I was born in 1978 and have pictures of me as an infant on my dad's pinball machines. First arcade related game I bought was in 1997 a Midway bump and jump video game($50), first pin was a Chicago coin big flipper ($100) that I bought a year later. I'm always on the prowl for anything at a deal really. The more broken the better as I possess the skill set to troubleshoot boards at the component level. Plus I've been hoarding hard to find electronic components since the late 90's since I saw where this hobby was going. It's nice working on things knowing I've got almost anything needed to fix it somewhere in my house. My current collection of everything is well over 50 machines, I have more pins than video games but even that market is starting to spike. I have no idea where this hobby is going. Bitd I used to get calls to haul this broken machine out of someone's basement. Now even junk is commanding more money than I'd pay. I think eventually things will calm down. But I have no idea when.

Most of the video games I have, I have for a reason. 2 I have had since I was 5yrs old, the others are what I remember playing bitd at Aladdin's castle. So no I'd never sell the video games i have to buy more pins. Also as of recently the prices on video games have gone into the stratosphere.