I feel ya. I was already 2 pins over, but I picked up a DH and JM. Then for good measure I picked up 2 EMs (both Buccaneers). JM's glove has been on my office floor for a few weeks now, waiting to be reassembled. I'm looking at storage units again...

Lol. I feel your pain. My suggestion, buy ACDC, avengers LE, or LoTR. You won't neeeeed another pin for a long time

Its not bad till you need a BBH.

Space is my biggest enemy now as I have no more of it and even considering folding 3 games in a corner, leaving 9 setup and rotating games out. I am also at a point where it is getting harder for me to let go of certain titles I have too.

Dude... I started 2012 with 4 pins
I said I would stop at 10 by Summer.
I'm now at 19 and two pre-orders on the books.

It feels a bit hopeless at times, but at least I can say that I am at my limit... now

I have enough projects to keep me happy for a long time, and a lineup I am very happy with... with a great mixture of old, not so old and new games from all eras.

I think it's a phase that a lot of us go through. Acquisition mode!!!

Space is always a problem for collectors.

I've had them store them at my place, or even park them here for sale.

A win win for both of us.

LTG : )

Whysnow I feel your pain

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Its gotten so bad I'm seeing double.

I'm basing the color of my extra bedroom downstairs on what would best match any future pinball purchases for if/when I convert that room into the "arcade." Also trying to find the best way to punch a door in a wall so that pins can easily go from garage into said arcade room. And I'm not even out of space in the main room yet.

Being stuck at work all day with extra time and access to Pinside isn't helping either.

Wheels a go go.

I have room for 3 at a squeeze, not even close to enough.
I'd settle for 5/6. A couple of keepers and a couple to rotate in and out.

I think you can still fit a few more games in So far your games are still confined to only one room in your house.-My addiction has spread to 3 rooms. Do you really need a couch or a TV in your front room?-You're too busy working on pins to sit on the couch. Do you need a spare bedroom? You have room to grow!

It never stops... I just agreed to buy an expensive machine I neither really like, nor want, nor have room for...

Let's face it, that is part of the thrill, finding, buying, saying you are going sell, and keeping...

I feel your pain too... our remodel is starting today, which includes a new game room that will hold 12, and I am already trying to figure out what to do when I max that out!

And people wonder why the prices have gone up. Its right in front of your nose in this thread: The demand is more but the supply is sitting folded up in someones basement not even being used. Especially when folks are looking for Fish Tales and you have two of them...thanks soooo much for contributing to the high prices.

I know that situation. I have a storage shed packed full of games, the 3rd bay in my garage is stored games, and I even keep pins at my brother's and parents' houses. I'm sick, and I don't care.

I can't seem to hang on to a pin for more than 2 months. Im NEVER satisfied. Im about to rotate both of mine right now. Ive only had them for 2 weeks! I guess im just trying to find THE one.

Don't get your panties in a bunch.
FYI ,I found a better FT to restore at the Ohio show.The first one was sold 15 minutes after my purchase to a friend for what I paid for it.

Im just shopping it for him. Thanks sooooo much for being judgmental

It's my no FT party and I'll cry if I want to.

I keep my folded-up games because I have a plan to claim more space in the house, when my kid goes off to college in 4 years. Mwuahaha...

Snow sell me your FT. That should help lift the burden off your back. .

Or the DH I was in line for but you had first dibs.

Chris

We've been doing a lot of that too. It's gradually lessening as we settle on "keepers" that we really love, but yeah, we rotated through more pins than we currently have already.

Keeping it fresh has its advantages. Saving money isn't one of them.

I need to downsize too. But I dont want to sell anything and I have a few more I have my eye on.

7 years ago I had 30 setup, now I have 9 setup and 5 in storage waiting for refurb. I am in a much happier place with 9, but I would prefer to be down to about 6, keeping them all on one wall. They really do take up a lot of room.

Garage door! (With automatic opener, of course.)

I own 29 as of today and have sold 44. Next month will be 5 years for me so that is 14.6 pins a year or 1.2 pins a month.

Scott

Last year at this time I had 0. Now at 11. Was 12 yesterday but sold my Iron Man.

While I only own 3, 2 months ago I owned 0 and was apprehensive about spending the $$ to buy my cheap space jam. Now I could squeeze in one more but I'm really trying to limit myself. I do find myself sneakily checking auctions and sales sites telling myself that if there's a bargain on a machine I want how can I turn it down as I may never see it that cheap again.

Plan was to some day have nine, but after playing around with space I find 6 is good number. I play all of them on a regular basis, and it isn't too much work keeping them all clean and running.

I have one slot left open, and one I would sell/trade, so possibly two more machines in my future but I either need to find an excellent IJ at a reasonable price or some future machine really has to wow me. Other than that the collection stays as is.

No no no, not the garage door. I already have one of those. (Well, 2 if we're being technical.) I mean that the extra bedroom shares an internal wall with the garage workspace area. So instead of coming in the door from the garage into the hallway, wiggling it back into the bathroom to get it angled just right to get it in the bedroom door (literally beside the door to the garage) and scraping the pin/walls in the process, we'd just put the pin straight into the garage then open the "secret access door" straight into the bedroom. Easy peasy. Just need enough pins to make putting in the door worthwhile.

Here, I made you a blueprint.

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yeah i hear ya. I am bidding on a Genie project on Ebay and I went to local amusement shop and almost bought a EM. I want more but have no room and I only have 2 so far.

Let the addiction take over and embrace it the fight against it is futile!

It's called "being efficient."

I ran out of room with my 3rd pin, but now I have room for another......

Sounds like a masterplan to me. My wife wonders why we're keeping our big house with only one kid still at home. Mwuahahaha

I have 7 up, one major project in the queue, and nearing completion of my firepower restore (up and playable, but needs some pf work.)

5 in my office, 1 in the garage, and one in my daughters room on the 2nd floor.

I deleted Craigslist from my iOS devices...

Content for now, but that will change I'm sure....

I succumb to the idea that I NEEDED to put pins in my office as well. So the magic number will be 25. Probably 10 to many but I love looking at them when they are on. They are just nice pieces of art. If I ever had kids and need to turn the basement into a playroom I'm going to be pissed.

chris

you know i can help with your work load