Ha ha.. the only reason I started restorations and experimenting with techniques was because I would be buying pins destined for the dump and resurrecting them. I started to cut my own stencils so I could repaint a piss poor cabinet.. then I found out that pinball Pal also made vinyl stencils!

Its never been NIB for me.. in fact if I don't have to do work on them then I just don't have that personal attachment.
Horses for courses etc, but the older, the better and DEFINATELY not working!