NewBie
Yep, that is me.  I started with this hobby in the Spring of 2013.  Unlike most pinball enthusiast I meet, I really never played pinball as a child.  My family had one pinball machine. Central Park was bought in 1976.  But by the mid 1980's, the machine had no legs and could not be played.  It laid dormant in a basement for over 30 years.  Then in the Spring of 2013, my mother moved and asked if I wanted the machine.  After some research, I found Russ Snyder from Pinballrescue (he is on my links).  Russ evaluated the machine and told me it could be saved.  Six weeks later, I had my first working pinball machine.

The Bug
Early on as I started to acquire more pinball machines, people I spoke to mentioned "Don't catch the bug".  I really did not know what they meant.  But as I found myself acquiring my 3rd and 4th pinball machines, I began to understand what they meant.  Collecting pinball machines is not so much a hobby as it is an addiction.  Unfortunately, there is no PA (Pinballholics Anonymous) group or any prescription that can be taken to cure the bug.   

So after one short year, I find myself with 13 pinball machines and a website to promote my madness.  But it could be worse, what if I never restored my first pin and discover this crazy hobby. 

The Gottlieb Room

The Stern Room