Sorry to hear - everyone dreads this kind of thing.

Simple advice.

Sell some games to raise funds. Sometimes less is more and a good anti-dote to the addiction/obsession of pinball collecting

And hopefully people local to you can help out with sorting out the underlying issues. The biggest issue we all have with pinball collecting is space and the 'right' space as well.

I do think this thread shows the incredible generosity of pinsiders willing to help. Great stuff. It is very nice that people are willing to go and help.

As for donations - also have reservations. Say for example he doesn't want to sell because emotionally it is just too hard, and he is fighting the addictive urges that we have while collecting. Are we then colluding with an addiction?

Just a different take on the situation.

Great that people are offering help but friendly advice is more worthwhile in the long term even though some stuff is hard to hear.

Hope tomorrow goes well to those helping in NJ.

Very curious thread really.

Only one explanation ( for me anyway ) makes sense of it and that is a condition that goes along side 'digestive ailments'.

If this ever proved to be the case, people including myself would do a total 180 flip regarding this thread.

It's not really fair for me to say my theory but it does make sense. Sorry for being obtuse.

I hope someone showed or shows up today as Otaku's intentions are good. We all perceive reality differently and his perception of reality is probably a bit different to many of us. It has to be with 29 pinballs at the tender age of 18!

I know it has annoyed many that he isn't selling any games. I suspect it is emotionally very hard for him to do this.

Going to finish by saying, ' just give the kid a break'