Here are some pics from the PATZ 2013.

Kalamazoo Expo center; a nice newer looking building.

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The normal front, Expo doors were for some reason locked, so they started letting everyone in through the giant bay door.

The High Speed on the left had its playfield glass break, so a shopvac was kindly lent out and new glass installed.

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People are always cryin' for a Beatles pinball, so Gene brought one....Yayayayayayahhhhhhhhhh.

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A lot more vendors than the Detroit Expo last month.

Here Gene shows off his stuff.

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Lawman, Gigi, and my GFs least favorite game title, Gusher (I'm not joking, she took one look at it and said "Yeeachhh!".

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Orbitor 1 and Hollywood Heat.

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Viper Nightdrivin' and Lost in Space.

Both these games had problems, no display on Viper and total brain malfunction on LIS.

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Sorcerer, Cinema, Fireball Classic (1985), and Meteor.

Sorcerer was in great shape and even had it's backglass removed for scanning at one point.

This guy was selling legs with laser cut-outs that said "Fire Power" or "Adams Family" $50, not a bad price.

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Paragon, Flash Gordon, Firepower, and Count-Down.

Paragon got a reproduction backglass installed. It did not light up as brightly as the OEM, so some bright LEDs are in its future. Sure looked nice with no peeling paint or fade.

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Captain Fantastic and Stargate.

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High Speed, Surf Champ, No Fear, F14 Tomcat.

Almost a Steve Richie row.

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Hayburners, Lectronamo, Centaur.

Dayhuff stuff.

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Centaur, Congo, Elvis (Stern)

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Battle of the Brides.

The BOPB on the right was a little heavy on the LED colors, but was in amazing condition.

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AC/DC and Spiderman

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Each girl had her own flipper.

They did better than their mom did.

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Mystery Castle of Doom and Attack from Mars.

AFM was in really good shape, with color DMD. We had to level it, but otherwise, it was kickin.

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Mystery Castle is an oddball game with a bit of a cult following.

They only made 500, so it is great to get to play one.

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World Cup Soccer and Star Trek

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Caveman is a rare (1800 made) game that had a built in video screen on the playfield.

If you die in the video game, you lose your ball (kind of like if you die in your dream).

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Things were simpler back then.

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Python was there selling his great artwork and severed hand displays.

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Jet Spin and the original Fireball (1972).

Fireball is the best EM, bar none. Multiball, great skill shot, zipper flippers, outlane kickback, demons....

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Black Jack, Star Trek (Bally), Sky Jump

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Bram Stroker's Dracula.

This game was LEDed by Cointaker, but unfortunately had opto problems and could not find it's balls.

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JPop was in attendance, showing his new, no silkscreen, backglass and playfield printing system.

Colors had excellent saturation.

Jpop was easy going, seemed glad to be there.

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Caribbean Cruise and other cocktail pins in really great condition .

They even had a Roy Clark fully populated playfield ready to install.

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Atari Spaceriders .

You sure don't see one of these every day.

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I got multiball on my first ball.

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Big Guns.

At 6 foot 8 inches, it was a seriously tall game.

Unfortunately, they never got it up and running.

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Star Trek (Williams) and High Speed.

There was no lack of Star Trek machines at the show, with all three models in attendance .

This was the High Speed that got a new playfield glass installed.

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We even saw Ben Heck sneaking around the show.

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Some video games.

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Eat at Schuler's in Marshall.

http://www.schulersrestaurant.com/

Great food.

She knows.

That is great to hear!

I'll have to look at the pictures, but the only oddball one I remember was Bally Supersonic

Post some pics!

I only did the highlights; I'm sure you guys have tons more. (especially after hours with Python...)

It's not really fair if I play and have such long ball times that I exceed the hall's hours of operation.

I respectfully bowed out.

http://deadspin.com/ryan-lochtes-stupidity-made-a-news-anchor-cry-with-lau-476446049

Sure, and then they'd give me my own show like Ryan Lochtes

The Pinflation has fully hit the Zoo scene.

Not a single bargain machine to be had.

I'll look if there is a better shot of you two.

That is truly bad assed!

Neo is saying that a brand new game should not win best in show.

Usually best in show is reserved for the best restored game.

It would be like going to a classic Mustang show and having a stock 2014 GT get best in show...

Yeah, it's always fun to write down how many plays a game got over the weekend; and interesting to see how it compares to past years.

I'm glad no one was killed! Wow, that is dangerous to lose your load like that.

Yeah, probably an eighth of the show was his!