Wow that really sucks.
TPF is becoming a serious show, hate to see them competing.
Quoted from douggalecawitz:i wish. that place needs to be more decently photographed. and a walk through tour video (free of commentary for brevity's sake) would be nice.
Here you go, I filmed this at the last event:
Took me about an hour but I wanted to get all the machines. Also as far as accommodations go, avoid the Motel 6. I stayed there last time and it was gross.
Quoted from chuckcasey:Last year it was required for Arcade Expo to move to March and St. Patty's day weekend was chosen, the weekend before TFP. TFP was the weekend following Arcade Expo and recognised as a growing and significant event. We knew it'd be a challenge for enthusiast to travel to both, even a weekend apart. Arcade Expo 4.0 dates were announced earlier this year and it appears that TFP needed to move to a weekend earlier for what ever reasons and earlier last week announced it would be the same weekend.
The Museum of Pinball supports all pinball related events, even when they overlap with one of our events. We believe even when TFP or other related events chose to overlap with an event at the Museum of Pinball, we together support the hobby and fans of pinball together.
And as you know, TFP and Arcade Expo are very different events. If you can not make it to Arcade Expo we respect your decision and hope you chose to attend one of our other events like Pinball Madness (pinballmadness.com in October 20-22, 2017) or "It Never Drains in Southern California (INDISC)" pinball tournament and festival (January 12-14, 2018).
Pinball Madness: http://pinballmadness.com/
INDISC INFO: https://www.neverdrains.com/
Arcade Expo 4.0: http://www.arcadeexpo.com/
Thanks for your support to the non-profit organization of the Museum of Pinball. For 2018 the dates will unfortunately overlap since we began ticket sales over a month ago.
I was not aware of INDISC, so thanks for pointing that out. That January time frame works best for me personally to plan a trip to California, so I'll look forward to attending that one!
Quoted from chuckcasey:We are grateful for our volunteers that keep our 550+ pinball machines and 550+ arcade games working. Final count last Sunday was 28 volunteers.
Our next TECH DAY is September 23-24 (yes, a TECH WEEKEND). The information sharing, networking, mentoring, expertise and friendships made are extraordinary. If you'd like to become part of the team we could use your help preparing for Pinball Madness and generally furthering the hobby and fans of pinball.
Even though I can't make Pinball Madness going to try to make it to tech weekend. Been missing that place ever since Expo. Now if I can convince my wife...
Quoted from kst8cat:I was not aware of INDISC, so thanks for pointing that out. That January time frame works best for me personally to plan a trip to California, so I'll look forward to attending that one!
INDISC will be an "event" for both tournament players, causal players, spectators and enthusiasts. ALL the pinball machines will be ON FREE PLAY and the tournament room will take nearly half the arcade room, a very large and exciting improvement.
Quoted from Azmodeus:i stayed minutes from banning cheaply. there was a nice hole in the wall breakfast place but good, too. both were right by smart and final.
Was that the Holiday Inn located across the street from Smart & Final? (asking because I'm looking around for a place to stay during Pinball Madness).
Yes that sounds right. Sorry it was the first banning I went and I to and I was super sick. My doctor said I was not contagious so I went. I didn't want to miss the first arcade expo.
I unloaded on cold products to try to stay standing, at smart and final. The restaurant across the street from smart and final was cozy type food. Seemed to be a local favorite.
The room was fine, we were barely there. It was moments from the expo.
Quoted from Azmodeus:Yes that sounds right. Sorry it was the first banning I went and I to and I was super sick. My doctor said I was not contagious so I went. I didn't want to miss the first arcade expo.
I unloaded on cold products to try to stay standing, at smart and final. The restaurant across the street from smart and final was cozy type food. Seemed to be a local favorite.
The room was fine, we were barely there. It was moments from the expo.
It looks promising.
We have a wide range of choices for hotels. I suggest using hotels.com or similar. You can stay in Banning or one of the near by cities including Palm Springs. Depends if you're just looking for a comfy bed or a high end pool side hand out.
Doesn't really matter when you'll spend so many hours surrounded by 1100 pinball and arcade games. I dare you to try to play them all!
Concerning the overall playability of all those machines: it has been getting better and better I believe. It was really good at the last event which was Arcade Expo. For those who have never been there and are thinking about going it might be worthwhile to look at this thread where we discussed the expo. Have a look and see if you think we all had a good time. (Hint:WE DID)
https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/arcade-expo-30-whos-going
I've been there 3 times so far and I will go again for this one. Last time I played 80 different machines in one day, this time I'm going for 100!
Quoted from PinballSTAR:Sent this to Chuck personally - but might as well ask the masses too... I'm thinking about doing Pinball Madness... might make it an escape weekend with my wife - I see how close it is to Palm Springs - any really nice resort places you can recommend there that maybe will help 'justify' a pinball trip to CA with my wife ? lol... you know what I'm getting at... Hey honey, let's go to a fancy Palm Springs resort to get pampered and OMG, will you look at that, there's a pinball show like 30 minutes away - wow, what a co-incidence ! lmao.... She'll know why she's going but I figured maybe take a weekend, see the museum for 1/2 the time and let her have her fun escape the other 1/2... Suggestions ?
Palm Springs? That place is filthy with those kinds of resorts, seriously you could throw a rock from anywhere and hit 3 or 4 of them. Decide how much you want to spend and pick one, they all should be good. Most have nice spas. Marriott Desert Springs is a pretty good one I've been to many times. The Westin or Hyatt are nice. There are many others. La Quinta is a bit further out but really nice (pricier). You might still be able to get good rates at that time, basically everything goes cheap in the hot summer months and gets really expensive in the winter. Us cheapos from the LA area go there in the summer to stay in the fancy resorts and play golf for cheap. A $60 round of golf in the summer goes for $300-400 in the winter. They also seed the golf courses for summer and winter and that October timeframe is when they do the reseeding, that means resort rates might be a bit lower.
More cool happenings have been added since I last posted. We'll now have a close up "walking" magician each night from around 5pm to 9pm. We've also added a highly acclaimed balloon artist each evening. All included in the price of admission.
Have you finalized your costume yet? What are you going to be?
First time this last year , definitely a pb junky fix. Easily 12 hrs flipping and seeing games for first time. You gotta check it out if possible. Happy ballin
Quoted from gmkalos:~ Best documentary ever!
» Vimeo video
Pinball Madness 1997. Maybe we should show this at our show. We have a great theater with a large rear projection screen.
Here is the updated inventory at the Museum of Pinball. These are the pins on the floor of the museum. It does not include around 70 in storage and 30 we're auctioning in March.
542 pinball machines as of 9/14/17:
"300 Gottlieb EM
2001 Gottlieb EM
4 Queens Bally EM
4 Square Gottlieb EM
Abra Ca Dabra Gottlieb EM
AC/DC Let There Be Rock Limited Edition Stern SS
Aces & Kings Williams EM
Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends Data East SS
Agents 777 Game Plan SS
Air Aces Bally EM
Airborne Capcom SS
Aladdin's Castle Bally EM
Algar Williams SS
Alien Poker Williams SS
Aloha Gottlieb EM
Alpine Club Williams EM
Al's Garage Band Goes On a World Tour Alvin G SS
Amigo Bally EM
Andromeda Game Plan SS
Aquarius Gottlieb EM
Asteroid Annie and the Aliens Gottlieb SS
Astro Gottlieb EM
Atlantis Gottlieb EM
Atleta Inder SS
Attack from Mars Midway SS
Attila the Hun Game Plan SS
Austin Powers™ Stern SS
Aztec Williams EM
Baby Pac-Man Bally SS
Back to the Future Data East SS
Bad Cats Williams SS
Bally Hoo Bally EM
Bank Shot Gottlieb EM
Bank-A-Ball Gottlieb EM
Banzai Run Williams SS
Barracora Williams SS
Baseball Gottlieb EM
Batman Data East SS
Batman (66 Limited Edition) Stern SS
Batman (Costco Version) Stern SS
Bazaar Bally EM
Beat the Clock Bally Midway SS
Big Bang Bar (1996 version) Capcom SS
Big Brave Gottlieb EM
Big Casino Gottlieb EM
Big Game Stern SS
Big Guns Williams SS
Big Shot Gottlieb EM
Big Show Bally EM
Big Star Williams EM
Bike Race Petaco SS
Black Hole Gottlieb SS
Black Jack Bally SS
Black Jack Bally EM
Black Knight Williams SS
Black Knight 2000 Williams SS
Black Knight Limited Edition Williams SS
Black Pyramid Bally Midway SS
Black Rose Midway SS
Blackout Williams SS
Blackwater 100 Bally Midway SS
Blue Note Gottlieb EM
BMX Bally SS
Bon Voyage Bally EM
Bone Busters Inc. Premier SS
Bounty Hunter Premier SS
Bow and Arrow Bally EM
Bowling Queen Gottlieb EM
Bowl-O Bally EM
Bram Stoker's Dracula Williams SS
Breakshot Capcom SS
Bronco Gottlieb EM
Buccaneer Gottlieb EM
Buck Rogers Gottlieb SS
Buckaroo Gottlieb EM
Bugs Bunny's Birthday Ball Midway SS
Butterfly Sonic SS
Cactus Canyon Midway SS
Cactus Jack's Premier SS
Camelot Bally EM
Capersville Bally EM
Capt. Card Gottlieb EM
Capt. Fantastic Bally EM
Capt. Fantastic Alt Backglass Bally EM
Captain Hook Game Plan SS
Card Whiz Gottlieb EM
Catacomb Stern SS
Centaur Bally SS
Centigrade 37 Gottlieb EM
Central Park Gottlieb EM
Challenger Gottlieb EM
Challenger Gottlieb EM
Champ Bally EM
Charlie's Angels Gottlieb EM
Checkpoint Data East SS
Chris cross pop up Chicago coin EM
Circus Zaccaria EM
Cirqus Voltaire Midway SS
City Slicker Bally Midway SS
Cleopatra Gottlieb SS
Cleopatra Gottlieb EM
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Gottlieb EM
Close Encounters of the Third Kind Gottlieb SS
Combat Zaccaria EM
Comet Williams SS
Congo Williams SS
Contact Williams SS
Corvette Midway SS
Cosmic Gunfight Williams SS
Cosmic Princess (Australia) Stern SS
Cosmos Bally EM
Cosmos 2nd machine Bally EM
Counterforce Gottlieb SS
Cover Girl Gottlieb EM
Cow Poke Gottlieb EM
Creature from the Black Lagoon Midway SS
Cross Town Gottlieb EM
Cybernaut Bally Midway SS
Cyclopes Game Plan SS
Daffie Williams EM
Dale Jr. Stern SS
Darling Williams EM
Dealer's Choice Williams EM
Defender Williams SS
Delta Queen Bally EM
Deluxe four bagger Williams EM
Demolition Man Williams SS
Devil Riders Zaccaria SS
Devil's Dare Gottlieb SS
Diamond Jack Gottlieb EM
Dimension Gottlieb EM
Diner Williams SS
Dipsy Doodle Williams EM
Disco Stern EM
Disney TRON Legacy (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Dixieland Bally EM
Doctor Who Midway SS
Dogies Bally EM
Dolly Parton Bally SS
Domino Gottlieb EM
Doodle Bug Williams EM
Dracula Stern SS
Dragon Gottlieb EM
Dragonfist Stern SS
Drop-A-Card Gottlieb EM
Dungeons & Dragons Bally Midway SS
Duotron Gottlieb EM
Earthshaker Williams SS
Eclipse Gottlieb SS
Egghead Gottlieb EM
Eight Ball Bally SS
Eight Ball Champ Bally Midway SS
Eight Ball Deluxe Bally SS
Eight Ball Deluxe 2nd machine Bally SS
El Dorado Gottlieb EM
El Toro Bally EM
Elektra Bally SS
Elvis® Stern SS
Embryon Bally SS
Evel Knievel Bally SS
Evel Knievel Bally EM
Excalibur Premier SS
Expressway Bally EM
Extra Inning Gottlieb EM
Eye Of The Tiger Gottlieb EM
F-14 Tomcat Williams SS
Family Guy Stern SS
Fan-Tas-Tic Williams EM
Far Out Gottlieb EM
Farfalla Zaccaria SS
Fathom Bally SS
Fire Mountain Zaccaria SS
Fire! Williams SS
Fireball Bally EM
Fireball II Bell SS
Fireball II Bally Midway SS
Firecracker Bally EM
Firepower Williams SS
Firepower II Williams SS
Fish Tales Williams SS
Flash Williams SS
Flash Gordon Bally SS
Flicker Bally EM
Flight 2000 Stern SS
Flip a Card Gottlieb EM
Flip Flop Bally EM
Flipper clown Gottlieb EM
Flipper Cowboy Gottlieb EM
Flipper fair Gottlieb EM
Flipper Football Capcom SS
Flipper Pool Gottlieb EM
Flying Carpet Gottlieb EM
Fore Bally EM
Four Million B.C. (german) Bally EM
Four Million B.C. (usa) Bally EM
Freddy A Nightmare on Elm Street Premier SS
Free Fall Gottlieb EM
Freedom Bally EM
Freedom (rare edition) Bally EM
Freefall Stern SS
Frontier Bally SS
Fun Land Gottlieb EM
Funhouse Williams SS
Future Spa Bally SS
Galahad Bally EM
Galaxy Stern SS
Game of Thrones (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Gay 90's Williams EM
Genie Gottlieb SS
Ghostbusters (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Ghostbusters (Premium) Stern SS
Gilligan's Island Midway SS
Godzilla Sega SS
Gold Ball Bally Midway SS
Gold Wings Premier SS
Golden Arrow Gottlieb EM
Golden Cue Sega SS
Gorgar Williams SS
Grand Lizard Williams SS
Grand Slam Bally Midway SS
Granny and the gators Bally Midway SS
Gridiron Gottlieb EM
Gridiron Williams EM
Guns N' Roses Data East SS
Hang Glider Bally EM
Hardbody Bally Midway SS
Harlem Globetrotters On Tour Bally SS
Harley-Davidson Bally Midway SS
Harley-Davidson® (3rd Edition) Stern SS
Haunted House Gottlieb SS
Hercules Atari SS
Hi score pool Chicago coin EM
High Roller Casino Stern SS
High Speed Williams SS
Hi-Lo Ace Bally EM
Hit the Deck Gottlieb EM
Hokus Pokus Bally EM
Home Run Gottlieb EM
Hook Data East SS
Hot Tip Williams SS
Hot Wheels Zaccaria SS
Hotdoggin' Bally SS
Hurdy Gurdy Gottlieb EM
Hurricane Williams SS
Ice Fever Premier SS
Indiana Jones Stern SS
Indiana Jones: The Pinball Adventure Williams SS
Jack·Bot Williams SS
Jackpot Williams EM
Jacks Open Gottlieb EM
Jet Spin Gottlieb EM
Jive Time Williams EM
Johnny Mnemonic Williams SS
Joker Poker Gottlieb SS
Jokerz! Williams SS
Jolly Park Spinball SS
Joust Bally EM
Joust (table) Williams SS
Joust (table) 2nd machine Williams SS
Judge Dredd Midway SS
Jumping Jack Gottlieb EM
Jungle King Gottlieb EM
Jungle Lord Williams SS
Jungle Queen Gottlieb EM
Junk Yard Williams SS
Jurassic Park Data East SS
Kick Off Bally EM
King Kool Gottlieb EM
King of Diamonds Gottlieb EM
King Tut Bally EM
Kings of Steel Bally Midway SS
Kiss Bally SS
KISS (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Klondike Williams EM
Knockout Bally EM
Lady Luck Bally Midway SS
Laser War Data East SS
Last Action Hero Data East SS
Lectronamo Stern SS
Legends of Wrestlemania (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Lethal Weapon 3 Data East SS
Lightning Stern SS
Little Joe Bally EM
Little Joe 2nd machine Bally EM
Locomotion Zaccaria SS
Lost World Bally SS
Lucky Seven Williams EM
Magic Stern SS
Magic Castle Zaccaria SS
Magnotron Gottlieb EM
Majorettes Gottlieb EM
Mariner Bally EM
Mars God of War Gottlieb SS
Mars Trek Sonic SS
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Sega SS
Masquerade Gottlieb EM
Mata Hari Bally SS
Mata Hari Bally EM
Mata Hari (plastic PF) Bally SS
Maverick The Movie Data East SS
Medieval Madness Williams SS
Medusa Bally SS
Melody Gottlieb EM
Memory Lane Stern SS
Metallica Master of Puppets (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Meteor Stern SS
Mibs Gottlieb EM
Mini Cycle Gottlieb EM
Mini Pool Gottlieb EM
MiniZag Bally EM
Monday Night Football Data East SS
Monopoly™ Stern SS
Monster Bash Williams SS
Monte Carlo Bally EM
Motordome Bally Midway SS
Mr. & Mrs. Pac-Man Pinball Bally SS
Music Man Williams EM
Mustang (Limited Edition) Stern SS
Mystic Bally SS
NBA Fastbreak Midway SS
NBA Fastbreak (2nd linked machine) Midway SS
Neptune Gottlieb EM
Night Rider Bally EM
Nine Ball Stern SS
Nip-It Bally EM
Nitro Ground Shaker Bally SS
No Fear: Dangerous Sports Williams SS
No Good Gofers Williams SS
North Star Gottlieb EM
Nudge it Gottlieb SS
Nugent Stern SS
Odds & Evens Bally EM
Old Chicago Bally EM
Olympics Gottlieb EM
On Beam Bally EM
Op-Pop-Pop Bally EM
Orbitor 1 Stern SS
Outer Space Gottlieb EM
OXO Williams EM
Paradise Gottlieb EM
Paragon Bally SS
Phantom of the Opera Data East SS
Pharaoh Williams SS
Phoenix Williams SS
PIN·BOT Williams SS
Pinball Champ Zaccaria SS
Pinball Lizard Game Plan SS
Pinball Magic Capcom SS
Pink Panther Gottlieb SS
Pirate Gold Chicago coin EM
Pirates of the Caribbean Stern SS
Pistol Poker Alvin G SS
Pit Stop Williams EM
Playball Gottlieb EM
Playboy Bally SS
PlayMates Gottlieb EM
Pokerino Williams SS
Police Force Williams SS
Pool Sharks Midway SS
Popeye Saves the Earth Midway SS
Power Play Bally SS
Pro Pool Gottlieb EM
Pyramid Gottlieb EM
Quicksilver Stern SS
Radical! Midway SS
Raven Premier SS
Rawhide Stern EM
Red & Ted's Road Show Williams SS
Revenge From Mars Midway SS
Ripley's Believe It or Not!® Stern SS
Riverboat Gambler Williams SS
Ro Go Bally EM
Road Race Gottlieb EM
Robocop Data East SS
Robo-War Premier SS
Rock Star Gottlieb EM
Rocket III Bally EM
RockMakers Bally EM
Rocky Gottlieb SS
Roller Coaster Gottlieb EM
Roller Disco Gottlieb SS
Rollergames Williams SS
Rolling Stones Bally SS
Round Up Bally EM
Royal Guard Gottlieb EM
Safe Cracker Midway SS
Scared Stiff Midway SS
Scorpion Williams SS
Scuba Gottlieb EM
Sea hunt allied leisure EM
Sea Ray Bally EM
Seawitch Stern SS
Secret Service Data East SS
Sexy Girl Arkon SS
Shaq Attaq Premier SS
Sharp Shooter II Game Plan SS
Sharpshooter Game Plan SS
Show Boat Gottlieb EM
Shrek™ Stern SS
Silverball Mania Bally SS
Sinbad Gottlieb SS
Sinbad Gottlieb EM
Skateball Bally SS
Sky Kings Bally EM
Sky Line Gottlieb EM
Skylab Williams EM
Skyrocket Bally EM
Slap Stick Bally EM
Sleic pin ball SLEIC SS
Solar Fire Williams SS
Solar Ride Gottlieb SS
Solids & Stripes Williams EM
Sorcerer Williams SS
South Park Sega SS
Space Hawks Bell SS
Space Invaders Bally SS
Space Odyssey Williams EM
Space Shuttle Williams SS
Space Station Williams SS
Space Time Bally EM
Spanish Eyes Williams EM
Speak Easy Playmatic EM
Speakeasy 2 player Bally SS
Spectrum Bally SS
Spider-Man™ (Black Suited) Stern SS
Spin Out Gottlieb EM
Spin-A-Card Gottlieb EM
Spirit Gottlieb SS
Split Second Stern SS
spooksville allied leisure EM
Spring Break Premier SS
Spy Hunter Bally Midway SS
Stampede Stern EM
Star Gazer Stern SS
Star God Zaccaria SS
Star Light Williams SS
Star Trek Data East SS
Star Trek Bally SS
Star Trek (Enterprise Limited Edition) Stern SS
Star Trek (Enterprise Limited Edition) Stern SS
Star Trek: The Next Generation Williams SS
Star Wars Data East SS
Star Wars Episode I Williams SS
Stargate Premier SS
Stars Stern SS
Stellar Wars Williams SS
Stingray Stern SS
Stock Car Gottlieb EM
Straight Flush Williams EM
Strange Science Bally Midway SS
Strange World Gottlieb EM
Street Fighter II Premier SS
Strike Zone Williams EM
Striker Gottlieb SS
Super Flipper Chicago coin SS
Super Soccer Gottlieb EM
Super Straight Sonic SS
Super-Flite Williams EM
Superman Atari SS
Supersonic Bally SS
Sure Shot Gottlieb EM
Surfer Gottlieb EM
Surfers Bally EM
Sweet Hearts Gottlieb EM
Swords of Fury Williams SS
Tag-Team Pinball Premier SS
Tales from the Crypt Data East SS
Tales of the Arabian Nights Williams SS
Target Alpha Gottlieb EM
Taxi Williams SS
Team One Gottlieb EM
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Data East SS
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Williams SS
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines Stern SS
The Addams Family Special Collectors Edition Midway SS
The Avengers (Limited Edition) Stern SS
The Avengers Hulk (Limited Edition) Stern SS
The Bally Game Show Midway SS
The Champion Pub Midway SS
The Flintstones Williams SS
The Getaway: High Speed II Williams SS
The Lord of the Rings Stern SS
The Machine: Bride of Pin·bot Williams SS
The Rolling Stones (Limited Edition) Stern SS
The Shadow Midway SS
The Simpsons Data East SS
The Simpsons Pinball Party Stern SS
The Six Million Dollar Man Bally SS
The Sopranos® Stern SS
The Walking Dead (Limited Edition) Stern SS
The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard Data East SS
The Wiggler Bally EM
The X Files Sega SS
Theatre of Magic Midway SS
Thoro-Bred Gottlieb EM
Tiger Rag Bell SS
Time 2000 Atari SS
Time Fantasy Williams SS
Time Line Gottlieb SS
Time Machine Data East SS
Time Machine Zaccaria SS
Time Tunnel Bally EM
Time Warp Williams SS
Title Fight Premier SS
Toledo Williams EM
Torch Gottlieb SS
Torpedo Alley Data East SS
Touchdown Premier SS
Trail Drive Bally EM
Transformers™ Limited Edition ("Combo") Stern SS
Travel Time Williams EM
Trident Stern SS
Tropic Fun Williams EM
Twilight Zone Midway SS
TX-Sector Premier SS
Valencia Williams EM
Vampire Bally EM
Varkon Williams SS
Vector Bally SS
Vernes World Spinball SS
Viking Bally SS
Viper Stern SS
Viper Night Drivin' Sega SS
Voltan Escapes Cosmic Doom Bally SS
Vulcan Gottlieb EM
Warlok Williams SS
Wheel Of Fortune Stern SS
Whirlwind Williams SS
White Water Williams SS
Whoa Nellie! Big Juicy Melons™ Stern SS
Wild Card Williams EM
Wild Fyre Stern SS
Wild Life Gottlieb EM
Winner Williams EM
Wizard! Bally EM
World Cup Williams SS
World Cup Soccer Midway SS
World Poker Tour™ Stern SS
Xenon Bally SS
X-Men Magneto LE Stern SS
X's & O's Bally Midway SS
Zip-A-Doo Bally EM
Quoted from Azmodeus:Can you tell us more about this auction in March?
We've found doubles and basket cases, parts, cabs, working and non-working pinball machines we'll be auctioning. Not sure yet if it will be silent, live, one day, two days or what. Hold tight, we'll have details soon. We believe there are about 35 to clear out. We may even find some vids.
Quoted from chuckcasey:We've found doubles and basket cases, parts, cabs, working and non-working pinball machines we'll be auctioning. Not sure yet if it will be silent, live, one day, two days or what. Hold tight, we'll have details soon. We believe there are about 35 to clear out. We may even find some vids.
I love me a good basketcase... looking forward to it.
Does the indisc event have access to the same amount of games? January may work better for me as well.
Bump in case I need to buy a plane ticket soon...
Does indisc allow free play of the other machines?
Quoted from Beyndtstng:Does the indisc event have access to the same amount of games? January may work better for me as well.
During the INDISC event all the pinball machines will be ON FREE PLAY. The arcade will be off.
Your paid entry to INDISC will include tourniment entries and FREE PLAY on all pinball machines.
Quoted from chuckcasey:During the INDISC event all the pinball machines will be ON FREE PLAY. The arcade will be off.
Your paid entry to INDISC will include tourniment entries and FREE PLAY on all pinball machines.
Thank you chuck. To clarify you must play the tournament to play the machines? Also is it the tournament machines on free play or the entire list that was previously posted? Appreciate the reply. One way or the other I need to find a way to check this place out in the next six months.
Quoted from Beyndtstng:Thank you chuck. To clarify you must play the tournament to play the machines? Also is it the tournament machines on free play or the entire list that was previously posted? Appreciate the reply. One way or the other I need to find a way to check this place out in the next six months.
You do not have to play in the INDISC tournament if you pay your entry to the museum for the day/weekend. However, you can always do both—your "ticket" to the event will include some entries in the tournament. The only unavailable games on the list above would be those 12-15 set aside for tournament play.
For those interested in the pinball tournament we're running for Pinball Madness, here are the details...
Please pre-register to save your slot!
https://neverdrains.com/pm2017/playerIndex.php?disp=preReg
Saturday, October 21st.
Qualifying Format: Target Match Play, 15 Points Needed to Qualify. 4 player groups, randomly selected games. Top 8 play A finals, 9-16 B Finals (restricted to WPPR 250 and below). Play until all 16 slots are filled or 5:30PM, whichever comes first. If possible, software tiebreakers will be used for finals seeding. Otherwise, random game playoffs as needed.
Qualifying Start Time: Check in at 11:30AM, move to waitlist/walkups at 11:45, tournament begins at 12.
Finals Format: PAPA Style, 3 Games, 4,2,1,0. Games will be divided into 4 banks of 3 consisting of a modern game, slightly older or SS era game and an Electromechanical. High seed gets bank choice and playing order choice for the first game only. Remaining games will be played in order of finish on the previous game. A bank may only be chosen once.
Finals Start Time: Check-in at 6:45, play at 7PM.
Max players: 40
Cost: $25, 100% Payout, $500 Captains Auction gift certificate for the A winner
Ooo.. The time to play is just around the corner.
The amount of volunteer hours put in since March has been amazing. So many great pins are back up to snuff and many running after years of storage. Many arcade games also got a new lease on life.
Bring your wife and get her hooked!
If she hates pinball dump her at casino Morongo so she can burn through your next pin purchase.
My girl discovered slot machines this past weekend in Vegas. Thank goodness she was not bitten too hard. She enjoys slots, but her head will not let her gamble too much.
Win, for me.
I want to go to banning but I'm not sure it will work out. There is a crazy amount of activities in Southern California.
This place kicks ass, California. Los Angeles, and everything else.
Sorry to derail. See you around!
Quoted from Azmodeus:My girl discovered slot machines this past weekend in Vegas. Thank goodness she was not bitten too hard. She enjoys slots, but her head will not let her gamble too much.
Win, for me.
I want to go to banning but I'm not sure it will work out. There is a crazy amount of activities in Southern California.
This place kicks ass, California. Los Angeles, and everything else.
Sorry to derail. See you around!
Pinball Mandess
October 20 Friday 4pm to Midnight
October 21 Saturday 11am to 1am
October 22 Sunday 11am to 8pm
You can make it for a few hours. It takes that long just to see the 1100+ plus games, walk the Haunted Funhouse Maze, listen to the bands, grab a burger and a beer, see some magic, attend a day of the dead wedding.....
Quoted from Pinzzz:How is Banning CA doing in regards to air quality? i.e. wildfires in northern CA
The fire up north are almost 500 miles away. I doubt they're having much of an effect. But the fire in Anahiem hills might be providing some problems though.
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This was Monday afternoon, and I'm 20 miles NW of where the fire.
Quoted from Pinzzz:How is Banning CA doing in regards to air quality? i.e. wildfires in northern CA
Quoted from girloveswaffles:The fire up north are almost 500 miles away. I doubt they're having much of an effect. But the fire in Anahiem hills might be providing some problems though.
This was Monday afternoon, and I'm 20 miles NW of where the fire.
Went there yesterday, and the air quality was fine, but it was a bit windy though.
Quoted from girloveswaffles:Went there yesterday, and the air quality was fine, but it was a bit windy though.
My wife’s pulmonologist said it would be best to skip this trip due to air quality concerns.
Her asthma could get out of control.
I tried to get a refund for the Pinball Madness tickets for banning. I was e-mailed back that they don’t give refunds.
I have 2 tickets (3 day pass) for sale at a discount. anybody can shoot me an offer.
My cost was $190.00 for the two.
I can fax, email or text the tickets or ticket. I guess I could also sell them separately.
The barcode on the ticket is what allows entry.
They can scan the barcode from your phone, or paper. so a text, email or fax will allow entry.
Air quality was great yesterday, it would be a shame to miss it if you didnt have too...
I took this photo at about noon yesterday just above the pinball museum...in fact you could see the museum from where I was standing, air quality was not a problem...
Quoted from cosmokramer:Air quality was great yesterday, it would be a shame to miss it if you didnt have too...
I took this photo at about noon yesterday just above the pinball museum...in fact you could see the museum from where I was standing, air quality was not a problem...
I heard on the news there's a fir in Perris today. How is the air quality out that way today?
link to Banning, CA air quality
https://cfpub.epa.gov/airnow/index.cfm?action=airnow.local_city&cityid=333
Quoted from PNBLWZD:Love the gen 5 Camaro Convt! Is that a ZL1?
Sadly, no...just an SS
Quoted from Pinballlew:Tickets available at the door?
I have 2 tickets. the wife and I can’t make it.
I can fax and text them. bargain price!
Quoted from Pinzzz:I have 2 tickets. the wife and I can’t make it.
I can fax and text them. bargain price!
If you email, maybe you can use tickers for Arcade Expo in March 2018. Doesnt hurt to ask.
Quoted from Ericpinballfan:If you email, maybe you can use tickers for Arcade Expo in March 2018. Doesnt hurt to ask.
Thanks, I will be able to get a credit towards The Arcade Expo. Yippie!
Quoted from Pinzzz:I have 2 tickets. the wife and I can’t make it.
I can fax and text them. bargain price!
Quoted from Pinzzz:Thanks, I will be able to get a credit towards The Arcade Expo. Yippie!
I missed you had posted this till now. I am glad you get credit...I'll see you at 4.0!
Just want to say I had a blast yesterday! Great time!
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