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

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

Because I'm not in the market right now.

But I know my current collection could be purchased for around 10k.

SST, T3, LAH, Roy Clark.

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.