My first was a RFM and I liked it a lot, great theme and really funny callouts. Added LEDs, the missing slingshot spotlights and removed everything and cleaned to get it in good shape.

I did sell it after a few years though but that wasn't because I was bored of it but rather that the pin2k form factor made the game stand out and look awkward in my wpc/95 collection.

My first pin was a roached out space shuttle… I did my best to get it fixed up .. but half the playfield was missing .. I eventually found a better example and bought that one .. space shuttle is bolted to the ground but always in search of a perfect one

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You played Space Station in the Williams app. Space Shuttle is the original. I find it very fun for its era. Way more enjoyable than others around that time.

First pin was a TSPP my dad got us for Christmas. I was in high school at the time. Still have it; never getting rid of it.

Hoping a Futurama pin drops sometime. Would be great next to a Simpsons pin.

Class of 1812, miss it

My first pin was Bally Atlantis in early 2018 for $2000.

When purchased, it looked neglected and needing some tlc: dusty, unwaxed, plastics loose, all original incandescent lighting, unplugged in the living room with stuff piled on it. Everything worked though, many new uninstalled parts, no battery damage or hacks, factory playfield mylar, with cabinet and translite both 9/10.

A working diamond in the rough, just what I was looking for in a first pin!

Turns out its' first two years were in a Montreal arcade, was coveted by a local player who purchased it and moved to Vancouver where it spent many years HUO, explaining the very good condition it was in. After cleaning it up, installing leds, a playfield protector, art blades, a new 3D printed sub and Fathom bumper caps, it has given me no issues or breakdowns.

I was lucky to acquire such a beautiful, reliable, unmolested pin for my first. This is a major reason for fueling my continued enthusiasm and quickly acquiring five more pins.

After giving me such a great, reliable and fun start to the hobby, Atlantis is never leaving!

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Monday Night Football.
Still have it. Still love it. Likely on its way out though, out of space in the basement and it just doesn't get played that much. Fun, simple game that always appeals to non pinball guests.

My 1st game is gone and got Black Hole in it's place.

Rescued a Hurricane from a storage facility years ago. No one would touch it. Players condition. Learned a lot, fixed it up, played it a while, then a board went. Traded it and some cash for a Fish Tales. Fought with the reel opto forever and my wife didn't like it at all. Sold it when I moved in 2013. We do miss Hurricane. But won't pay over 3k for one now..

First pin was a Black Knight my parents bought for the family in the early/mid 1980s. I wanted the Haunted House we saw at the shop because it had three levels! But BK won out. My folks still have it.

First pin I bought was a CV I got from a local dealer. Wasn’t in great shape, but I didn’t know any better. It recently came back from HEP, so it’s in pretty good shape now…and not leaving.

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The Addams Family and Theatre of Magic: I got a good deal on buying them together. I did not know much about working on machines or what to check and the learning curve was steep. Both had been heavily routed. TAF was incredibly dirty. Neither worked properly and needed a fair bit of work. I did manage a more or less completel restore on both including full LEDs, rebuilding all the flippers, slings and pops. Every coil was resleeved. New rubber, new playfield glass and any damaged or broken plastic replaced. The rubber on TAF had totally perished. I posted the MPU board on the "worst hack/repair you ever saw" topic list. To this day it has to be in the top ten. The saving grace was that both playfield were in good condition. I still have both and they are in good shape.

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Pinball Magic bought 20 years ago, and still here! My kids grew up playing it and I am forbidden from selling it. May be my favorite game of all anyhow, so no problem!

Bone Busters that I picked up in 1999 for either $395 or $695…hmmm. But yeah, still have that game and it’s hard to imagine letting her go even though she doesn’t get much play these days!

Rollergames was my first. Bought it off of ebay from a (sort of) local operator for $850 back in 2003. Never letting it go!

Bought a Gottlieb Genesis in 2011 for $100. I was living in college dorms at the time, but couldn't pass up the deal knowing I'd never see another $100 solid state machine. Put it in storage for 7 years while I bounced around university housing and a couple "townie" apartments until my then-fiance and I could buy a house. Once we got the house, I moved Genesis out of storage and got to work. Cleaned up some hacks, did the usual ground mods, and it ran great until literally yesterday - right flipper ain't flipping at the moment. I'm sure it's an easy fix.

The guy I bought it from is the dad of one of my still-close college buds. I wound up buying his Gorgar about a year and a half ago too. Gorgar is fixed up and working, but it would probably go first if I had to pick between Genesis and it! Genesis isn't going anywhere any time soon!

My first was Meteor. Have owned about 7 of them since then, but the current one isn't going anywhere. Still my favorite game.

Examples I've owned the longest continuously are Black Knight (12-26-89) and Earthshaker (sometime in 1991). Damn, I've had Black Knight 33 years?!?!?

TZ was first about 9 years ago, followed closely by TAF a few months later. Still have them and have no reason to sell. They're both great restoration candidates so they'll probably never leave. On a side note, I've never actually sold a pin.

My first was DE Guns n Roses in 2007 and I still have it because I’m a massive fan of the band and I have memories playing it in 1994
I now have 22 machines and been restoring them but waited until I was satisfied with my abilities until touching my GNR
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My first game was deadpool premium. I traded it when I had less space but then got it back again last year when I expanded. Started my obsession. Now have 10 pins with 2 more coming.

EBD. Long gone.

It can set you free to sell a machine. I sold my huo, first owner WOZECLE last year. I really, really tried to love this game. I waited forever to get it and......from the get go lots of issues. I did get them figured out. It was always a machine I did not want to work on. I could never connect with this pinball inspite of all the hype. With led board issue, well, that was the final straw. I sold it locally and the person who bought it got a screaming deal considering what they go for at present time. No regrets from my end. It just felt so.....liberating to let it go. I should also add that this was the first pinball tat I had ever sold. I have a great Judge Dredd that I will likely sell. Anyone interested?

My first pin I bought was Twilight Zone in Oct 2008 thru Ebay. I still have it.

How come, just curious?

My first pin was SF2. I just traded it for a better condition F-14. I think I got a better deal…mine still had incandescents, needed new rails (rust), and the scoop holes took a beating over the years.

Sure, F-14 is more shallow, but it’s like playing a blockbuster movie versus a decent but slow indie movie.

My first was Gottlieb Torch. It was a real mess that I bought at a garage sale broken. My girlfriend called and told me about it. We were living apart at the time. I drove the hour to get it and met her at work before I drove home with it in my pick-up. It took a lot of money to fix it that I will never recover. My Zip-a-doo and my Torch are two pins that I will never part with. The memories that come with them are something that I am not willing to part with.

I bought my 1st pin about 7 years ago, an old gottlieb wedgehead em for 450 off CL. I knew nothing about pins at the time. The head had better days, as it had globs of Pl, or some kind of glue on the lower part, but I didn’t care. The game played fine, and I was happy to bring her home. I eventually sold it, but always kept the guys # in case he wanted to sell. I did but it back, and firmly believe that she’s found a forever home in my garage..

White Water. Never leaving. Will restore it one day but it’s my most played pin so don’t mind beating it up still.

My first pin purchase was two at once. I bought them off of ebay in 2006. My wife was not happy to see two pinball machines come in the house unannounced. They were Doctor Who and Rollergames. I still have the Doctor Who, and the wife.

Star Pool - still have it.
Traded a Sears Ted Williams Gamefisher boat with a 4hp Johnson outboard. Cute little motor that folded in half and stuffed in a suitcase.

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First brand new machine I ever bought. Gottlieb Pinball Pool. February 1979.

Still have it. Ran it here about eleven years. Retired it. Brought it back in for my 30th anniversary party. It went dead in the water half way through the day. Retired it again.

Brought it back some years back and put a new power supply in it and MPU. Set up for quarter play and you can't win games on it. That way parents that don't want to stick their kid in front of a dollar game, can let their kid have a blast on it. Yet great players aren't on it all day for a quarter.

LTG : )

First pin was Taxi. Got it for my wife X-mas of 1993. Was being routed at an Al-Anon in Costa Mesa Ca. I saved it then and we still have it.

I bought a broken, routed, Fish Tales as my first pin...got it working 100% and really liked it, lightning flippers and all. Learnt alot about pins with my FT. Would love to own a nice example one day...I'm a bit shocked with the poll results and how few votes the third option has (sold n miss).

Sold FT alongside my other two B/W pins (Dredd and Demo Man) with a plan/dream to buy a NIB spiderman comic that was coming...Stern jacked up the prices, way higher than what I was expecting, so I sadly passed on it. Remained pinless for years until I bought an AIQ LE...now waiting for it's mate to turn up to keep it company, a GZprem.

Wished I'd bought the nice Black spiderman someone was selling at the time I sold my pins but waited for the comic version and the rest is as above...damn.

DE Batman…still have it because it’s my wife’s game and she says it’s not for sale EVAR!

My first pin, a F-14 Tomcat and still have it....
Bought it for $700 in 2014 in the desert area of Hesperia, Calif.

My first pin was a williams scorpion. I had it for 2 years before I sold it. It was a good first pin to learn the basics on. I put a lot of work into it, but I got bored with it when other pins came in. I sold it to a local guy as his first pin. Circle of life continues. I don't miss it.

A side note, my first pin I was going to buy was a williams firepower. It was the pin I really wanted when I first got into the hobby. I found one for sale 4hrs away and made a deal with the guy to pick it up the next day. He ended up selling it out from under me just a few hours after we made the deal. Total dick move. Anyway, I finally bought one almost 3 years later, it works but needs a lot of love. I'm currently fixing it up but I don't plan on letting it go anytime soon.

First Pin is the pin I remembered from my Childhood - Aladdin's Castle. Still have it of course, and I picked up an extra, and an extra BG too.

I bought an Eight Ball Deluxe over 10 years ago and it will never leave.

I played EBD at Aladdin's Castle at the mall when I was a teen.
I played EBD at the UofL student center while in college.
I played EBD at my favorite pub in my 20's and 30's.

I've played that pin more than any other pin ever made.

I bought the pin. Restored it and started my collection.
Still have the pin. The collection continues to grow.

Data East Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I don't think it lasted more than 2 months, I just didn't think it was a fun game and a local operator asked me if I ever wanted to sell it. Made a deal that afternoon.

Bought a Williams Big Deal in 1982. I was not able to hold on to it.