Arcade Collecting > Pinball
Just moving in...
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 24, 2009, 10:46:38 am ---Nah, man, cookie cutter collections are great because you can visit them and realize that none of those games are worth their asking price and go home and play your cheap stuff that's just as fun. ;)
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;D
I was thinking mostly the same thing... AFM and MB are status symbols.
Flake:
You guys just cant help yourselves can you?
You two arent those guys that rebel just to rebel are you? Do you really have a cause or are do you even know why your angry with the world?
I'm sure if either of you two had the budget for such pin purchases you would have a few "status symbols" of your own.
ChadTower:
--- Quote from: Flake on June 24, 2009, 12:11:58 pm ---I'm sure if either of you two had the budget for such pin purchases you would have a few "status symbols" of your own.
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I do have a couple of pins that are considered status symbols, actually, but none of them cost anywhere near what a HUO AFM costs. IMO there isn't a machine on the market worth $4000+ that isn't still in the box. That's what some people will pay for these games, though, and it generally tends to be guys who sell it 2 years later having put 50 games on the thing.
What you're looking at is the difference in viewpoint between people who buy A list restored games for title alone and people who buy beaten up games based on quality of play and restore them.
Jeff AMN:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on June 24, 2009, 10:46:38 am ---
--- Quote from: pinballwizard79 on June 24, 2009, 12:12:20 am ---I hate you.
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Nah, man, cookie cutter collections are great because you can visit them and realize that none of those games are worth their asking price and go home and play your cheap stuff that's just as fun. ;)
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You just couldn't resist, could you? Heh.
Visitor Q:
“Status Symbols”? Seriously? I am the only person among my friends that owns a pinball machine and I certainly did not buy them to impress the group. I took the comment in a jokingly manor because I don’t know anyone who would blow thousands on something they don’t like just to gain the respect of an internet forum. :laugh2:
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