Simple... Too many pins and I don't have enough money! But, I think it looks interesting and will be funny. Just a shame that I don't have both unlimited space and funds. but, is that not what makes our collections both unique and individualized as you can tell what a pinballer likes just by what he collects... And sometimes the deals he searches for too.

Well... I think you might consider Iron Maiden a has been theme and Elivra... Iron Maiden is still going strong. And I'm just super amazed that my all time favorite band has a pinball machine. I've seen them once with Blaze Bayley(Dio opened for them... well mid card... Dio is my all time favorite singer), once on the Bruce and Adrian reunification tour(not a reunion as Adrian and Jannick were never in the band at the same time, so its a reunification of past members back into the fold), one the Somewhere back in Time Tour. That was tour was the first time I truly saw an epic stage show as it was the first time I saw them in an arena.
Then on Final Frontier tour, Book of Souls, and lastly Legacy of the Beast tour... I am glad to say each time I saw them, they were better than the last. Their legacy of the beast tour was amazing and I can't wait for the concert blu ray to be released.

And there is no way around it for Elvira. She is in the setting sun of a truly legendary career. But, that doesn't mean she is anything less than iconic, and she is an icon... And still can pull off the character.
However, when at my Dad's christmas party my younger brother didn't know who she was... And I was like... Really man... Really... Cos to me and all my other brothers(all older) we all loved her as kids. He's like 25 years old.

Back to the money... To be clear I have the money. But, I need to find out what I owe last year in taxes, pay it, and I also want to replace my back porch. Once I get both of those tasks accomplished(the back porch will be in may-june), and possibly new tires for my car... I'll think about purchasing my next pin. No idea what I'll get. I'll see whats around. Lots of cool games to choose from.

With any luck someone will make my 2nd dream theme a reality Hard Body 2 and I'll be able to get the super LE let's get physical edition with more custom grunt callouts! And candy coated specs of sweat beads embossed on the rails and legs!

I like his work with Rainbow. I think there is a serious conversation for Long Live Rock & Roll being the superior album over rising.
Yes, Stargazer is Rainbow's best song(for the purpose of this argument lets keep it confined to Rainbow being the dio era and not the Grahem Bonnet or Joe Lynn Turner eras... And really no Bonnet era I know... He got fired fast from bands in the 80s).
But, back to Rising and Rock and Roll... Gate's of Babylon is probably the 2nd best Dio Rainbow song and there is just more heavy hitters on Long Live. Not saying Rising isn't a great album. It's an all time classic. And I might not even say Long Live is better. I'm just saying you could make the argument.
And while I never did get to see Dio more than once.
I did get to see Schenker-fest and Bonnet and Robin Mccaulley perform with schenker(among the others) and that was one of the best concerts I've ever been to.

Lastly... FYI... I'm only 35 years old. So while I've loved Iron Maiden, Dio, and Schenker my whole life. They were not popular when I started to listen to them... There popularity was waning and I had to suffer the death of Rock and Metal in the 90s and trust me it Died a horrible horrible death. Its come back a good ways since then.
So to me an Iron Maiden pinball machine is a huge middle finger to all the jerks in junior high and high school who ragged on me for all my heavy metal t shirts and told me dio sucks becauase of that south park episode.