I am buying my first home and it just must have a pinball machine in it! If you see my ratings I have rated a few of my favorite machines, but STTNG and Flash are a couple of my top favorites. I am looking for an affordable (under 2k) yet fun game that would be a good one to practice on and become a better pinballer. I am currently novice to moderately experienced. I do tend to like sci-fi or fantasy themes, but sports themes can also work for me. Any ideas? Anyone in OR, WA, CA got one they want to sell me to get me started? I am mostly likely looking for a SS, but I would consider an EM.

#2 11 years ago

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Shoot_Again

Pinside member

Vancouver, WA

12y 83,400 8,453 2

DM
TFTC
JM
HS2
BK2K
PB
Fathom

I have a STTNG that I would entertain selling but it is not going to be near or under 2K.

Best of luck with your search

#3 11 years ago

MWY

myork82

Pinside member

Bowling Green, KY

11y 47,300 686 1

I just picked up a DM as my first machine and love it! I've got maybe 75 games on it, theres always something new, and nothing has annoyed me yet. Mine is near mint, shopped, mostly led'd, and was within your budget.

#4 11 years ago

MJK

AbacusMan

Inactive member

College Place, WA

12y 46,400 1,515

STTNG can need a bit of work to keep up and running from what I have seen.

#5 11 years ago

AST

Astropin

Pinside+ Member

11y 125K 8,899

HS2, DM, JM, WCS, DH, Dr. Who, JD.

Lots of top 50 machines in that range.

#6 11 years ago

BAD

ptownsheed

Inactive member

Gresham, OR

11y 15,750 3 1 7

Cool stuff! Thanks for the suggestions!

#7 11 years ago

FRX

Frax

Pinside member

Conyers, GA

12y 103K 16,662 2 9

Buy a beater, so you're forced to learn repair instead of paying some schmuck 100$/hour to fix, clean, and restore your pins. Flash is a GREAT candidate for that....early solid state, it's the most produced pin in history, so it's ungodly cheap to buy.

#8 11 years ago

FWD

rdawsoniii

Pinside member

Johnston, IA

11y 22,650 35

Who Dunnit is a pretty good game, and less than $2,000. That is what I have.

#9 11 years ago

ZPY

zippydapinhead

Inactive member

Albany, OR

12y 78,450 3,484 12 32

Nothing for sale here, but you are welcome to come over and play and get an idea of what you like. I'm an hour or so south of you.

#10 11 years ago

RJW

RandyW

Randy's Pinball

Maryville, TN

11y 94,800 1,302 18

I just sold a Flash. It was our first pin. I didn't get it fixed, but learned a LOT on it. Highly recommend it.

#11 11 years ago

JIM

BowlingJim

Pinside member

20y 105K 2,607 12 8 1

Buy at least 2. You can't have just 1.Then 2 becomes 3 and 3 becomes 4 and so on. Pinball is very addicting.

I started with 2 in our finished basement then came in a 3rd and now all the furniture is gone and I am at 13 pins now. I can fit 2 more but it gets really cramped.

Make sure when you buy the new home that the room you plan on putting games in is at leats 2 times bigger than you think you will need.

#12 11 years ago

JDA

Tweedlefuzz

Inactive member

Royal Oak, MI

12y 27,650 673 3

Quoted from BowlingJim:
Make sure when you buy the new home that the room you plan on putting games in is at leats 2 times bigger than you think you will need.

Truth.

You cant have just one... Don't want them to get lonely when I'm at work

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