Sold my Pinbot, the first game I ever bought :(

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For 11 years I babied it, cared for it, waxed it, LED lit it, and loved it. It was hard for me to let him go. But I am in a situation where I have limited room and need to keep trading up to better machines. Still it hurt really bad.... until the guy flashed a huge wad of $20's in my face. It was the very first pin I ever owned. Many times I swore I would never sell it. The time finally came though.

I see it as a chance to keep evolving. My attachment to Pinbot faded as newer and better titles passed through my basement. The Bride of Pinbot is lonely, but she is such a bitch I am not worried.

Great part about it is that it is going to a local pinball lover who will treat it like it deserves. He runs a local tattoo shop that has pins in the shop and he has been working the local market for a while with some lower end pins and offering free tattoos in exchange for pins on CL a bunch. I made it very clear every little issue on the machine before he picked it up. He still wanted it. At least I can still go play it whenever I want and maybe get that third nipple tattoo I have been wanting for years ;)
 
Truly, this is one of my grail pinballs once I get some more room. Awesome picture. =\
 
Nice looking one too; so many I see have trashed playfields.... that's one I played to death when it was out in arcades, and it does get old after a while - Bride is a worthy replacement to be sure.

Never easy letting go of that first pin! I've got a couple I've sworn I'll never part with. I've reached the point to where if I am out of room, but want to get another, I've got friends who'll "baby sit" a game for me. It gets taken care of in their house by somebody I trust, frees up space for me, they get access to the game for free, and I don't have to worry about putting stuff into storage - win all around!
 
I am at a point where I said I would never sell off one of my pins, but having cash flashed at me made it clear in this case. The money I got for it is going right back into another pinball. Besides pinball, I have a lot of other toys I like to buy, so it is hard for me to have pin cash ready. I enjoyed the heck out of Pinbot, but it was my least favorite pin, and the desire for more and better pins is a severe driving force I know many understand. I thought it over for about 30 minutes and consulted the wife before making the decision. She always wanted me to be burried in Pinbot, and her in Bride of pinbot, but she agreed it was time.

I think my only regret was not leaving a note about my time with it and how I got it. I am friends with the owner and will write something up to be set in the cab with the manual. I just wonder what the pins I have now have been up to before they were treated like queens with me?
 
I was more of a vid guy in the 80's, but still played it quite a bit. When I finally decided to get a pin, I knew it'd be the first one.

I've had mine about a year, and even though I know the ruleset inside out, I don't think I'll ever get tired of it. I might add more pins, but Pinbot was the first one in and will be the last one out.
 
Same with me:)
Two days before I give it free to a friend to play because I don't have enough space for the new one "Bugs Bunny Birthday Ball"
 
I am in the process of getting my power play ready to go. You never want to let the first one go, and my now dead brother was living with me at the time and I tried top wear it out. But a friend is down after a bad deal, and he is where i was when it got here, so...
 
Pinbot was my second pinball purchase and enjoyed it as long as I owned the machine. Both machines in the picture were sold to buy my Twilight zone. After 4 years I purchased a High Speed and pinbot is next simply because both are great pins and yes I miss having them together.

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