Great day at the show . Pleasure to meet you Micah. Woz is an amazing pin ,talked to its designer ,quality,quality,quality!! I know a bunch of people are saying its slow,but remember these proto's have to stay nice and run great till the product ships. Do you really think they are going to dial them in at high speed for show......doubt it.
All the pins this year seemed to play well (for the most part) people were great! I landed a couple of great pins.
And a special hats off to James from pinball inc .purchased several ramps from him .absolute pleasure to deal with. Suppliers like that make this hobby so much better.
Oh yea nice flying pig ,is I hot

James, first class, first class stuff.

Dammit ! two games that I think I'll want and two games I don't have money for , hoping one would be a rumor so I could posibly get the other.

Spent Thursday and Friday there, great time. A few observations.......

1. Vendors were awesome. It's great to be able to go to a show and not only hand pick parts you need and think you might need, but talking to the owners is great too.
2. Keep the dart boards that were for sale section home. 10 dart boards for sale taking up an entire corner was taking up way too much space that could have had 10 to 12 more pins.
3. The shows promoters and tournament staff do an amazing job with this show. My hats off to them. A pleasure to deal with and talk to, great guys.
4. Although it is a dump, I think the building is fine for what the show is. A lot of traffic, a lot of machines and a lot of in and out during winter months. The building suits the time of year, easy access in and out and is large enough to accomodate everyone.
5. Fix the water problem in the bathrooms for crying out loud. A good cleaning wouldn't hurt either.
6. Lastly, a big thanks should go out to everyone who brought machines this year. Your efforts are appreciated, wouldn't be a show without that. I'm bringing one next year without question to contribute.

I agree on WOZ was ready to order one but just did not do it for me. As for the A-lists I agree but then again I guess I am part of the problem I was bringing my TZ and TOM but they both sold this week but sure thought there would be a few TZ's or was hoping a SS.

Hello all,
Just got back from the Ohio show. There were more machines and people this year but a lot of stuff selling quickly. The bathroom flooded (as usual) and the usual friends and vendors. Many thanks to pacak and Marvin for putting it on. Many thanks to John Dayhuff for bringing my RS playfield back and the space to sell some playfields.
I brought the Bally Time Zone as it it easy to move,transport and set up, the thing is bullet proof and logged over a 800 plays in 3 days, thanks to phoebe and larry,for all thier help esp. for a reg. screw driver and taking care of my hand cart. Thanks to Mark Combs for a beautiful POTO, I cant wait to set it up in my favorite row beautiful job on that Mark.
I was not a fan of the wizard of Oz simply because it was to damn bright, I could not follow the ball and It seemed to me just to be to crowded on the playfield. FWIW I thought the game was fun to play,well manufactured and beautiful in its artwork, just not my cup of tea, but thanks to JJ for making it. I bought a playfield and the thing is beautiful because I dont have room for any more machines so I collect playfields.
Overall I had a great time as usual and enjoyed the people and machines, pinheads that I know from around the mid-west are great people and I thank you for your friendship,skills and plethora of pinball knowledge that keep my dumb ass in working pins,god bless you all
roger hord

I really hope this is true.

F-(k yes. Although I'd prefer a "Kill 'Em All" LE, I know there was no chance in hell of that happening.

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I really hope that Metallica is more like GNR and not a jukebox style like ACDC. I love ACDC but they gotta mix it up!

John Borg designed GnR. So I'm sure he is more influenced by himself than by Steve Ritchie.

That's a loaded statement considering Borg's reputation with borrowing layouts

I hope it's nothing like GNR.

I was told by someone I feel knows what is going on at Stern that the X-Men code should be coming out when they go into production again on the pro version. Not sure when that is but that is what I was told

Do you think the source is reliable,If so I guess it takes more time to get this new system and LCD ready than they thought,which is kind of the same problem that JJP is having.

Source is GASP!!!!!! DEREK

I think I'm gonna have to pre-order the LE

my gf and i were close to buying that poto but didn't want to pull the trigger on spending the money just yet. If you ever want to sell it, let me know!

Frankly, it's a little sad, considering what other shows are able to get and the amount they charge for entry.

5. Fix the water problem in the bathrooms for crying out loud. A good cleaning wouldn't hurt either.

Good cleaning? They need to be blown up and redone. Heck, I doubt they rarely see a cleaning. At the very least, they could offer free tetanus shots for those brave enough to touch anything there.

Thanks for the updates guys!

So the 1993 STTNG now has a color display...but the new 2013 Star Trek will be the same old monochrome?

I find that amazing, frankly.

The new Star Trek has a LOT to live up to, so I hope it's not just another Ritchie design we've already seen before (again).

Soooo tired of hearing the whining about the bathrooms...You paid $15 to play pin ball ALL DAY!!! Get over it !!!

The whole place needs to be condemned due to numerous code violations. They even served food in the venue fully knowing the state of the building. Bet a Building / Health inspector would have had a field day in there. Maybe they get around that for only being used a few times out of the year, who knows.

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