http://s433.photobucket.com/albums/qq60/dvandentop/pinball%20expo%202011/?start=all
check em out, thanks to Nick angel for the sale of the White water and helping me load it up
thanks to coin taker and the other vendors for being there allowing me to pick up some other stuff while there.
crap i wish i woulda know pinball life was out west i drove right by there yesterday and today on the way home!
Quoted from pinmike:Congrats!! on whitewater..thanks for the pics too and theres one pic with a
backbox with buttons on the side what was that all about?
that was one of the vendors they can test out any board pretty much without needing a whole machine is what i got from looking at it.
maybe someone more in the know will chime in.
i wish the pic of hercules woulda shown up better that pin is HUGE
yes it was right by the front door i believe it was, i think asking price was around 1700 or so hard to remember with so much else going on 
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Quoted from dvandentop:that was one of the vendors they can test out any board pretty much without needing a whole machine is what i got from looking at it.
maybe someone more in the know will chime in.
i wish the pic of hercules woulda shown up better that pin is HUGE
I see, Hercules is the biggest pin and its not made for a girly man.
They use a Q-ball in that game.
Quoted from pinmike:I see, Hercules is the biggest pin and its not made for a girly man.
They use a Q-ball in that game.
i played it, was great fun
also included in the pic is a GM plant in janesville WI that is closed down where the tahoes and yukons were made up until 2008, hard to imagine a place so big just sitting empty.
Quoted from dvandentop:also included in the pic is a GM plant in janesville WI that is closed down where the tahoes and yukons were made up until 2008, hard to imagine a place so big just sitting empty.
Thats sad and thats not the only one many are shut down across the U.S.
Its a Shame..
It was funny watching kids play Hercules. I saw a lot of them with their arms spread out about as wide as possible to play it much like Gweem's son. Gives a good idea of just how massive that thing is!
Quoted from pinmike:And to work on that beast you have to be on your back and open the
bottom of the machine..Like working on a car
oh man that would be lovely LOL
would like to see the insides of the thing!
Quoted from ssathre:Congratulations on the new purchase, D! Hopefully we can get together to play a few games and hang out for a while.
yeah for sure! give me a holler if coming my way usually home for the most part
Quoted from pinmike:And to work on that beast you have to be on your back and open the
bottom of the machine..Like working on a car
I can already envision the solder dripping right into my eye. 
Quoted from davewtf:so, dvandentop, where do you live in wisconsin? Your location says SD but you have WI plates. Just curious. I'm from Appleton and live in madison.
no i have SD plates unless you saw another car??
Quoted from davewtf:so, dvandentop, where do you live in wisconsin? Your location says SD but you have WI plates. Just curious. I'm from Appleton and live in madison.
If you're talking about the pic of the Scion, I'm pretty sure he snapped it due to the conflicting ideologies of having Obama AND Ron Paul for President stickers on this particular car he saw. If it is a husband and wife that have those viewpoints it must make for an interesting homelife!
Quoted from gweempose:I can already envision the solder dripping right into my eye.
HeHe!! Its hard enough to work on pins standing up i could'nt imagine
working on them laying on my back..And yes i would probably lose an
eye to solder dripping 
Quoted from jarjarisgod:If you're talking about the pic of the Scion, I'm pretty sure he snapped it due to the conflicting ideologies of having Obama AND Ron Paul for President stickers on this particular car he saw. If it is a husband and wife that have those viewpoints it must make for an interesting homelife!
LOL yeah i took a pic of it for my politcal loving friends.
Quoted from dvandentop:yeah for sure! give me a holler if coming my way usually home for the most part
you mean when your not being called down to the SUX Walmart in the middle of the night? LOL. The GF has been wanting to check out that Carnaval steakhouse sometime. One of these nights maybe we can head up for some steak and Pinball!
Quoted from emo:Thanks for taking pictures of the Koala pins. I never knew they existed..
yep 1st time they were on public display in 30 years a sign said, pretty cool
LOL what is with the fat guy and save the whales on the T shirt on that one koala pin??
Quoted from ssathre:you mean when your not being called down to the SUX Walmart in the middle of the night? LOL. The GF has been wanting to check out that Carnaval steakhouse sometime. One of these nights maybe we can head up for some steak and Pinball!
oh yeah it is gooooood! worth the drive
Thanks for the pics! I just saw the 20 minute clip of Tilt on youtube where Brooke talks to the trucker about "love" and then plays the guy in the bar and wins...I noticed the "Koala" and wondered what it was...
Cool and thanks again. I enjoyed the weeds in the front of the GM building...that was sad.
Completely off topic, but while I was there with my family, a young exchange student from Japan slipped while posing for a picture up on the railing and was swept over the falls. Believe it or not, this is extremely rare. Quite a few people go over the falls each year, but it's usually on purpose. I don't believe they ever found her body ...
http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/08/16/pkg.niagara.fall.body.miss.cbc
Edit: Looks like they did find the body ...
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=f581bccc-0a0c-4ba9-a395-196c38b8c98e
Quoted from jarjarisgod:If you're talking about the pic of the Scion, I'm pretty sure he snapped it due to the conflicting ideologies of having Obama AND Ron Paul for President stickers on this particular car he saw. If it is a husband and wife that have those viewpoints it must make for an interesting homelife!
that's what i saw. Now that i look at it again, i see that it was being driven when the picture was taken. I was fixated on the WI plate.
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