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New to Pinball... I'm in love... Now I want one!

By S2005

8 years ago


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#25 8 years ago

stargate, jurassic park, judge dredd, demolition man, tales from the crypt. Something like that would probably suit you well if you are in to gaming you likely know all those franchises. If you can check it out in person and maybe try and convince your friend who already owns some pins to tag a long to have a look himself.

#82 8 years ago

Theres also visual pinball to try out games on

#105 8 years ago
Quoted from S2005:

It's pretty unlikely I'm going to take out a loan. I'm pretty excited about being 100% debt free when we pay off our truck (Presently our only debt unless you count monthly bills [Power, Water, Trash, etc])
I've been saving a while now in a separate account for just such a toy. A few months ago, that toy was going to be a new motorcycle. I've owned a few and I miss them, but I just can't see myself on one now. A pinball machine would be a better decision I think. I don't have to insure it... I'm not going to fall off of it and die... It's not very likely someone won't be paying attention and hit me with their car while I'm on it...
We've got quite a bit more than 2000 saved, but I thought it would be a safe starting point, as a lot of the pins we were eyeballing were around that price range... honestly, we pulled that number out of the air... The 2000 was going to be the down payment on a motorcycle, with a 3 year loan to cover the rest in monthly payments. I guess my logic was that I was just getting a different toy.
I'm grateful for your advice. I sincerely am, and I'm probably not going to take out a loan for this toy, I was weighing my options though.
I'm still not 100% sure what I'm going to do at this point, but I'm strongly leaning toward building my own virtual pin machine... They can be built for much less than $2000. I have a few "spare" computers laying around, and I'm pretty good at building stuff myself... I think that will scratch my itch until I can afford the Star Trek (Stern) and by then it might even drop in price!
In the mean time, I'll still have what I've saved so far, and if a Stargate becomes available, I'll jump on it!

I wouldn't build a virtual pinball machine at this point. I'd just install visual pinball on your existing pc and use that to try out games and get a feel for what you like. That's what I did when I first got in to pinball, I was limited in what I could play on location around here so tried out most games on visual pinball first to get an idea of the rule set and features.

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