I was there again last Saturday, its a great way to pitch in and also a fantastic opportunity to learn from others who have much more skill than me.... If you notice the drop target banks work like butter on several machines that was me
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FYI I will be going again this Sunday if anyone in the IE wants to carpool...

Which leads to more games not working properly...if the games could be played more often there would be less problems.... EMs hate to sit and not get played

Like most of the volunteers i have almost no EM skills and no desire to learn them, which is a shame because there are so many great EM pins at that location...

Anywho, i guess what I am getting at is that if you have some EM skills and your in the Socal area please step up and help out

Does anybody know why the museum is locked up today? Trying to get in to get some stuff done and no one is here...

just an update:
There is still a lot of work to be done on these games, thanks to a handful of volunteers the stern and bally ss games from the 80's are almost all working well after several days of board work and repairs...the newer sterns are all ready to go...we have made a serious dent in the issues with the dmd games and have a lot more working this year than last year...I cant speak about the EM games that so many of you are looking forward to playing, perhaps someone else can chime in on the condition of the older games...next weekend the real push will be the data east games, which many have issues. If anybody local can help out the last weekend before the show with the data east games it would be much appreciated I'm sure.

although there are still more non working games than most of us would like to see, there are lots more games than last year and it should be a great time...looking forward to seeing you there

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I'm in

Damn...I was just getting ready to submit my invoice to John...

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Marco has a GOT pro GOT LE , KISS LE and WWE...No jjp games
all other new sterns there (except SMVE but there is a BSM)

I was able to spend some time there Friday and Saturday, it really was great to see such a good turnout. A lot of people had a great time playing pinball and spending time with new and old friends. I think the best part was seeing and hearing many people being exposed to pinball for the first time, or for the first time in decades and watching them become instant fans of the hobby. Young adults who went there for the video games spent equal amounts of time exploring all the pinball titles the museum has to offer.

and the food was great too!

I'm looking forward to next year, I think the last remaining problematic games will be dealt with during the time between shows and the next time the museum is open they should all be working (or close to it)

Thanks to John and to everyone involved

Hmm ... perhaps I wont be volunteering next expo...I was wondering why you and Nimblepin were trying to corner me near the bally section.....

We tried months ago to find out what was going on as far as repair/service of the games this year during the down time, but so far nothing...now it is late in the year and I have taken on a few other projects that will prohibit me from pitching in this year if/when the push to fix games begins.