Thanks for sharing all of these excellent pins to Indy Bud! Played here a couple of weeks back, all machines in stellar condition. Spend about 20 bucks on Metallica alone. Did have a slight issue with Star Trek though. Ball got stuck in shooter lane just above the cliffy on the left side. It wouldn't fall back into the plunger no matter what I tried. I tried to gently nudge it out, but it didn't work so it just stuck there. Seemed like there might be a lip on that shooter lane protector cliffy that caught it up. Nonetheless, my favs were Fish Tales, TWD, MET and WOZ. Champion Pub was a sleeper too.

Still have tix for sale, all for a good cause. Linked Fastbreaks, TNA, Metallica, TOM, lots of other machines coming. They're renaming a beer for the event as well! It's also family friendly which is sorely lacking in Indy. Below is the link for tix.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pinball-fundraising-for-dementia-friends-indiana-tickets-86627869289

Made it on the front page of the IndyStar! Still tickets left!

https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/events/2020/02/27/indianapolis-area-pinball-enthusiasts-launch-fundraiser-fight-dementia/4805457002/

Well, we crushed it with the Dementia Friends pinball event. Huge shout out to the PinVault dudes, the dudes that have the machines at Mind over Mash and all the others who were willing to put up their machines for the weekend. We raised 20x what CICOA (parent company of Dementia Friends Indiana) expected us to and had great attendance and a solid jump start for next year. Media-wise, we were on the cover of the IndyStar and on about every TV station I can think of. We plan on this being an annual event and hope to get it to the size of LAX and other events. It may not be that big next year, but we're going to work hard to get there. It's far past due that Indianapolis have a large expo like that but why not? And why not do it for a good cause? Not only does it promote pinball in the community, but all proceeds go to Dementia Friends Indiana.

PRELIMINARY PLANS FOR NEXT YEAR:

-Bigger location. Space was tight where we were at due to # of machines and popularity. I think we could easily double the number of machines and double the ticket sales now that we're a known thing and have media contacts.

-Tournament with prizes. We're gonna work on getting sponsorship for some solid prizes.

-Three day event.

WHAT I NEED FROM INDIANAPOLIS PINHEADS:

-Your pins! If you have machines you're willing to bring next year, PM me now and let me know so I can start my list. I already have a few new people from the HACKS group that have chimed in and are bringing machines. No sweat if things change later on, I'll reach out more towards go time next year and see where you're at, it would just be nice to get some preliminary numbers for when we reach out to sponsors.

-Spread the hype! We need the pinball community to continue to come together to make this happen. Let your friends in surrounding areas know that we're building up something big. It's gonna be dope.

Again thanks to all that brought their machines and to those came out to Books & Brews to hang over the weekend. Feel free to PM me suggestions for improvement if you have any so we can continue to improve on what we've already done. Let's do this.

Sad to hear. Thanks a million Bud for all you've done to help Indy pinball. I've introduced several friends to the hobby on your machines.