How is this show for strictly pinball?
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Thanks for the input - It looks like I might pass. I was hoping to go to a show where there would be a lot of games plus a lot of vendors. I was hoping to possibly be able to pic up an EM game while I was there. I can't make the pin-a-go-go due to me being out of town.
I wish there was a show in Los Angeles.
Quoted from RobT:Mark, you missed Arcade Expo which was awesome! Located off the 10 in Banning. I think they are going to have another show in October?
I will have to look out for that one. Have never heard of it before.
Quoted from practicalsteve:Thats a bummer as there were quite a few EMs for cheap at PAGG last year.
If someone is at PAGG and notices a real nice game for a good price, I would be interested if they tell me about it. Maybe a finders fee or something....
Quoted from practicalsteve:What titles or eras are you interested in?
I just noticed you have a worlds fair jigsaw! Wow, talk about a rarer game! Thats really awesome. And all your other stuff is on the new side, how did you end up with that?
I meet this guy in Escondido CA that has a house all full of older games. He had a World Series and a Jigsaw that I played and thought was really cool. When I got back home I did some research on the game and it lead me to Hal O'Rourke who was the expert in restoring these games (before he passed away). I called Hal and it just so happens he had a Jigsaw which he just got and it was in excellent condition but he also restored (he also commented that he hadn't had a jigsaw in a long time). So it was just a matter of timing.
Here is a post I did on the game...
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/rockola-worlds-fair-jigsaw-pictures
I will add that I have restored a few games such as my monster bash, AFM, IJ (which I sold) and WCS. So I decided to buy a rockola world series and restore it. I got pretty far along in the restoration but ended up breaking a critical part that couldn't be reproduced. They are pretty hard to restore and some of the metal is pot metal and pretty fragile after all these years. I ended parting it out for more than I paid for it but some gave me a hard time for parting out the game. In the end even, that game got parted but it ended up completing a lot of other games out there.
I have all the pinball compendium books so I am looking through at what EM games interest me - I think so far I like Kings & Queens, El Dorado, Centigrade 37, Buckaroo, Flipper Cowboy, King of Diamonds, Target Alpha. I like something with backglass animation or lots of drop targets. I am looking for a nice fully working game.
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