We plan on attending again this year.
Have not checked yet to see if I have any conflicts though.

Awesome news.
Steve was great at the Dallas show.
Should be another fun time in Houston.

Pretty sure the Texas Pinball Fest had 45,000 square feet. Not 15,000.

And after checking, now I am positive.
Here is the link.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/texas-pinball-festival-2013-dates-and-location-announced

Will be there around 6 P.M.
Can't wait.

No video but here are a few interesting tidbits from his speech.

1. The Star Trek LE starfield projector is a beam that is refracted in a crystal that is in the apron. On the first test run the hole was larger and the starfield projected all over the backbox and the walls. Now they have the hole just large enough so it is only projected on the playfield. (Though he mentioned some creative modders could easily have it back to shooting everywhere, wink wink)

2. New AC/DC code could take up to a year to get released. Metallica code will be next in line for an update.

3. X-Men code update is very doubtfull but maybe. He chalked this up to "Team difficulties".

4. When working on new pins he always starts with the LE version and then strips things down to the pro.

5. His least favorite pin he made is Stellar Wars.

6. New computer system should be in the next game released. He was supposed to have it for Star Trek but it did not get ready in time.

7. The new boards for the next system are very small in the backbox and should have small LED lights on them as well to shine onto the translite. (He wants to be able to controll them via software so the backbox can blink again.)

8. Not really news, but new displays are coming soon. If not on the next game then by the one after that.

9. He also said he and somebody else high up want to do an original theme someday. Gary Stern, not so much.

I'm sure there was a little more, but it is late and I am going to bed.

Really wanted to meet you TigerLaw, and maybe I did and just did not know it.
I was sitting in the front row so I could not tell who was asking what questions.
But I was the one that for some crazy reason, Steve Richie all of a sudden in the middle of his speech, decided to walk over and ask how I was doing. Totally caught me off guard, but funny non the less.
I was also the one he had repeating all the question to him since he can not hear very well.
It was a great show and I will post photos later.
I qualified for the Metallica tourney but got knocked out early as there were some big names playing against me in my bracket. But it was a blast.

Just posted a lot of show photos.
Thought I was in this thread when I posted them, but I was in the Steve Richie thread.
Instead of reposting them here, this is the link to the other thread.
Enjoy the photos.
http://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/highlights-of-steve-richies-speach-in-houston/page/2#post-1240153

You are welcome, and thanks for brining it. Makes me sad I ever sold mine.

We brought our earbuds just in case.
It was nice to jack into the Wizard of OZ.
In my opinion a headphone jack is the best pinball mod and all my machines have them.
We looked around the show for more, but never found any.
I will certainly be bringing my earbuds to Dallas as well. Hopefully more machines will have them.