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- Thread starter darren_ross
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Thought so. I'll ask you no questions. You can tell me no lies
Tron and TZ in my home office, DM and Baywatch on loan. My folks live 5 mins away and want to see as much of their grandkids as possible so I said you'll see alot more of them if you lend me the back room of your house. Now we're there all the time!!
Very nice!
Looks cool. Love a games room with loads going on to look at.
Bloody hell , this thread makes me miss my games room ( well garage really ) . House is being renovated , major project so had to move to rented accommodation so stored my 5 machines in different locations. That was months ago, since then bought another 2 , which are now in the garage of the rental ( how did that happen ! ) Getting them all in one place seems a way off yet , one day !
Slowly coming together, once the other side of the room is set up I'll add some more pics
Slowly coming together, once the other side of the room is set up I'll add some more pics
His and hers Gun's and Roses? Or do you really like having 2 different translites?
Looks great!
His and hers Gun's and Roses? Or do you really like having 2 different translites?
Looks great!
Ha ha ha! One's a prototype machine. GNR got me into pinball so it seemed fitting to keep both
Wow! I'd love to see some closer pics of the playfields side by side for comparison if possible, gnr is a great game and wow that's a nice line up!
Finally got my games room done after 4 months of work, filled it with my machines and those of 'others' out of space. Four currently stacked in the front garage, need more room already....
Just waiting on another circuit breaker for consumer unit to get the back wall of sockets live.
Just waiting on another circuit breaker for consumer unit to get the back wall of sockets live.
I only own 8 and one of them is a cheap project... sold several last year to fund holidays. Reckon I could fill that room twice over though with the excess machines of others up here in the NW.
What do some of you people do for a living!?
Some of you have £30k+ of machines in rooms the size of the bottom floor of my house! And I'm far from poor
Many collectors on here bought their pins in the golden age of £300-£2000 for the A list titles, and as prices gone up have managed to swap/sell pins to cover the price increase.
Many on here are of an age where they have Little or no mortage left. There is the difference in house prices from south to north etc.
I consider myself to be reletivy new blood, started collecting in 2006. Got a few bargains MM 3500, IJ 1300, TZ 1200 just before the pinplosion!
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Me too, WH2O £650, TAF £900, TAFG £2800 etc. even turned down a MB at £2000 once
it was always 1 in 1 out due to a lack of space though. 5 years buying and selling meant WOZ nearly paid for itself but these days it's much harder to find reasonably priced games
It's also about priorities. I allocate a disproportionate amount of money to the hobby.
I hate buying things that go down in value or become worthless. Designer clothes, expensive food, alcohol, cigarettes, all money down the drain.
I prefer to spend as much as possible on arcade machines, because at least if I ever really really needed some money, they are generally worth the same (or more) than you paid for them, very few things in life give you that ROI.
Pinflation has also for a long time been exceeding stock market performance quite significantly. About my last 8 machine purchases have been funded by selling off poor performing shares. I'd have sold off my pension as well if I could!
Lastly I wouldn't be able to fund my pin habbit without working 60-80 hours a week
I hate buying things that go down in value or become worthless. Designer clothes, expensive food, alcohol, cigarettes, all money down the drain.
I prefer to spend as much as possible on arcade machines, because at least if I ever really really needed some money, they are generally worth the same (or more) than you paid for them, very few things in life give you that ROI.
Pinflation has also for a long time been exceeding stock market performance quite significantly. About my last 8 machine purchases have been funded by selling off poor performing shares. I'd have sold off my pension as well if I could!
Lastly I wouldn't be able to fund my pin habbit without working 60-80 hours a week
Distinct lack of Tron there
Fear not, it's in the house
....and will be in the games room Carl when one or more vacate, hopefully by the league meet in July.
I've spent the last 9 or so years collecting, buying and selling video arcade machines. I've owned some really nice titles, all of which are now sold except for my trusty Jamma cab. In regards to Pinball I did own a Batman TDK about 5 years ago but I didn't get on with it and shifted it pretty quickly. Last year I went to Play Expo 2015 and spent most my time playing on the pins as opposed to the video machines and decided there and then I would make another pin purchase (but this time I would take my time in choosing the right machine) In October 2015 I purchased the Addams Family which was a childhood favourite. And just this week in Feb 2016 I purchased the T2. I have enough space for one or two more pins in my games room but I can only see numbers growing if I were ever to trade either of my machines for two or three lower value ones...
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And so it begins
my current line up, space should be used for finished goods , but filled it with proper stuff
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Woooaah, nice collection of big titles Mark. 
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Wow. Some money there!