we will have a new vendor this year at the may show (ulekstore.com) and they make some really nice stuff. david will probably chime in here soon for those that want to pre-order any of the many custom items that they can craft

and speaking of custom items, in a partnership that we've worked out, coffee mugs and pint glasses with the VFW logo will be available for pre-order through ulekstore.com to be picked up at the show this year. here's a sneak peek of the items:
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the coffee mugs (11 and 15oz) are full color and sublimation printed on both sides (and come packaged in gift boxes) and the pint glass (16oz) is laser etched on one side. all items are dishwasher safe

based on the demand level, we may produce some extras to have at the show for impulse purchases

as far as I know, we *will* be holding an e.m. tournament on friday

plans for saturday evening are still up in the air (last year literally kicked my ass and I was beat after two 12+ hour days. I guess I'm not young anymore

everyone will be subject to bill's strict rules and more of my jackassery once again

we might try something different for saturday evening, if we decide to do something. if, and that's a big IF, we do decide to do something, it's going to be limited to 16-32 people and will run after the show closes @ 8pm

this is an additional tourney that we are considering. the EM world pinball tourney will still occur on friday before the show starts

the 70s the first week in may in michigan? ha! there have been years where we've gotten snow
I'd settle for high 50s to low 60s and a dry and mild weekend

I didn't know that chris hanson was making a guest appearance at the VFW this year

I thought that after the show this year, we were going to put clay into a cryo chamber and wait until 2112 to unfreeze him

you are you calling a minion?

clay makes us wear orange shirts and no overalls!! and don't even get me started on the [expendable] staff parading around in their red shirts like no-name, one time appearance star trek crew members

NOTE: receiving 3 strikes in the EM tourney does not allow you access to the main hall until 1pm. yes, this nets you 3 "extra" hours of playing time in the main hall, but wouldn't you rather play games in the tourney and hope to win one of the random door prizes and/or the trophies?
clay and some of the the members have created some rather "interesting" and pretty cool trophies for this year

I'm thinking of making people who intentionally bow out of the tourney wear a "pinball loser" dunce cap and being followed around for the remainder of the day by a nun ringing a bell that repeatedly shouts out "SHAME!"

no, I'm sorry but the tournament is not an IFPA affiliated event. it's enough for the 2 of us running the event to keep track and keep the event going without having to collect and submit the $1 per person entry fee and the scores

your best best is to reach out to clay and see if he would be willing to sell you a friday ticket

that's the double-edged sword that plagues every show. put tickets on sale early and it has the potential for selling out out too early. put them on sale too close to the show date(s) and you risk not selling all of your tickets

What a douche move. I would say that if someone is offering you tickets but holding them out at a higher than face value price trying to make a profit, then let Clay know. He could then just refund there $5 reserve fee and release the tickets to those who really want to go.

who do you think was scalping them?? (clay's got to make money to pay for all those mcdonald's breakfasts somehow
btw, if someone wants to score points with him. bring him the following:
- medium coffee w/ 2 cream
- sausage mcmuffin w/ extra butter

hmm... is this the real reason he let you in the club?

that's easy. I like the idea of the buyer either being refunded or losing their deposit and the ticket gets freed back up and available for purchase directly from the vfwpinball.com site

I have a sheet of NOS pinball 2000 playfield glass (with the original bally/Williams shipping box) that I'm looking to sell if anyone is interested. $200

I will only bring it with me if I have a buyer and I will be at the show on Friday and Saturday (pm me for details

the M-43 strawberry just came out as well. it may be hard to find though since many of their releases are limited and usually sell out in the first couple of days

I will bring one and gift it to the first person to find me on friday after 5pm. it will be nice and icy cold

said unicorn wrangler still has some left for my good friend, chicago mob boss yancy

we are actually planning on starting registration at 8:30am and hope to start the tournament at 9am (but more realistically, the tournament will start at 9:30am

it makes it easier if you have the email from your paypal transaction. we've found in the past that many people have paypal accounts set up under either a spouse's name or something that they don't remember (eg. something other than their primary email account

if you have printout (or email) of the transaction, we can usually cross reference it quickly and easily (making it that much quicker to get you your wristbands and move onto the next person)

yeah, and we didn't do anything at all

come back in the fall. like last year, we'll probably do a one day show in late september/early october on a saturday when it's nice and cool out

why is everyone shouting as of lately in this thread?

looks like we're good now that the thread has gone to a new page

edit: yancy!!!!!!!!!!!!

where you at?

and... it's back again jk