Sell them while they are still of value and keep my Virtual. Do you really think this next generation of kids cares about pre LCD games?

It is up to the parents of these kids to get them to playing real machines and creating fond memories so that they DO care about them. I know mine will

I want to be cremated on top of a pinball pyre

I don't have a large collection, 4-5 pins at a time so it doesn’t leave too much work for whoever out lives me to sell them.

I think more about how the games I like to play will change as I get older and nudging and standing hurts more. I expect I’ll enjoy less punishing games with simplistic rules when that time comes.

I also think about what if I can’t lift a playfield anymore? Or my hands get too arthritic to handle nuts and bolts? I play almost every day, I get a lot of joy from playing. I’ll be sad when I can no longer play or I can play but can’t own a machine because I can’t lift a playfield anymore for even minor repairs. Hopefully I’ll have a nice neighbour who wants to play some free pinball in exchange for basic maintenance but who knows.

I can tell you, yes they do. My friends son who is mid 20s is borrowing my Big Ben which sits next to his BBH. Both in his living room. Later this month he’s picking up a BTTF.

I'm 67, been collecting for 35 years and have a moderate size collection.
This question hit home a month ago when I had a large brain tumor removed
and the outcome was less than encouraging (but it ended up fine).

After a lot of thought, decided I'll never sell out before I croak. Just
enjoy having and playing them so much. Told wifee to sell hobby stuff
(far more than just pinball) slowly. Perhaps a couple a month.

Well, I raised my kids to enjoy the non-digital world as much as the digital, if not more. I’m pretty sure that they listen to my shellac 78‘s more than they do to crApple Music, and they definitely play my pinball machines more than any of my PlayStations.
I voted “die“, but I guess I should start unloading some. Where are those people with more money than sense, who will give me five times going prices?

I’ll be hard-pressed to ever let go of my TBL little achievers 007, though…

I used to have 18 machines but am now down to 5 elite "survivors".

Eventually I will sell off all but one machine. It's my "Grail" pin.

My HUO EBD!!!

Everything else is expendable.

Games are for me to enjoy…but when time comes, they are to pay for my son to go to Uni, or for large a deposit on a house. He is only 8yrs old now, so a few years left..

Don’t see how kids these days will get on the property ladder

I will keep 3 or 4..

A Viking funeral, but have the boat made out of the wood from my games.

I want to be stored before burial in Led Zeppelin that way when someone says it stinks it will be true for a change.

If I go before my wife she has the contact info for our pinball friends. If she's financially stable, she'll probably give most of them away to the people that would enjoy them the most (they'll have to take care of packing and shipping though...).

I will be carbon purified made into a diamond ball and used in TZ as a replacement ceramic ball.
The fun never stops.

Interesting post. Was actually pondering this very thing the last few years and thinking about selling some games. Have not been actively involved in pinball for the last 4 years.

I’ve made appropriate succession planning for my children.

Beyond that, I’m not worried about things I can’t control. I hope someone enjoys them or the money they bring.

No kids and been selling off my large collection for almost 20 years! When anyone came by and made an offer on one of my pinball machines (usually 3 times what I paid) It was gone! (Funny, I've had 3 T2 machines and never paid more than $800 for any of them) Certain things I'm keeping, but most of it can go.
Cheers!

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My wife will keep playing them after I’m dead. Until she gets a ball stuck and then it’s over. Lol.

This cracked me up. I have one kid who's a handful, I can't imagine 7!

Damn, my dad turns 70 on Friday, and while he's not losing the motor functions yet, I can see he's slowing down. He's finally getting to enjoy some time for himself, and golfing a LOT (which he loves). Even stopped buying cars every 2 months. Crazy to see. I hope he (and you!) hold out a lot longer than 71! I've just hit 43, and I still need to make a major motion picture.

I only have 4 right now after a couple years in pinball ,but sign me up to get buried in a sarcophagus with the collection and a geometrically perfect pyramid erected over it .Then 1000s of years down the line someone will unearth it and think I’m a Alien

This is hysterical. I’m totally telling my wife this is what I want to do, I’m going to stick with it like I’m serious as I can possibly be too. I’ll report back.

Just remember to pull the batteries out before they seal up the tomb. Don't want future people to grumble about board damage

Anybody taking down names here and searching obituaries in the future for sales ?

LTG : )

same!

Best to build relationships in the old guy thread Lloyd.

Well, with the ones older than me at least.

Hi older than me guys. I love you man.

LTG : )

I think there is an elaborate plan to divvy up and save the collection for the family. What actually will happen is the games will mostly be sold off before your corpse is cold. No one cares what a dead guy thought once he's in the ground. It's all about the benjamins. The novelty will wear off before the reception leftovers hit the garbage.

I hope that 1 goes to my nephew..the rest of them the old lady can have to sell n get a breast job and bring those puppies up!

Hahaha!
Lloyd have no problem gifting you a pin on my death bed because I know you would take care if it

i'm actually liquidating some games in the near future, post divorce and just because I can't keep 25 games running. Well i COULD but i tend to just leave the broken one and play one of the other 24. Then the other 23, then 22, then before you know it you have 5 games that need attention.

Turned 58 this year, starting to look down the road at eventual downsizing, would like to whittle the collection down to 8 or 10.

PM’s incoming!

I bought 2 games from the same dude who told me he was downsizing to put towards buying a boat. Pretty cool. I said he can come play the games anytime, and he said I can come out for a boat ride. I really love this community.