I'm thinking about getting rid of my LOTR and Tron to get MM. I would still be out a 1-2 thousand dollars as well. This post may create some serious flaming coming my way but I wanted to hear some opinions. I am very new to pin ownership (about a month) and have never played MM except on Pinball Arcade. Then again, I had never played Tron when I bought it and had only played LOTR once when I got it. Me and my family are enjoying what we have already, but I am considering picking up an MM.

Alright, let's hear some thoughts...

If I never buy another game in my life, I doubt (with my poor skill level) that I would ever be able to defeat either of my current pins on any regular basis, if ever. I think you may be right about getting caught up in the 'getting' of pins for me already. BTW, I plan on having 6-8 pins (a guess) at a minimum once I build up my line-up.

You know, I guess another option would be to buy a local very nice IM I know of which I could get for between $5000-5000 and just keep what I have.

I've heard some chatter about a remake. Is that pure speculation at this point or is someone actually in the process?

LOL, I was scrolling through the forum and saw this! I was fairly new back then and I did end up buying a MM for something like $12k at the time. It was really nice but not perfect. Not too long after I heard about the remake and a traded it for a TFTC, TAF, FT and DM. Thus started a multi-year adventure where I was buying and selling lots of pins.

I'm pretty settled in right now and haven't been too active either on Pinside forums or on the marketplace.

And, btw, I currently own MMrLE, AFMrLE, and MBrLE all of which have been are currently being routed. Still also own my LOTR-LE. Just can't bring myself to sell that baby.

Have owned a few Trons over this time. Last one was all chromed up. Sold it but shouldn't have. That was a few years ago. Oh, well.