So many possibilities...
I have two other primary hobbies: music and brewing beer. So I'd probably either have a sweet recording studio in the room that's my main game room, or an ultra-elaborate homebrew setup.
I also like cars. I currently have a nice '65 Mustang convertible in the garage, but have on more than one occasion, considered selling most of my arcade/pin collection in order to pick up a Delorean for myself or a '59 Impala for my dad.
Quoted from JonH123:I'd play a lot more video games.
Kind of ironic since video games were part of the reason pinball declined.
For me, video games have declined because of pinball.
That's exactly where I'm at. Less pinball, more video games. Since I got the Nintendo Switch, I've barely touched pinball - it's all Zelda whenever I have free time. I was a ton of old games I never finished or played enough - when I finish Zelda (months from now) ...I'm probably going to go through my back catalog of unfinished games.
More motorcycles, classic cars (which is hard with snow half the year), or maybe slot car racing.....used to have a ton of AFX
Back to model car building. Still have hundreds of musclecar kits sitting unbuilt. I should just get rid of them, they're taking up possible pinball space.
It's a reverse question for me. I would much rather be skiing and snowmobiling in the winter to 3/31 than playing so much pinball.
Unfortunately the upper midwest has a snow crises "like not much". So we have not gone up so I've been playing so much pin my shoulder hurts. (may also be caused by lifting weights)
We have ski passes, snowmobiles, cross country ski's, snow shoes etc in the western UP Lake Superior snowbelt. What little they had was crushed in a march 6th rainstorm.
Pic is me and my grandson coming in from snowshoeing.
I'm being pulled away from Pinball right now as I'm spending more time planning my build of my JK (Jeep Wrangler).
The amount of aftermarket mods for Jeeps are overwhelming. Loving the research and planning that goes into building an off-road vehicle that meets my priorities.
I already do a lot of hiking, canoeing/kayaking, & camping, but I would probably do more out-of-state trips to some of the more awesome outdoor places in USA, Canada, South & Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Scandanavia.
Might do more saltwater/offshore fishing if I had more time and money, and while doing that I might as well check out more of the awesome beaches around the world. 
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Quoted from ninjabones:Latest project... 90% done
Sweet I like the disc brake addition, although I cant see the need for them. Nice job-cool bike!
Quoted from RobT:I'm being pulled away from Pinball right now as I'm spending more time planning my build of my JK (Jeep Wrangler).
The amount of aftermarket mods for Jeeps are overwhelming. Loving the research and planning that goes into building an off-road vehicle that meets my priorities.
Yeah, I've got a 98 XJ with many aftermarket suspension parts on it that is finish and go out in Again.
Travel....We are like so many others our age and trying desperately to downsize. We do a lot of travelling now, but the goal is to eventually end up in a small condo and travel a lot more. I've done car restoration, antique game restoration...ride motorcycles, and have a pretty well-equipped shop. But after having to liquidate my brothers' large business when he passed away, and having to sort through and sell 100 years of collecting things on our old farm....I have made the decision I do not want my kids to ever be in that situation. We collect all of this crap and most of our kids could care less other than the monetary value. So I will someday sell it all and use the money for more travel..........lol. Stuff is just stuff, and we can't take it with us....but oh the memories. They funeral director is going to have to pry the smile off my face with a crowbar!
I do a lot of photography and pottery. I'd probably do 50% more of each. I guess a link to my (woefully out-of-date) fb page is the easiest way to show both.
The sea was angry that day, my friends!
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Model trains - specifically Maerklin, have a small collection of Z, HO & 1 scales
DIY home projects (running out of projects)
Being more actively involved in my daughters' soccer & softball - already very active with them, but would like to get back into coaching
Would like to have an aquarium
Would like to get back into a "fun" car
Would like to have a vacation property in the north - to fish and eventually pass down to my kids
Would like to have a woodworking hobby too...
Work and pending college educations are more prohibitive to the above than pinball is!!
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