Just to clarify, the tv stands and many of the "papa hq upgrades" are being designed in a way that they are mobile/ transportable to other events. The screen stands fold down and can be disassembled quickly, for instance, and set up while we broadcast in different tournament venues around the country. The idea is to help drive the spectacle of all events higher, not just our own, to turn as many heads as possible and drive more people to the game.

Having said that, we did recognize there were more immediate wants that could help improve the direct feed, so we backpeddled a bit and are going those routes first for maximum possible outreach. (we read these threads and drew several good ideas!). The other expansion ideas are still on the list, but the priority of a few items got swapped.

As the equipment purchases slow down or become redundant, the biggest issue we have at this point is one of basic travel. It's really not very sexy compared to special lenses and such, but when you're talking about tens of thousands of miles per year in travel to help run events, do interviews, reviews, etc, it is a major consideration.

Finally, speaking of travel, I would like to speak with any major parts dealers, major pinball mod creators, extreme hobbyists, owners of great collections and/or arcades, part suppliers, playfield artists, both touchup and original, and others of similar situations or general pinball enthusiasts. Please email me. With the seeming success of the kickstarter to date, it's time to start organizing some of the non-competition pinball content for the community in the way of interviews, product or location reviews and such. As long as you are in America or Canada, you are within reach of this project. If you fellow pinsiders know of anyone who isn't on pinside who would be good to include or contact, please drop a note in this thread.

Thank you all for being so generous!

And in many situations we will do exactly what you suggest. The majority of these non-competition stops will be coordinated with PAPA Circuit travel though. For instance, the PAPA Circuit is heading to Orlando in November, and I will physically have to be there to help. While down there, I'm going to try to review IAPPA, the bronze artist who has sculpted some of our trophies, and there are also many other possibilities along the way, such as Pinball Inc in Georgia, Coinopwarehouse, and who knows how many great collections or interesting people in between. If the travel is already happening for Circuit one way or the other, I'm going to do my best to maximize the content output for viewers.

This is a long, arduous process that I started back in October. It has been delayed due to Pinburgh prep and now the kickstarter, but the current list includes thoughts / details on league and tournament management, rulings, and specific notes on roughly ~150 games so far. The page is not ready for public consumption (I'd say 40% done for where I would like to take it), but what you desire is, in fact, an ongoing project. There's always several "irons in the fire" as they say around PAPA hq. Look out for a public release of the finished site around the end of the year. It will include videos, photographs, diagrams, and loads of information on game setup, debates from both sides of particular decisions, input from numerous tournament and league directors (both PAPA related and non-PAPA related) and more.

I probably shouldn't have mentioned anything, but seeing as how this thread is specifically about PAPA projects and our current fundraiser, and you brought up the idea specifically, I suppose it's worth the mention if it helps the other kickstarter effort in any way.

Are you asking whether we will send a physical picture of the sign or post the image online? Both? I'm just not completely clear, but I don't think either is a big issue.

The TV channel layout will likely go through a number of iterations and improvements. The general layout will likely stay true to that image, but we will always be trying new things to improve where we can.

The full token set is one of the rewards on the kickstarter, but it looks like they're all gone, unfortunately. I can't say for certain what the plans are at this point, but I can say the full set isn't a matter of us choosing whether or not to sell them. There truly is a limited number of these tokens, and anything in the future would either involve expensive re-runs, which isn't likely, or digging through tens of thousands of tokens in search of specific examples where only a small handful was ever put into circulation. I spent a lot of time digging already for those five...