I think maybe this is a little confirmation bias. The pinball market doing great is a sign that terrible things are coming in the future. Sure, I guess it could mean that, but it wouldn't be the most obvious reading of the data. Look, anythings possible and we could always be one prick away from a bubble bursting, but there's a lot of money in this world. I'm not sure 84,000,000 is even a drop in the bucket.

Also, just because people own more than one of an item does not mean it is a collectible. I don't collect video games even though I own a lot of them. People don't buy pinball machines and then store or display them carefully the vast majority of buyers use them quite vigorously.

Anyway, just a counter to the doom an gloom.