Comment by oldandboring

I went casually looking around a couple weeks ago to see what a used pinball machine might cost. Down the rabbit hole I went until I landed on a subreddit where I learned that pinball absolutely exploded during the pandemic and the prices for both used and new machines nearly doubled. I also learned that there's a nontrivial cost-of-ownership at play, since (especially for older machines) it can be difficult to find replacement parts, and you need to be handy enough to diagnose and fix problems.