2014 Texas Pinball Festival November News

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#1 10 years ago

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Ed_in_Texas

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Midlothian, TX

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Recap of the TPF November news email that went out last night. If you would like to subscribe, you can do so on the main page of the Texas Pinball Festival website.

November 6, 2013

Calling all Pinheads!

We don't have a lot of news this month, but what we do have is BIG!

Prepare to Meet John Borg... Resistance is Futile!
In our last newsletter, we announced that Roger Sharpe would be joining us as a special guest at the 2014 Texas Pinball Festival. This month, we're excited to announce that famed pinball designer John Borg will also be our guest.

John Borg is well know for many titles, including his most recent hit METALLICA!
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/john-borg/

Congratulations! to Matthew Nelson of Oklahoma City. He won the Avengers translite in our Early Registration contest.

If you haven't pre-registered yet, do it now!
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/pre-registration/pre-registration-open/

Register a game and get in FREE!
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/exhibitors/exhibitors-main/

And don't forget to make your hotel reservations... rooms are going fast. We fully expect the hotel to be sold out by Christmas. The Embassy Suites Dallas-Frisco Hotel and Convention Center is conveniently close to a wide variety of food options and shopping venues. Hotel guests will also enjoy free covered parking, complimentary breakfast and evening receptions. Find out more and make your reservations now.
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/hotel/

Get your 2014 Texas Pinball Festival Limited Edition T-Shirts before they're gone! These awesome shirts are available in ladies and youth sizes too. Only 100 of these will be created, so don't miss out. And don't forget your hoodies and hats!
All the details are listed on our Swag page.
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/swag/

OK... Now the Big News! The 2014 Texas Pinball Festival will play host to the largest pinball auction in history! In cooperation with Fun! Auction Company, more than 100 plug and play pinball machines will be auctioned off to the highest bidders Saturday night in a Sotheby's style auction.

All of the games included in the auction will be available for preview on Friday and Saturday and will remain on the floor on free-play the entire weekend, until the lucky buyers get to take them home on Sunday, at the conclusion of the show.

For more information, bidder registration, or to inquire about consigning a game in the auction, contact Fun! Auction Company directly.
http://www.auctionpinball.com

And... Don't miss out on the Texas Pinball Festival Swap Meet on Saturday morning, March 29th, 2014. This year, the swap meet promises to be bigger… better… stronger… under the direction of the DFW Pinball & Arcade Club.
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/dfw-pinball-arcade-club-to-host-tpf-swap-meet/

Download the 2014 TPF flyer now and help spread the word.
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/wp-content/images/2013/10/2014TPF-flyer.pdf

Follow us on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/TexasPinball
and Twitter:
http://twitter.com/#!/TXPinball
and get the latest TPF show news and updates before anyone else!

Don't forget the Houston Arcade Expo is this weekend, November 8th & 9th! We hope to see you there!
http://www.arcadecenter.com

The Texas Pinball Festival Team!
http://texaspinball.com/tpf/

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#2 10 years ago

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ronlisa

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Odessa, MO

13y 98,800 1,763 25 42

Thanks for sharing . I just booked my room!
Went to the TPF this spring and really enjoyed it

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#3 10 years ago

JAB

JoJoBear

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OP
Quoted from Ed_in_Texas:
In cooperation with Fun!

"And here we have a lovely player's condition Pinbot! Let's start the bidding at $4000! Do I hear 45?"

Bidders beware. There are quite a few horror stories on these guys around RGP and Pinside. "Fully shopped" games with dirty playfields and broken switches sold at ridiculous prices. I walked into their Mesquite location once and never went back.

See for yourself. You can recognize their ebay postings by the chessboard floor tiling in every photo.

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#4 10 years ago

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LukeInOklahoma

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Ed, what is a Sotheby's style auction??

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#5 10 years ago

FRX

Frax

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Conyers, GA

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Quoted from LukeInOklahoma:
Ed, what is a Sotheby's style auction??

I was asking the same thing on our local Facbook group this morning. What i THINK it means is (hopefully) that they're going to do the auction in a conference room off to the side instead of having a huge herd of cattle going machine to machine all over the floor.... you'll probably get a bidder number and you hold up your number to bid.

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#6 10 years ago

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LukeInOklahoma

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11y 14,050 54

Ahh, groovy.

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#7 10 years ago

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BSavage

Pinside+ Pro!

Fort Worth, TX

11y 63,650 269 47

Just a note to everyone that ModMyPin.com will be at the TPF with the first full production shipment of Glo-Balls and our fluorescent balls! Our first container is supposed to leave China this week so when it arrives we will open the online store and we will have a surprise for you guys that purchased the original balls in Chicago! I promise you will like it..

Also, while at the TPF make sure you sign up for the door prizes as we will be donating balls for you to win!