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More pins than space ? .....lets have a show of hands :)

Mark said:
Slightly o/t but does anyone have any idea how much it would cost to pay for proper storage for games, once of these places where they are locked up in a secure, dry environment?
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totally depends on your location. i'm inside the M25, and was paying £85/month for a space that i could only just cram 4 games in, i think it was about 6x6 or 7x7. that was Access storage. anyway, complete ripoff. i just changed by looking at people renting out their garage, now i have a single-brick 16x8 for the same price.

i expect if you're out in the sticks you can probably hire a lock-up for peanuts
 
Why not let a trusted. Pinhead babysit your games ?
You get space and a pinhead you trust gets to look after / play your games.
No brained.
 
Currently working on a arcade room in my garage that would allow for 8-10 pins depending on tightness

Now I just have to get buying another 7 pins and have it fill up!
 
jack burton said:
Currently working on a arcade room in my garage that would allow for 8-10 pins depending on tightness

Now I just have to get buying another 7 pins and have it fill up!
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Don't forget the extra 3 feet in front of each machine you need to allow the glass off. I overestimated my garage capacity because of that.

Ah, for a few extra inches......
 
cooldan said:
Don't forget the extra 3 feet in front of each machine you need to allow the glass off. I overestimated my garage capacity because of that.

Ah, for a few extra inches......
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I'll remember that, it will be a good few years by the time I have so many pins that space becomes an issue anyway haha
 
jack burton said:
I'll remember that, it will be a good few years by the time I have so many pins that space becomes an issue anyway haha
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Don't you believe it... as soon as there's any space it gets filled up pretty much straight away! Law of pinball land - empty space means room for a pin... and another and another...
 
Moonraker said:
Don't you believe it... as soon as there's any space it gets filled up pretty much straight away! Law of pinball land - empty space means room for a pin... and another and another...
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Dont really even need the space, just buy them then worry where you are going to put them.

Seems to be how I work anyhow.... also why I have no room though
 
Thanks Dan, worth looking into!
Cheers Replicas, good idea! I would prefer a pin to be played than stored, but wouldn't want to inconvenience people if I needed to get it/sell it! Will give it some thought though!

Cheers, Mark
 
As someone who has had a lot of pins on loan from several different people I'll say that it's absolutely no inconvenience at all when someone asks for a game back.
The last one that came & went was here for 8 days - no problem at all...I got to play a game I don't have for 8 days straight - certainly cheaper & more convenient than trying to find & play one on-site somewhere!

If you have "spare" games & people you can trust (relatively) nearby then I would say lend away, you get to keep your pin & you give someone else a huge amount of pleasure [emoji1]
 
As someone signed up to the "Pinball Foster Programme" I agree with @Wizards_Hat, it is a real pleasure to look after other peoples games.
Sometimes a foster pin has issues that have made them unloved, or a collector wants to save them but can't house them. Those of us in the "Pinball Foster Programme" step in to take on these pins with issues.
The pin gets a place to relax with some stability, it gets to spend time with other pins and get played in a sensitive way that lets them feel loved.
Us fosterers try to fix their issues and help them through a difficult period in their lives. Though I am being seriously tested by A13 that keeps developing faults :(.
Come winter, when I can't work on the garden or the outside of the house, I expect to happily spend my spare time working on the pins and get them all fully working.
 
9 pins at work - soon to be 10
2 pins and 3 vids in the office at home
37 vids in the double garage
50+ vids at my parents house in storage
40+ vids in my storage unit.
8 vids and 1 pin at friends place
 
Alpha1 said:
9 pins at work - soon to be 10
2 pins and 3 vids in the office at home
37 vids in the double garage
50+ vids at my parents house in storage
40+ vids in my storage unit.
8 vids and 1 pin at friends place
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:oops:
 
Alpha1 said:
9 pins at work - soon to be 10
2 pins and 3 vids in the office at home
37 vids in the double garage
50+ vids at my parents house in storage
40+ vids in my storage unit.
8 vids and 1 pin at friends place
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If there's a Power drift in there I will buy it :thumbs:
 
Had PIin at my borthers for a few years now,and now I recently dropped off a TAF he is happy.Pudsey pinball also graciously babysat a few too over the years.
Need a buyer for my EM,and prob a babysitter for HH in the coming months - anyone?
 
Small house - I have room for only 3.
Ended up with 4 in the garage, 1 in the kitchen, 1 upstairs in half to get it up there, 1 at a friends and 2 at my mums!
So at mine, 4 playable but in trouble if glass needs to slide out!

Own 9 - Centaur, Addams Family, Funhouse, High Speed II, Theatre of Magic, Strange Science, Black Knight, Medieval Madness and Tales of the Arabian Nights
 
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