meh, if your idea of rsre is because of age then most games are rare.

Rare also doesnt mean fun. Have had too many rwre games that the only justification is because where will you see another.

Bit of a drama queen aren't we? Op posted games with only a few hundred or less and you start jabbering about mousin around. There are 245 listed owners of ma on pinside alone. Its not rare. Its not hard to find. Its a very good game, but its silly to bring it up in the context.

Rare is cosmic carnival. Beautiful game but no code to back it up. Wouldn't mind getting again, but at 4k its less a pin and more an art piece.

Ticket tac toe is rare and frankly should be gutted on site. The animations are fun but dear lord it was awful to play.

Punchy the clown is more of a redemption game by design but worlds better than ticket.

Only because I have a moderate grasp of english and the ability to understand concepts. Sort of like how you failed to grasp the concept of what leaving means.

Since you are struggling how about we start with the definition of rare. I know google is hard to find so here ya go.

(of a thing) not found in large numbers and consequently of interest or value

In short if you have 3000 of something and say less than 100 of another, which one is rare? Which one is of interest in this context?

You are right. I am not proof reading at 6am while writing in between sets at the gym. Just like how I won't as. I sit in the gym parking lot punching this into my phone before driving home.

Sorry, I don't buy into the fake veneer of niceness that pinside begs for. Don't like it, don't respond. It really is that simple.

Why do I keep responding? You come across as a kid who got too many participation trophies and feels they need to be included in everything. Your butthurt responses scream it which is sad, yet amusing. My collection is full of rare stuff. They are interesting, some are genuinely fun and under apprdciated. Many are, not really great games.

Most of the time there is a reason it is rare. Heighway games are electrical nightmares. Fun games, full throttle is really a sad case since its good. Alvin g's outside of mystery castle suffer from poor code, all suffer from cheap cabinets, awful paint, and fragile flipper mechs. Suncoast was amature hour, had to life the playfield to pull the coin box.

There are exceptions, but you are crying to be included in something that most of the time is mostly interesting merely because you don't see it often. If there were more pistol pokers it would be near worthless because the code is a skeleton due to alvin g closing as they made it.

Can agree, just wish all of them were available to replace. Also wish someone who has played a proto vs production would chime in on saying which is better? Is it worth converting a sample machine with the proto style ramp and proto cuts in the pf?

How did you like it? Had a shot at one a few years ago, but not the funds at the time. Only other one I am kicking for missed out on is Verne's World. Was just a day later seeing the ad.

Only 33 and somehow I don't manage to throw a tantrum, claim to be leaving and yet keep talking. Height is 6ft. My gf is taller than me which I find funny. My height always seemed irrelevant. Good for getting things off the shelves, bad for cars/plane trips/and fitting tubs. Barely fit in my Abarth Spider so being a couple inches shorter would be more of a positive. Not sure what this has to do with this thread other than you are grasping for anything to take the spotlight off your own insecurities.

To save you time. I'm not balding, greying, still fit into my high school jeans, am in a ltr, own my own house, own two cars, have a masters degree, have a stable career that both pays well and I enjoy. No I don't have kids and thankful for it. If you'd like to come up with any other excuses take it up in a pm or feel free to come out to independence. I'll give you a beer and we can play a few of the multiple rare machines I own, and can point out why there is probably a very good reason they are rare (market conditions, unstable company, unreliable, better games available at the time).

The current ones are pretty fun.

Would I pay what Alien is going for? No, but I am not into mine for near what they sell for. Is it one of the best games I have ever played? Sure, but I can get 2 top 10 games for it. Its also like maintaining a 90's Ferrari. A pain and expensive. Full Throttle on the other hand is a fun game, is a bargain at 4k compared to what else you can get for the money. It also doesn't have near the headaches of Alien. It is easier to work on (lacks power issues, the pcbs under the playfield are much smaller and easier to get in/out).

Have never seen one in person. I do however love a lot of the oddities from spinball. Their way of keeping balls from falling out when the playfield is raised was the best of any of the 90s games. Simple and effective. Their lightboards that can swing either way in the backbox was also pretty brilliant.

I don't really count homebrews. Not unless they got serial production. Otherwise they are going to be rare by definition.