I would like to ask the Pinside community for advice on which one pinball machine I should get for my vacation home. This home is about 1,000 miles away and is visited fairly infrequently, 2-4 times a year for a few days and as much as two weeks only. I would also take suggestions that having a pin just sitting in a mostly unoccupied home is silly.

I have a mix of post 90's Williams-Bally, Data East, Stern, PPS and JJP games in my main home and would not mind having a duplicate for the vacation home, but would rather mix it up a bit.

List of games in my permanent home:
- AC/DC Premium
- Iron Man
- TSPP
- WOZECLE
- MMRLE
- Star Trek Pro
- Family Guy
- LOTR
- DESW
- Indiana Jones (Williams)
- Twilight Zone
- Addams Family
- Revenge From Mars
- Funhouse
- World Cup Soccer '94
- TOTAN
- Monster Bash

The game would mostly be played by me, as is usual in the main home too, but I do have to keep my wife and kids (late teens/college) in mind.

I was not thinking about transporting a game out of my collection, but that could be a possibility. I was thinking about buying another game to be placed in the vacation home.

Good point. The home is very secure with a monitored alarm system, but it's in an extremely safe town and cul-de-sac neighborhood on the water in a Southern warm/hot state (on the saltwater). It's also climate controlled throughout the year, so I'm not worried about temperature fluctuations per se.

I'm not too far from you actually and would be glad to talk to you about getting another pin.
However, would you or anyone else, recommend a game that I don't already own?

Another point is that I also do not rent out my vacation home, but I do have friends and family that use it occasionally. The house is not big enough for more than one or two pins, it's just over 2,500 square feet without a basement, single story, modern great room open concept.

And yes, price is not an obstacle, I'm more concerned with keeping engaged with only one pin, since I'm used to a variety of pins.

I'm seriously considering TWD Premium or possibly GOT Premium, but I would rather have them in my main home versus the vacation home. This is part of the dilemma. If I had one of these newer pins in my vacation home, I would be forced to visit it more often...

Thanks for all the advice so far. It's validating my thoughts that the pin I put keep for occasional play should be something different than what I have in my collection, but not something new that I (or one of my family members) would rather play whenever I/we want to.

Fish Tales would be an excellent choice.
POTC & STTNG are other good ones.

Great reminder. NGG, Pinball Magic or TOM are definitely in the mix. I would rather have the other pins on my wishlist in the main home.
I will see what will be available during my X-Mas trip to Florida. A Pinball Magic would be ideal for the family, and me too.

Well, heck yes, invitation good anytime, but especially in the winter - - - play some pinball, swim in the backyard pool or go to the beach, go fishing off the dock for some Redfish or take the boat out instead, then play some more pinball and have some good beer & cigars to end the day...

Right now the only part missing for me is the pinball playing part during my Florida vacations.

I thought about this, but the pin would occupy pretty much the entire Van seating with only 3-4 seats left for the one thousand mile drive.
I guess I can ship one or two of my pins instead of taking it there myself.

If I had to transport one of my existing games it would come down to WCS, RFM or Family Guy, but I would prefer to get something different.