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<blockquote data-quote="alexk3954" data-source="post: 62667" data-attributes="member: 111"><p>I have been a long time pinball fanatic, but it is just so hard to find tables in good, working order and I am thinking about investing in a table for home.</p><p></p><p>One thing that sort of scares me is the maintenance. I don't mind putting in time and feel confident that I could fix stuff like lights or rebuild flippers, but I fear problems that would be out of my league. For example, I was playing in a small local tournament in oakland one time and when I told the operator about a problem with his Getaway II, he opened up the backglass and starting soldering stuff on the circuit boards or something. I have great attention for detail and patience to figure stuff out, but that just looked incredibly intimidating.</p><p></p><p>Second, I am about to start graduate school, so I am not rich man, but I do have a decent savings and could probably afford to spend a few thousand on a nice machine, I would hopefully keep it under 3 but would go up to 4 on something like STTNG which is my all time favorite pin (great table and I am a total trekkie). Any machines you guys would recommend in this price range? Since I would only have the budget for one table, I would be looking for something with a deep ruleset and hopefully a good bit of flow to the play. The theme is not really that important unless it is something I am absolutely in love with like STTNG</p><p></p><p>If there are any pin collectors in the LA area, I would love to meet up and play some pinball sometime and hopefully get some good advice for buying/owning/maintaining a pin as a first timer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="alexk3954, post: 62667, member: 111"] I have been a long time pinball fanatic, but it is just so hard to find tables in good, working order and I am thinking about investing in a table for home. One thing that sort of scares me is the maintenance. I don't mind putting in time and feel confident that I could fix stuff like lights or rebuild flippers, but I fear problems that would be out of my league. For example, I was playing in a small local tournament in oakland one time and when I told the operator about a problem with his Getaway II, he opened up the backglass and starting soldering stuff on the circuit boards or something. I have great attention for detail and patience to figure stuff out, but that just looked incredibly intimidating. Second, I am about to start graduate school, so I am not rich man, but I do have a decent savings and could probably afford to spend a few thousand on a nice machine, I would hopefully keep it under 3 but would go up to 4 on something like STTNG which is my all time favorite pin (great table and I am a total trekkie). Any machines you guys would recommend in this price range? Since I would only have the budget for one table, I would be looking for something with a deep ruleset and hopefully a good bit of flow to the play. The theme is not really that important unless it is something I am absolutely in love with like STTNG If there are any pin collectors in the LA area, I would love to meet up and play some pinball sometime and hopefully get some good advice for buying/owning/maintaining a pin as a first timer. [/QUOTE]
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