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So you bought a pinball machine. Has the addiction taken over? How m

By sevenrites

8 years ago


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    “So you bought a pinball machine. Has the addiction taken over? How many do you own now?”

    • I bought one, and am done. (for now, I think!) 14 votes
      6%
    • I bought one, now I own 5 or less. 92 votes
      37%
    • I thought 5 was my limit, but now it's 10. 57 votes
      23%
    • As long as I keep it under 20, it's not an obsession. 46 votes
      18%
    • Somewhere between 20 and 50. 35 votes
      14%
    • I'm definitely addicted, I own more than 50. 3 votes
      1%
    • I'm consumed by it for life, I own more than 100. 1 vote
    • I don't know what happened, but it's more than 200! 1 vote

    (249 votes)

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    #8 8 years ago

    If I had room for more than 15 or so, I'd probably just indefinitely buy and fix up games rather than ever get around to playing them and become one of you crazy hoarders with 200 games in due time. Nothing better than a shiny, shopped machine. Nothing more fun than looking for the next project afterwards. Sometimes in between those things I even find time to play them.

    #29 8 years ago
    Quoted from ForceFlow:

    I'm basically shooting for one example of each significant early solid state system type at this point.

    Make sure you find a solid state bingo machine. Great machine... if you need something to have on hand to give up when you run out of room without feeling bad about it.

    #45 8 years ago
    Quoted from sevenrites:

    how much on average do you spend enhancing each game! I'm probably around $250-500 per game on average.

    I'm around $1600 into TZ already, not including the game which I bought working in decent shape.

    It's $300+ just to bring a working game in the door between rebuilding flippers, pops, new legs, new glass, rubbers, coil sleeves, balls, cab protectors, new posts, new locks, LEDs, and LEDOCD so it only goes up from there.

    #53 8 years ago
    Quoted from TigerLaw:

    Quoted for posterity, this represents your agreement we can have twelve.

    Varkon doesn't count as pinball, eh? Looks like Pinball Circus is on the menu. Maybe weird games like Super Mario Mushroom World or Night Moves can be counted out as technicalities too?

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