling.
Between these 3 games, with 3 reproduction playfields (roughly $2700), 3 sets of cabinet stencils ($500), 3 plastics sets ($450), not to mention all of the associated parts to rebuild everything from the mechs to bulletproofing the boards, I easily have over $4k invested in these 3 classic Ballys.
I'm thinking to myself, damn I coulda bought a nice (insert game here) instead of just making these 3 games look and play better.
At what point do you say screw it, it plays fine, I'm saving this cash for a new (to me) game?