Portage, MI
Quoted from chad:I can get my Getaway fix now!
Was busy moving in games yesterday. Couldn't make time to run back across town. It's in the car to come today (friday).
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Whoever brought the mystic, thanks. The game looks great and plays great. Tammy enjoyed it. Can i add it to my collection?
Yesterday was a great first day, it was great to see faces that I haven't seen in a long time and play some machines I hadn't before. Looking forward to heading down a little later this afternoon. I received a text late last night that the left flipper isn't working on BOP. Fingers crossed a wired came loose, but I'm usually not that lucky. I've let a Pinsider or two know that might be there before me so that I can know if I need to be bringing parts down with me.
Bring on day 2!!!
THANK YOU to everyone who has supported us this year. It's been great to get back into it after such a long layoff. You guys are the best. Let's have a great Friday!
Quoted from SteveF-Detroit:Is anyone doing board repair this year?
I am not going to make it to PATZ this year but I do tons of board repairs and upgrades. What do you need fixed?
Here is a shot of the games in the tournament area (without the crowd)!
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yancy is tall.
Quoted from PinballJeff:Yesterday was a great first day, it was great to see faces that I haven't seen in a long time and play some machines I hadn't before. Looking forward to heading down a little later this afternoon. I received a text late last night that the left flipper isn't working on BOP. Fingers crossed a wired came loose, but I'm usually not that lucky. I've let a Pinsider or two know that might be there before me so that I can know if I need to be bringing parts down with me.
Bring on day 2!!!
BOP is back up and running thanks to the ever so talented Mike Schudel!!!
I've got a beer with your name on it.
More games from today that came in:
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Quoted from marcand:Yep, someone bought ALL of his parts! Nothing left! No joke.
There has to be one happy Mr. Dayhuff. He's been wanting someone to take his Parts Department off his hands for quite awhile.....
Wow... What a show. It was a great turnout of people. Thank you to everyone that keeps PATZ alive and going 
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It's been 3 years and it was great seeing people that I have met and know over the years of being in this great hobby . I also want to thank everyone that stopped by my booth.
I can't wait until PATZ 2023.
Steve
Mi Pinball Refinery
So yeah... Great show, and thanks to everyone who made it great.
I'm still sort of pinball giddy.
Tommy - you are crazy. I still can't believe Quicksilver was up and playing before the show ended.
I got a T-shirt.
I got a poster (who did this year's art? It's cool!)
I had several awesome sodas (Thanks Mr. Soda Pop!)
I got a couple sheets of Invisiglass (Thanks Steve!)
I got Blackout home, set up, and playing (Thanks John!, and thanks Matt for finding the problem with it!)
It was great to see so many people that I haven't seen for way to long.
Quoted from RCA1:So yeah... Great show, and thanks to everyone who made it great.
I'm still sort of pinball giddy.
Tommy - you are crazy. I still can't believe Quicksilver was up and playing before the show ended.
I got a T-shirt.
I got a poster (who did this year's art? It's cool!)
I had several awesome sodas (Thanks Mr. Soda Pop!)
I got a couple sheets of Invisiglass (Thanks Steve!)
I got Blackout home, set up, and playing (Thanks John!, and thanks Matt for finding the problem with it!)
It was great to see so many people that I haven't seen for way to long.
I’m still very tired today from the whole thing but I’m glad I was able to get it done. If anyone else got pictures of me working on it feel free to send them my way or post them. I was too busy to really document the process but needless to say it was a lot of work to go from blank playfield to fully working game over the course of 3 show days. Got it completed with about 90 minutes to spare. I’ll get it dialed in and playing well here in the next couple weeks but for now I’m done looking at it
Just unloaded. Thanks for everyone that made this show a success. We had a ton of people stop by the Tilt booth and chat and BUY stuff. Ive set up at many shows, and many of them the accessory sales are slow. Please remember, and this goes for all vendors at any show. It cost us a lot of money to do these shows. So parts, swag, etc helps us offset those cost. I had many people that thanked us for bringing all the games that we brought, we truly appreciate those comments. I know that they are only words, but it shows that people appreciate all the work it takes to bring over a dozen games to a show.
Quoted from Tilt:Just unloaded. Thanks for everyone that made this show a success. We had a ton of people stop by the Tilt booth and chat and BUY stuff. Ive set up at many shows, and many of them the accessory sales are slow. Please remember, and this goes for all vendors at any show. It cost us a lot of money to do these shows. So parts, swag, etc helps us offset those cost. I had many people that thanked us for bringing all the games that we brought, we truly appreciate those comments. I know that they are only words, but it shows that people appreciate all the work it takes to bring over a dozen games to a show.
I appreciated the company throughout the show so I wouldn’t go crazy. Thank you!
Quoted from Tsskinne:I’m still very tired today from the whole thing but I’m glad I was able to get it done. If anyone else got pictures of me working on it feel free to send them my way or post them. I was too busy to really document the process but needless to say it was a lot of work to go from blank playfield to fully working game over the course of 3 show days. Got it completed with about 90 minutes to spare. I’ll get it dialed in and playing well here in the next couple weeks but for now I’m done looking at it
I was pulling for you! The playfield and the work into assembling it and all the parts were pure top notch.
Quoted from Tilt:Just unloaded. Thanks for everyone that made this show a success. We had a ton of people stop by the Tilt booth and chat and BUY stuff. Ive set up at many shows, and many of them the accessory sales are slow. Please remember, and this goes for all vendors at any show. It cost us a lot of money to do these shows. So parts, swag, etc helps us offset those cost. I had many people that thanked us for bringing all the games that we brought, we truly appreciate those comments. I know that they are only words, but it shows that people appreciate all the work it takes to bring over a dozen games to a show.
All your games were quite appreciated.....as you and I spoke, the auction results.......not so much.
Quoted from RCA1:So yeah... Great show, and thanks to everyone who made it great.
I'm still sort of pinball giddy.
Tommy - you are crazy. I still can't believe Quicksilver was up and playing before the show ended.
I got a T-shirt.
I got a poster (who did this year's art? It's cool!)
I had several awesome sodas (Thanks Mr. Soda Pop!)
I got a couple sheets of Invisiglass (Thanks Steve!)
I got Blackout home, set up, and playing (Thanks John!, and thanks Matt for finding the problem with it!)
It was great to see so many people that I haven't seen for way to long.
Rob, was that my old sky lab for sale? Or a different one? Wish i could have made it, but appreciate all the pics from everyone!
Quoted from amkoepfer:Rob, was that my old sky lab for sale? Or a different one? Wish i could have made it, but appreciate all the pics from everyone!
The game I got from you was Apollo, not Skylab. I'm keeping that.
I don't think that Skylab was yours, someone else was the seller. The cosmetics were....... not perfect. 
Check with Kruzman, he ended up with that game somehow.
I think I actually only played 3 games the entire show. Spent all the time keeping Sterling qued up in the tournament and tournament scorekeeper all Saturday. I did like those whizbang table tops, pretty neat to see something that old. Sterling had a good time, was in B finals all day Friday, slipped out Saturday morning and couldnt get back in, was just a few spaces out. Tough competition!.
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Watching you put that together all weekend was really cool. Wish i had introduced myself, as i like putting faces to names. Also wish i had been able to stay longer to see it completed. Awesome job...
Quoted from RCA1:The game I got from you was Apollo, not Skylab. I'm keeping that.
I don't think that Skylab was yours, someone else was the seller. The cosmetics were....... not perfect.
Check with Kruzman, he ended up with that game somehow.
Thats right, my mistake!
Here's the play audits for my games:
Kings of Steel: 254
Nine Ball: 269
Hotdoggin': 258
World's Fair Jigsaw: 244
Thanks to everyone that puts on the show. It was a great time.
Really enjoy going to a pinball show after all these yrs of shut down here in Mi. Everyone was friendly, and considerate. Was good to catch up and to see all the smiling faces. Thanks to the venders esp TILT and Refinery for letting me talk their ears off in the games they brought.
Quoted from djblouw:Here's the play audits for my games:
Kings of Steel: 254
Nine Ball: 269
Hotdoggin': 258
World's Fair Jigsaw: 244
Thanks to everyone that puts on the show. It was a great time.
Really enjoyed the Worlds Fair Jigsaw, as well as your other games. thanks for bringing them.
I also want to thank the guys at Tilt. Really nice guys. Tried to help me out when i forgot the keys to my Guardians. Thanks again.
Also thanks to the guys who were able to help me get it open. you know who you are. Also thanks to Chris from Rock Custom for hooking up my GameOn system for the undercab lights.
lockquote cite="#6898700">I also want to thank the guys at Tilt. Really nice guys. Tried to help me out when i forgot the keys to my Guardians. Thanks again.
Also thanks to the guys who were able to help me get it open. you know who you are. Also thanks to Chris from Rock Custom for hooking up my GameOn system for the undercab lights.
Quoted from Insane:I also want to thank the guys at Tilt. Really nice guys. Tried to help me out when i forgot the keys to my Guardians. Thanks again.
Also thanks to the guys who were able to help me get it open. you know who you are. Also thanks to Chris from Rock Custom for hooking up my GameOn system for the undercab lights.
" relax, alright? My old man is a televisions repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it"
Quoted from cartert:lockquote cite="#6898700">I also want to thank the guys at Tilt. Really nice guys. Tried to help me out when i forgot the keys to my Guardians. Thanks again.
Also thanks to the guys who were able to help me get it open. you know who you are. Also thanks to Chris from Rock Custom for hooking up my GameOn system for the undercab lights." relax, alright? My old man is a televisions repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it"
" You can't fix this car Spicolli"
Thank you everyone for coming to our booth and those who purchased t-shirts. We had a great time sharing some games that we typically don’t have on the floor of the arcade. Met some great people and was great to talk with old friends. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!
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Quoted from mikedetroit:Thank you everyone for coming to our booth and those who purchased t-shirts. We had a great time sharing some games that we typically don’t have on the floor of the arcade. Met some great people and was great to talk with old friends. Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!
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Thanks for bringing along the Joust - it played great.
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Belated PATZ photo dump part one, show overview.
View from the Chicago Pinball ex-Mafioso junk booth on Friday afternoon:
booth panorama
Saturday tourney area:
tourney dungeon
Saturday entire show viewed from east garage door:
the whole shebang
The panoramas look grainy here even though I chose "original size" when uploading. Sorry! I guess pinside still does some kind of compression or image processing. If anyone wants sharper versions of these to pick out your ugly mugs in the crowd, let me know.
Belated PATZ photo dump part two, stuff that caught my eye.
'70s lounge decor or asylum chic? You decide!
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This thing is way more fun than it has any right to be. Thanks Tommy!
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Where there's a will and three clamps, there's a way.
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Dang!
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Tried to buy Sparky for a friend. Not for sale, but a thousand bucks will start the conversation.
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Love these crazy works of art.
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Quoted from yancy:Belated PATZ photo dump part one, show overview.
View from the Chicago Pinball ex-Mafioso junk booth on Friday afternoon:
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Saturday entire show viewed from east garage door:
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Interesting timing on the panoramic view- the gentleman just left of the kid on crate appears to only have one leg... 
Quoted from yancy:Belated PATZ photo dump part three, Tommy edition.
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Thanks for snagging these since I barely remembered to take any pics
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