All though I have been playing and collecting pinball for a long time this was my first trip to Expo. With work and family restraints I was able to fly in Friday morning and fly out Sunday morning.

Friday - arrived at expo around 11:00am. Registration was quick and painless ($60 for the 2 days). Walked by the tournament area which was very busy with activity, looked like a nice selection of machines for the tourney.

Headed in to the vendor room and was pleasantly surprised with the number of vendors and the different things to see and play. Met up with some experienced expo friends (thanks Scott) and grabbed some lunch.

Back to the Expo and visited the free play room and again was pleasantly surprised with the amount of games available from older EM's to the current. Fun room!

Bounced between the vendor and free play rooms until we headed out to the Stern party.

$40 ticket to the Stern party would of been better spent buying parts for my machines LOL. A large bar type venue with some entertainment. Bat Mobile and Ecto-1 parked out side, batman and batgirl inside followed by a singer (ok), magician (blah), freak show (no thanks) and the dude from bare naked ladies (didn't stay for). 2 Ghost buster pins available to play....2 pins for couple hundred people? Well you get the picture...cash bar, cash food...not sure was the $40 was for other then the so called entertainment?

People would of been much happier maybe at the factory with some pizza and pins to play??

Saturday back at it, bouncin between rooms, getting as much time on Ghost Busters as I could to solidify my choice on my first NIB and visiting the autograph room.

In summary had a GREAT time largely in part to my fellow Michigan pin friends showing me around.

I would definitely return next year!