What do you guys do with your pachinkos?

[Bigdog]

Before I came to this Board, I thought I had some sort of rare disorder. Happily, I've found that I am in good company with a bunch of you. After my aunt gave my 1970's Nishijin B Jaws/Shark Hunter machine to Goodwill (as I've said, I hate her), I have now bought a total of 9 machines in 8 months. I'm sick, but at least I've found sanctuary with you folks.

While I've restored 1, and have 2 others in significant states of renovation, it has occurred to me that once they are all "done", I haven't the room to display them all...I've identified at least 3 and maybe 4 that I will not likely keep, but it is my obsession to restore them first. What am I going to do with the ones I decide not to keep? I dunno...

It appears that several folks on this Board are picking up superb deals (free or a pittance of $10-$20) on many of these old machines...what are you doing with them? I'm just curious, because if you are like me, space is limited and unless you've got a killer basement or no wife, most houses just don't have room for more than 3 or 4.

[compirate]

Sit and stare at them! 183+ and holding!

[Banzaitrooper]

After my aunt gave my 1970's Nishijin B Jaws/Shark Hunter machine to Goodwill

Strange, I always wondered how Pachis ended up at thrift stores (that's where i got mine)

[Bigdog]

Sit and stare at them! 183+ and holding!

183? Seriously? Vintage? Modern? Mixture?

I suppose I can't say too much...I've got tons of sports memorabilia that is sitting in boxes...only recently have I realized that I've had some of this stuff for 2-3 decades, and it hasn't seen the light of day in years.

Do you guys ever trade or sell amongst yourselves? I don't know...it seems a shame to take these machines out of somebody's attic, clean it up, and then store it in your basement. That said, I suppose that its all part of the addiction.

Gotta' go check ebay for newly listed machines...be back in a while.

[compirate]

183? Seriously? Vintage? Modern? Mixture?

PachiTalk

Anything with a * is a recovery from Arbycoffee and the Cedar Rapids flood. So far 10 have been restored to working order.

[sharmoni]

I'm in the process of selling my newer pachinkos. Anything in my album marked "for sale" is available. If you're looking to buy a newer vintage, take a look and let me know which one you're interested in.

Album: PachiTalk

[takethecastle57]

I enjoy playing and maintaining my machines and maybe , in the near future make unique furniture out of some of them .

[jwegger]

I look at is as being the curator of a museum.
You locate something from an earlier time, preserve it, and exhibit it.
I have room to have 3-5 out at any one time, sometimes a few more if I move somethings around. I have room to store many more than that. So I put a couple out to play, when I get tired of one I put it away and bring another one out.

[MrGoodBurn]

I have almost all of mine out all of the time. I have 26 machines. I have a few in storage right now, but 19 of them are in various rooms of my house. I have 11 in my front room, 3 in my kitchen, and 5 in my living room. I am in the process of buying 2 more machines. I'm single so I can get away with having machines in every room of the house. If I was married they would most likely be in the garage, storage, or gone.

[rubberratt]

Play.. yes?
Stare... yes?
Look for more brothers and sisters for them... yes?

Anything else? no... not yet.