Here’s a game...kinda like fantasy pinball.
Let’s assume that you have no pins, and $10,000 to spend to start a new collection (not adding to pins you already have).
Pick what pins you would buy. To make it interesting... pins need to be currently on the market (pinside, eBay, craigslist, etc). What it’s listed for is what you pay.
Do you buy 1 new pin, or maybe 10 EMs or a combo of new and old?
Here’s my stab at it....
Time machine - $1550
Wpt - $3000
T2 -$2200
Road show - $3000
Total $9750
Quoted from PanzerFreak:Pirates LE and a case of Captain Morgans Private Stock, lol.
I concur !
In my eyes - if you have the space - 5 or 6 cheaper machines make more sense than one or two higher priced machines. I always say I can have move fun with five $2000 machines then I ever could have with one expensive new machine.
Quoted from jorge5240:STLE and DESW.
I am weirdo but they are two of my favs.
I have a soft spot for DESW. I'm not even a big SW fan, but the game is just fun.
Quoted from too-many-pins:In my eyes - if you have the space - 5 or 6 cheaper machines make more sense than one or two higher priced machines. I always say I can have move fun with five $2000 machines then I ever could have with one expensive new machine.
I don't know...where are you getting $2000 machines? Unless you live in very specific locations, most everything that isn't EM is going for at least that even nonworking and trashed out (okay trashed is an exaggeration). It's crazy.
Quoted from Zablon:I don't know...where are you getting $2000 machines? Unless you live in very specific locations, most everything that isn't EM is going for at least that even nonworking and trashed out (okay trashed is an exaggeration). It's crazy.
There are still lots of $2000 games out there.
I just bought my sst for $2000. T2 and time machine on my list are 2200 and 1550 respectively. I think you could make a decent collection of 2k machines
Mustang (Pro), Metallica (Pro), Stars, Team One.
Now I know what you’re thinking... how could Tron not be on my list? Well that comes down to cost. It has become too expensive to be on a limited budget list. And I’d rather have the fun of two very enjoyable Stern games than the magic of one of the best. But if the budget was higher, Tron would be on the list.
Quoted from Mitch:Then how come you dont own any of these?
Because I'm not in the market right now.
But I know my current collection could be purchased for around 10k.
I think that as I change over games, I probably won't be throwing new money at them.... so question I'm asking is; do I sell all 4 and get a newer machine.... or maybe get a smaller collection of better games. Maybe I'll sell 2 to get 3 cheaper games.
And I'm not afraid to work on them, but I don't have a ton of time to fully re-build a game. Replace coils, plastics, rubbers, led's - no problem.... a non-working project - hell no.
For me;
1 TAF, and then a couple projects, Bally, early to mid 80s.
Quoted from Scorch:I think that as I change over games, I probably won't be throwing new money at them.... so question I'm asking is; do I sell all 4 and get a newer machine.... or maybe get a smaller collection of better games. Maybe I'll sell 2 to get 3 cheaper games.
I sold 4 games and bought GOT Pre. Don’t regret it one bit. I made a checklist of things that I like in games, ramps, VUK, upper playfield, ect. GOT checked all the boxes, so I bought NIB.
Quoted from tamoore:I'd buy a lot of EM's if I had 10k to spend. Some drop target games, some spinner games, some from the 60's, some from the 70's. I have as much fun playing the 200 dollar EM's than I do the newer games, truth be told.
I need to find some fun EM's,because that's the only type machine, that I can get up to my second floor.I'd be afraid to take the head off of a modern game,since I'm new to the hobby. I have one pinball machine in my dining room,and I really can't have anymore on my first floor.
Quoted from PanzerFreak:Pirates LE and a case of Captain Morgans Private Stock, lol.
Good choice, but you'd have to add several thousand to the pot
Quoted from Scorch:There are still lots of $2000 games out there.
I just bought my sst for $2000. T2 and time machine on my list are 2200 and 1550 respectively. I think you could make a decent collection of 2k machines
Out here you can't find a Time Machine for that number, I sold one that was gone through and had a new display for $1500 but it needed a full cabinet repaint and decal over a year ago. Since then they have just skyrocketed in price.
$2000-$2400 with nice ones over $2500.
If you can fix & restore games 10K goes a long way. In the last 18 months I bought the following:
Centaur- working with a CPR PF, needed TLC
Bally Strikes & Spares project- installed NOS PF and got game 100%-traded it for a Fireball II with really nice cosmetics.
Bally Playboy project, got working and sold it.
Flash Gordon, 100% working, restoring cabinet now with new PF and mint BG
Gottlieb Buccaneer- near mint, needed adjustments-Sold
2 Stern Stars projects- let my local buddies have them at cost
Paragon- mint PF and BG- sold it
Xenon-fully working, beat PF but mint BG-sold
All of them combined were well less than then the 10K target even with all the parts I installed.
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