Somebody needs to make this happen. It would be awesome to have someone of Rob's caliber at the Louisville show.

I emailed Kim at Illinois Pinball after the guys mentioned on BrokenToken that Gene was planning on coming and she did confirm that they would be there. Of course the guys running it would know for sure! I specifically asked about playfield glass(regular and pin2k) so they should bring some. Ought to be interesting either way, as Gene definitely is a polarizing figure in the hobby for sure...

What's up with this?

That will be my first stop tomorrow before the expo opens. So nice to have Wicks right there!

I'm assuming this is at night? I usually pop in at lunch time(11:30-12:30) and don't have any issues. I agree that what you went though sounds ridiculous!

Me and the wife went Friday and got there as soon as the doors opened. Played everything a couple times before we cut out....First time that I got to spend some time on AC/DC Premium, and it was awesome, played smooth and was in really nice shape. Whoever bought the WCS 94; kudos to you as it was lit up beautifully and played excellently. Some of the 90's games looked outdated next to AC/DC and Metallica, but not this game. Played the Metallica that Phoebe and her husband brought and it looked and played amazing! I thanked them for bringing such an awesome game as I rarely get to see any newer Sterns, and they were very gracious and chatted with me a bit about it. Of course it was cool to play Joust and Varkon as well. My wife liked the CFTBL the best I think as it was lit beautifully and had the cool LCD mod in the playfield window. I got a game in on Predator, and it appears well-made and I think the owners will be happy with the end result, especially for the price. Picked up some regular and Pin2k playfield glass and a couple cool Bally logo pinball hats as well. Sadly, Friday is the only day I could make it and I am sure there will be more games there Sat/Sun, so if you are on the fence about going, don't be as it is an excellent time.