Awesome show, and lots more space at the new venue should make it even more fun.

I always have a great time at the Houston Arcade & Pinball Expo!

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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
http://LockWhenLit.com
Quality Board Work - In Home Service
borygard at gmail dot com

Awwwwwwww YEAH BABY!!!

Titan will be there!

Awesome!! About time someone started this thread.

Looking forward to another awesome show this year!! We're taking the show to a whole new level with the new venue, more special guests, more entertainment, more vendors...you name it! Anyone who has been to the show knows that it's a party not to be missed!

2-1/4" rings and new color pinmats. Also new T-shirts

I would love to. My schedule is very uncertain that month currently though.

I'm scheduled to be on both coasts, northern and southern US, all right around that time.

Not sure how things are going to end up, but I'd really love to make it again.

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Rob Anthony
Pinball Classics
http://LockWhenLit.com
Quality Board Work - In Home Service
borygard at gmail dot com

Call for tournament pinball games! If you are interested in loaning a game to the tournament area, please direct message me! DMDs, EMs, SS are all eligible. Thanks!

FYI- This year's main pinball tournament has changed to a limited number of participants (64) in a match play format. Registration opened up September 1 and I believed filled up the first day (I missed the announcement). There is a wait list, but unless they expand the field, I don't have high hopes for getting in. It looks like even Phil Grimaldi (one of the top Texas players) is on the wait list. If anyone else was planning on playing in the tournament, you might sign up for the wait list and let them know there is demand for an expanded field.

You are correct sir - thank you for giving everyone a heads up about the pinball tournament.

As for the console tournament, details are on the Houston Arcade Expo site at the link in my previous post. Details will follow soon on the arcade tournament for those interested.

Phil is the TD so he must be giving up his spot or gave others the chance first. Such a class act that he didn't "secure" his own spot just because he could. Just goes to show/prove the great character he has.

prepped!

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Tournament Director here! I was quite surprised to see the tournament fill up so quickly. All 64 slots were filled in 2 hours! To give some context, the Houston tournament had 59, 45, and 44 players in 2017, 2016, and 2015 respectively. I figured it might fill up in a few weeks, but 2 hours is insane. This could be caused by a number of things -- the format itself might be more in demand, or it might just reflect the overall growth we've seen in the last few years. Who knows! I'm still skeptical that we'll have a full field of 64 on game day. Last I checked there were about 10 on the waitlist, and we've already had 1 person drop out.

Whether or not we expand is largely determined by space constraints. I need to sit down and do the math. While I want to see everyone get in, I'm not sure how fun it will be if everyone is packed in like sardines and tripping over each other. Tensions run high at tournaments as it is! The other factor is the conditions of the games when they arrive. If we get several duds, it may not be possible to expand. Won't know until the day of, unfortunately. If you're on the waitlist, and you'll be at the show anyway, I highly recommend you hang around at the start of the tournament to find out whether or not you get in.

Do note that the Texas Pinball League has their finals on Friday morning of the Expo. If you want to get your tournament fix during the expo, qualifying for TPL finals is one way to do it. More details at https://texaspinballleague.wordpress.com/

Limited edition T-shirts for the Space City Open tournament are on sale here: https://www.customink.com/g/rnc0-00bj-hxhx

Pickup at show only!

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Hotel is booked for Thurs-Sun, bought some VIP passes (it was the promised hug that won us over), and Pinball-is-great is going to bring PavBall and I's Catacomb for the tourney; our third time bringing a game to this wonderful show.

This is our favorite pinball event throughout the year. Really looking forward to catching up with SunKing (we will see if he can re-earn the partyking mantel) and way2wyrd and everyone.

Oh yes! I did receive that, sorry, I have been slammed at work since late August... I still need to reach out to the other gentleman as well, hopefully I can meet him at the show this year.

Thrilled to hear that you guys will be there on Thursday as well! Last year, there were a LOT of games in place by Thursday night and it really got the party started a day early!

See you all in a few weeks!

29 days!

...or only 28 if you're coming in on Thursday.

T2 getting ready for the show..gonna trick it out a little....stay tuned

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We're at 250 games and counting with only 15 days left until showtime! With additional vendor games that are also expected, we should be right around 300 games for the show this year!

If you're on the fence about hitting up the Chicago Expo this year, consider coming on down to Houston and hang out with us! Rooms are still available at the $89/night rate!

We may not have the big reveals Chicago gets, but we have plenty of excellent machines to play and I assure that you'll have one hell of a fun weekend!

We cannot wait for this show! How many people are coming in on Thursday?

Thursday is my favorite day!

Brian tell Keith we need some more of those 80s PSA soundbites mixed in with the music I remember they did that one year it was pretty cool.

One quick trip for work and when I get back it will be expo time. I’m ready for it.

My boys are counting down the days to the show. Looking forward to checking out some of the new games.

Just two weeks away from the greatest party in the entire Pinball hobby!