Quoted from TheLaw:Why is everyone obsessed with TPF? People there are already pinball people.... They're already going to buy the dang thing.
Not true. 50%+ of TPF attendees are families and folks new to pinball. Many comment they didn’t even know pinball was still around until they saw an ad for TPF or heard about it from someone else. Many of them buy their first pin at TPF and later reconnect with the vendors they meet there to buy parts or order that new game they played. TPF and similarly run shows introduce more new people to pinball than any other source. TPF also has hundreds of pinheads visiting from all over the world wanting to see and play the newest games from the manufacturers that they would not otherwise have access to.