Would own it vs would pay to play it.

[Nevus]

As pins are so heavily debated here, I often forget about the
difference. I have limited space a home so only a few choice pins can
come home with me.

I find that I'm so happy to see pins in the wild that I will often
play anything once or twice. However, there are plenty that come to
mind that I may not want to own but would be totally excited to hAve
near my home.

So here are a few examples of games I enjoyed playing but probably
won't ever own.

TOTAN
Star Wars
Torn
Stargate
Rolling Stones 2011
Safe cracker
Jokers
24
Addams family

Not a flame. Just some thoughts.

[Ryan]

Hi Nevis,

This is an interesting topic, but maybe it would be helpful to define
some criteria for why these titles wouldn't enter your collection,
aside from space issues. Too expensive? Not complex enough? Too
complex (in playfield layout or rulesets)?

Curious,
Ryan Claytor
Elephant Eater Comics
http://www.ElephantEater.com

FHieb 11, 8:13 am, Nevus <csockri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> As pins are so heavily debated here, I often forget about the

> difference. I have limited space a home so only a few choice pins canj
> come home with me.o

[JohnKinKokomo]

Would play most any pin in the wild, too bad there arn't any around
here in Indiana. I HAVE to own it to play it here...

[David Craigslist]

On Feb 11, 11:10 am, JohnKinKokomo <s.kn...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Would play most any pin in the wild, too bad there arn't any around
> here in Indiana. I HAVE to own it to play it here...

I'm really lucky to have two great places to play within 1.25 hours of
my home. Lanes and Games in Cambridge Mass and Pinball Wizard in
Pelham New Hampshire. L+G is smaller (8-9 pins) and is fantasticly
cared for. They just added a Simpsons pinball party, so I need to get
over there soon. PW is just another world. As a wild guess I would
say 70ish machines, but it might be more. Well cared for, and great
place to play.

That all means I am now fairly fussy of machines I buy. I tend to
pick one of the machines at those locations and play it a lot. Learn
the rules and really appreciate the game. Sometime after dropping 60
bucks into a machine after a few visits I'll buy one (bought my Tron
after getting addicted to Sarah's). Others I'll just keep dumping in
tokens.

I'll also dump in quarters into ANY pin on location, no matter the
machine condition, just to thank the operator for putting it there.