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Same machine owned multiple times - the record?

stevefrith

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I just had a banter with John Beveredge and he's had 6 different Shadow machines which fells like a record!

Can anyone beat having owned the same machine on more than 6 occasions?
 
I owned the actual same CV twice, owned a particular ToM 3 times, same Dr Who twice and the same Aerosmith twice.

Here are the others I can sort of remember. Some of these numbers may be conservative. Since 1998 I have had a lot of machines go thru my place!
Addams - 5
ToM - 12+
CV - 6
MB - 6
AFM - 8
STTNG - 5
RFM - 8
Flintstones - 5
JD - 4
Family guy - 4
Spiderman - 3
MM - 5
Scared stiff - 6
TZ - 5
ToTAN - 3
Simpsons PP - 3
Shadow - 3
CFTBL - 3
Pinball Magic - 3
Safe Cracker - 3
Doctor Who - 7

Now I know @steve brum will thrash this !!!!!
 
Pick Holder said:
I owned the actual same CV twice, owned a particular ToM 3 times, same Dr Who twice and the same Aerosmith twice.

Here are the others I can sort of remember. Some of these numbers may be conservative. Since 1998 I have had a lot of machines go thru my place!
Addams - 5
ToM - 12+
CV - 6
MB - 6
AFM - 8
STTNG - 5
RFM - 8
Flintstones - 5
JD - 4
Family guy - 4
Spiderman - 3
MM - 5
Scared stiff - 6
TZ - 5
ToTAN - 3
Simpsons PP - 3
Shadow - 3
CFTBL - 3
Pinball Magic - 3
Safe Cracker - 3
Doctor Who - 7

Now I know @steve brum will thrash this !!!!!
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That list is what Steve has currently in his lock ups 😂
 
Star Wars DE # 66 sold today.
Only had 1 MM
There isnt much juicy in our shipping container at the moment but there are 4 poorly gorgars minus heads and 3 black holes on the premesis.
Had 3 trons at once last year but one never left the van so missed the photo op
of those plus my own one (4 total) in a line
Had 8 st tng on a van once for phil . All went for export
Bought 7 space invaders in one job lit from an operator in the 90s. All were scrappers though
Wish ops would stop bringing me Avatar and find a MET. 11 in total
 
Looks like Martins found a secure way to pay to put his kids through college. I’m a real amateur, just 3 x flintstones and 3 x JP.
 
I guess there are at least two different groups here. Those who have pins for home use and let one go, regretted and then bought it again, fell out of love and then got another. Then those who buy to operate or do up.
And then you have @Matt Adams who appears to have been on a quest to either own at one point every Whodunnit in the UK or get the best one possible.
 
Over the years I’ve lost count of the same pins through my hands 99% of them Ball/will inc many of the greats like 4xMB 3xMM 3-4 AFM ect ect and many of the not so greats like TAF, FT, HS2 (at the time these were 2 a penny) the list goes on and on but My record was 9-10 FH. I just seemed to collect them for some strange reason.
My 1st ever pin in 91 was FH and a few more pins started to trickle in so I put it in a local bar.
It got absolutely trashed and the proprietor rang me to say he saw 6 blokes almost holding it upside down and when approached they said the ball was stuck in the hole.
I brought it home fixed it up and sold it to a local Taxi Rank.
early 2k saw the flood gates open and I was getting old pins like FH for a couple hundred quid and I missed Rudy so decided to grab some more.
I dropped a few of these off at ChrisBs and he made me a really nice minty one out of them that a mate now has. The rest were scrapped or sold and I still have spares lying around but no longer own one. Mad times
 
Colywobbles said:
Over the years I’ve lost count of the same pins through my hands 99% of them Ball/will inc many of the greats like 4xMB 3xMM 3-4 AFM ect ect and many of the not so greats like TAF, FT, HS2 (at the time these were 2 a penny) the list goes on and on but My record was 9-10 FH. I just seemed to collect them for some strange reason.
My 1st ever pin in 91 was FH and a few more pins started to trickle in so I put it in a local bar.
It got absolutely trashed and the proprietor rang me to say he saw 6 blokes almost holding it upside down and when approached they said the ball was stuck in the hole.
I brought it home fixed it up and sold it to a local Taxi Rank.
early 2k saw the flood gates open and I was getting old pins like FH for a couple hundred quid and I missed Rudy so decided to grab some more.
I dropped a few of these off at ChrisBs and he made me a really nice minty one out of them that a mate now has. The rest were scrapped or sold and I still have spares lying around but no longer own one. Mad times
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Hi Col. got any spare Rudy heads, eyes etc.. I want to get @RudeDogg1 to do a custom paint job on one
 
Spandangler said:
Hi Col. got any spare Rudy heads, eyes etc.. I want to get @RudeDogg1 to do a custom paint job on one
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I’ve got a few of them including a full PF (part stripped and rough) complete with head.
I want someone to make me an talking Clock where rudy wakes me up in the morning then falls asleep with a few snores before silence.
he announces the time on the hour with the chime of the clock while his eyes tick tock left and right.
oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Now that is a dream of mine I’ve thought about many times Anyone help me realise it.
 
Colywobbles said:
I’ve got a few of them including a full PF (part stripped and rough) complete with head.
I want someone to make me an talking Clock where rudy wakes me up in the morning then falls asleep with a few snores before silence.
he announces the time on the hour with the chime of the clock while his eyes tick tock left and right.
oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Now that is a dream of mine I’ve thought about many times Anyone help me realise it.
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@AlanJ
 
I dont know if Phil keeps records but he must have had 50+ fishtales!

As for Jamie - who knows!

I try to keep good records but some games "might" be missing

And I count neo geo carts and Jamma boards as "games" so that does push up the total of all amusement games considerably , but some of these PCBs are £1k plus now!
I count scrap pins and arcade cabs IF mostly complete ie missing a backglass but NOT none matching heads/bodies. In the main list I count any coin op amusement device so pool tables , chexx hockey, foosball etc BUT not jukeboxes.

Total amusement games on list 3092
Total pinball machines 1305
Total different pinball machines 309

First pinball Stern Magic (Oct 1988)
Last added Big Guns (today!)

My games owned 6 or more


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Space Invaders​
51​
21​
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18​
Eight Ball Deluxe​
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F-14 Tomcat​
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Vector​
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Avatar​
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Centaur​
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Fathom​
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Star Trek 35th Anniversary​
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11​
9​
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Starship Troopers​
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Paragon​
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Playboy (Bally)​
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Earthshaker​
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Millionaire​
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Road Show​
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Tron​
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Comet​
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Heavy Metal Meltdown​
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Hyperball​
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Medusa​
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Radical!​
6​
Silverball Mania​
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Six Million Dollar Man​
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Colywobbles said:
I’ve got a few of them including a full PF (part stripped and rough) complete with head.
I want someone to make me an talking Clock where rudy wakes me up in the morning then falls asleep with a few snores before silence.
he announces the time on the hour with the chime of the clock while his eyes tick tock left and right.
oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Now that is a dream of mine I’ve thought about many times Anyone help me realise it.
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Love it 🤣. Would you sell a head?
 
You are kidding Steve = 66 Star Wars machines, must be a record, but why?? It's not even a great game!
 
I like Star Wars lol. Operators knew I liked them so kept sending them to me. the most in a week was 11. pinball was dying and exporters didnt want data east
 
I DONT like space invaders very much even when it was new. clunker. BUT it was so common when its time had come for arcades to dump they were everywhere

Courtney has a beauty in the arcade but it still annoys me. artwork esp glass is awesome I give it that!
 
Colywobbles said:
I want someone to make me an talking Clock where rudy wakes me up in the morning then falls asleep with a few snores before silence.
he announces the time on the hour with the chime of the clock while his eyes tick tock left and right.
oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Now that is a dream of mine I’ve thought about many times Anyone help me realise it.
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I never knew I wanted this until now, and I've never even owned a Funhouse! If anyone can make this happen I'd buy one in a second.

As for me, I've never owned the same machine twice, and from the sounds of it I switch machines out much less frequently than some. I've only had 27 games in 16 years, and that's counting both my machines and my dads. Of those 27, between us we still own nine, so 18 have come and gone. We've both had IM - mine a vault, his an original - but I guess that doesn't count on a technicality.

Of the 18 sold there's only one I regret and would love to have another, and that's White Water. One day I'll get a second, and I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't be tempted if CGC ever got around to a remake.
 
Colywobbles said:
I’ve got a few of them including a full PF (part stripped and rough) complete with head.
I want someone to make me an talking Clock where rudy wakes me up in the morning then falls asleep with a few snores before silence.
he announces the time on the hour with the chime of the clock while his eyes tick tock left and right.
oh boy oh boy oh boy.
Now that is a dream of mine I’ve thought about many times Anyone help me realise it.
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I'm up for a challenge.
 
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