The ones I have sold, the ones I still have.

With the way prices are now? I wish I'd kept them all.

John

TNA

Can't see myself buying it for how much they are asking for the remakes. Had the nice butter edition too.

PinBot - Miss It
Earthshaker - Don’t miss it
DE Jurassic Park - kinda miss it??
STTNG - miss it but what a pain in the ass to maintain

Pack em and stack em........LOL. No, not really. With 600 games sold off it's probably more around 15,000 sq. feet. Still a good size though.

John

Hmm.. For me, I've learned that it is not so much the pinflation, since any monetary sales have gone directly back into pinball, which buys whatever it was worth at that time.

My issue is that I have found no two pinballs play exactly alike. So I know that I will never get to experience some of the real gems I have had, despite finding nicer examples which was my thought to move them along at the time :/

All that said, I've had some great titles that have been hit with pinflation.. but no regrets since they helped me accumulate what I have today on a meager budget!

Cheetah
WMS Soccer
Space Odyssey
Strange World
High hand
Card whiz
Cheetah 2
Terminator 3
WMS Grand Prix
Cleopatra
Jokerz
Seven up
Xenon
Flash
Centigrade 37
Gigi
Elektra
San Francisco
Rocket III
ALI Getaway
Interflip Dragon
Star Race
Sinbad
Jumping Jack
Twinky
Rogo
Ali
Big Game
Demo man
Pinbot
El dorado
Close Encounters
Jungle Princess
Strange World
Vector
Volley
Sound Stage
Stars
Rack a Ball
Dracula
Sharkey's Shootout
Super Flite
PinBot
Solar Ride
Beat Time
Sky Lab
EATPM
Combat
Lucky Ace
Black Knight
Flash Gordon
Vector
Spinout

Sorry, I should have been more clear, that with my response.
- Indifferent to all -

For example, I loved my first Cheetah, but it was traded for a nice T3, which in turn became part of the funding for my BK-SOR. I am glad to have my SOR, so I can't really say I miss or wish I had not traded my first cheetah, since I'd do that again

Yeah, I mean, you had a TZ and TAF, that's amazing.. but at any point in pinball, these were always desirable titles, and would command 2x - 3x value of any machine... so in a way, the pinflation ratio is still about right, and they are high enough production that you can still find a decent deal now and then.

If your money stayed in pinball, it should be enough to get it back, or close to it.

Some titles have shot up as if it is bizzaro land.. like BTTF... but the good part is, we'd have no reason to buy it back. lol

I owned part of a Kingpin. Only pin I miss.

LTG : (

I did all of my buying and selling decades ago when prices were cheap. Drive home with a game for 50, 100, 200, 500 bucks. Or a super nice TZ for 1800, something like that. Only ones I really really REALLY miss are a handful of EM titles I kept for a long long time but I figure hey I got my fun out of them. The ones I think I miss that I only kept for a few years, I figure if I had them back even at a phenomenal price I'd find out I'd been looking back at them with rose-colored glasses on. Other than that. back then I didn't give a rat's ass about how much a game cost me or what I sold it for, I was only obsessed with pinball as a hobby and not an investment. Had about 70 machines but have almost zero memory of what I paid or sold them for.

Scared Stiff. Goodbye forever and stay out.
Dungeons and Dragons. Miss it.
Revenge from Mars. Better home now. Don’t miss.
Most others can’t remember so don’t miss.

Miss: JM, NBAFB, WD, GOTG, SStation, AS
Miss less: IM, RCT, NGG, AC/DC, TOM, Houdini, TF

All were pretty decent. Some of them really good, but just played too much.

Yeah that's a great sign that I definitely do not miss one. Be flipping thru the internet, see a game and go "Oh yeahhh, I totally forgot I had one of those!"

Wow, I didn't realize that i've sold so many games in the 1.5 years i've been in the hobby

STTNG: Miss it dearly
Judge Dredd: Why the hell did I sell that!
Super Mario Bros: Indifferent
Super Mario Mushroom World: Don't miss
Jurassic Park (DE): Don't miss

TZ don't miss
POTC don't miss
Stargate I miss it
IJ I miss it
Whitewater I miss it
WPT don't miss
WoF don't miss
Tommy I miss it
Whirlwind don't miss
DE JP I miss it
SM I miss it
Maverick I miss it
Batman Forever I don't miss
Fathom I don't miss
TSPP I miss it
The Shadow I miss it
Batman The Dark Knight I don't miss
Baywatch I don't miss
X-Men I miss it
Big Hurt I don't miss
Xenon I don't miss
Flight 2k I don't miss
firepower I don't miss
Black Knight I don't miss
Goldeneye I don't miss
Stargazer didn't play it enough to know
JM I don't miss
Blackout I don't miss
DE GnR I don't miss
Eight Ball Deluxe I miss it
AMH I miss it
Striker Extreme I don't miss
Waterworld I don't miss
WCS I don't miss
CFTBL I miss it
FT I miss it
SS I don't miss it
Paragon I don't miss it

I miss my R.B.I.O.N! sold it at a time of weakness!!

Dirty Harry was a nice starter machine but I do not miss it.

Addams Family was a good deal when I found it...kinda miss it. My wife really misses it and reminds me from time to time.

Vacation America...this was an odd one. Cheap, cheasy and not very good but EVERYONE played it on game night. Kinda miss that it entertained everyone for the cost of a nice dinner out with my wife.

I'm slowly learning that the simpler the machine is the more people that will play it.

TSPP - Don’t miss it.
WCS - Miss it. Might start looking for a nicer one
Met - Don’t miss it
CFTBL - Don’t miss it
TNA - Don’t miss it
Deadpool- Don’t miss it
Willy Wonka - Don’t miss it
Stranger Things Premium - Don’t miss it, but guests do.

it's been a little over 2 years after buying my first pinball machine, I've only sold two so far:

Scorpion: the first pinball machine I bought. Loved it at first, simple to understand and very easy to play, ultimately what led to getting rid of it. Don't miss it.

Escape from the lost world: The second pinball machine I bought. It was a looker, but gameplay was ultimately down to two main shots (albeit difficult shots), probably would've been better in a large collection. Don't miss this one either.

Indifferent - LW3, JPDE, T3, HS2, BSD, ACDC LED Pro, IMVE, CFTBL
Don't Miss - TFTC, RFM, MetPro, TWD Pro and Prem, GOTPro, TF Autobots, SS, TS
Do Miss - XF, Corvette, BBH, Supersonic, DM

Want in the future: XF, BBH, or Twister

Also only been in the hobby barely a year but my list...

Time Warp - Don't Miss playing it, but miss looking at it.
The Getaway - Don't Miss it
Godzilla pro - Don't Miss it

GB Prem w/topper. . .miss (wish I sold now for stupid money) otherwise glad to be rid of that POS
Party Animal. . .miss, no room
SoR . . . Traded for DE Star Trek, very happy

Here goes

LAH First pin miss it sometimes
IMDN Pro Im on list to buy again in May
TSPP Huge fan of game and show but oddly dont think about it much..had it 3 years
Met Prem She is the one that got away....think about her all the time...I need her in my life
Hobbit No love lost
BSD Great game but dont miss
ACNC dont miss
Laser Cue Dont miss
f14 Hasnt everyone owned this at some point
Firepower No
Stars No
Meteor NO
JP Prem sometimes but available everywhere
Stingray Nope
Mousin Around Nope
Earthshaker Nope
GB Pro Nope
LOTR Nope

Only games I’ve owned and sold and don’t miss is pinbot and Aerosmith pro. Regret or miss everything else…. Problem is I just can’t keep them all.

3 pins I planned to buy prior to pinflattion that I wish I would of is totan, hobbit and EHOH.

The one pin I sold prior and wish i still had was BM66.

Probably not getting any of these anytime soon

Stranger things le. Miss that a lot. Especially with how much it would take to get it again

Tmnt le. I miss it. I sold it too soon.

Mando premium. Nope. Dont miss. Its pretty. But i just dont love the game

Miss: TWD, MET, ACDC, TZ, AFM, STTNG & WH20
Kinda Miss: JP (just so punishing) & BM66
Don’t Miss: Most of The others but would still play them at a friend’s pad or on location.

I've sold about 20? Not a single one do I miss. If I sell them, that means I'm ready to move on.

Neat thread …

Some are easy to let go and I say don’t let the door hit you in the ass as you leave…

Jurassic Park Premium and DE Jurassic Park - just never liked them
Tommy - do not miss at all
Jonny Mnemonic - took forever to fix then never played, do not miss
Batman 66 - dream theme but so not missing it
Every EM I have owned - boat anchors

Iron Maiden - kind of in the middle on it

Indiana Jones - really miss it
Dialed In - should have kept it
Judge Dredd - why did I sell it?

Ghostbusters premium - miss it

Stern Indiana jones - don’t miss it.

Jjp POTC - still have it ,but not playing it much lately - won’t sell it because if I miss it I’ll never be able to replace it with how pricing is now.

Games I'd love to own again but probably never will again due to pinflation.

Funhouse
ACDC premium
Taf

Games I definitely want to buy again at some point.

Fish Tales
Star Trek pro

Same here. Always better to get a new game than one I already played hundreds of times.

I miss the CV I bought for $2400 and sold for $4000

Also the Funhouse I bought and sold for $1500

Miss my Stars too…

There’s probably more but I’ve been through ~150 machines

Now I only sell duplicates.

I miss the Dr. Who I had. Sold for 2k a couple years ago

Miss my pinball magic too

I get this....feel the same way

Pins sold that I don't miss;
Bally KISS
Gtb Caveman
Wms pitch & bat game (forgot title)

Pins I wish I had kept;
Paragon

No regerts

BM66: Miss it big time
World Poker Tour: Miss it
F-14 Tomcat: Good riddance
AC/DC: Sort of miss it
Wheel of Fortune: Miss it big time
TSPP: Miss it big time
Playboy (Bally) Sort of miss it

EATPM is big money these days... might just need that and LWJP.. depending on condition. May even get someone who really wants the EATPM to work something out for TAF.. all depends on condition.

Curious, if you go back in time, what did the $ from TAF buy you?

Don't miss iron maiden whatsoever, made 2k on it too. I find myself missing the simpler games when they leave the house.

I played it virtually, game seemed fun. Bought one, restored it, Bill Davis pf and the whole nine yards. When I finally played it in real life it was boring as hell. I set the game up with outlanes wide open, tilted higher, just to make it harder to play. Beat it every time. On top of that hated the RH ramp ball jump up into it through the flap.

Call outs were repetitive, game seemed shallow to me.