I pretty much did every Allentown show from the very first one! I remember (to my sorrow) selling a mint Varkon for around $300 or so at one of the very early firehouse shows! It wasn't quite so rare then!

I've got a few games I can bring to pinfest if anyone is interested.
A beautiful Black Hole, just shopped, leds throughout including lower playfield, new quiet spinning motor, excellent cabinet, playfield and backglass. Looking for $4500.

A really nice Secret Service, freshly shopped, leds throughout, excellent cabinet playfield and backglass. Asking $3500.

Chicago coin Bull's Eye Drop Ball em shuffle alley/gambling game. Shopped, works correctly, excellent cosmetic condition. $2600.

Jennings Challenger 5 cent / 10 cent slot machine. Works, dual jackpots and payouts. Completely mechanical mechanism. $1600.

Will consider trade for later model pins, particularly Class of 1812, but many other games as well.

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I have a space at pinfest but might not be able to bring anything due to a back injury. Anybody not able to get a space and want to buy my booth? $205, same as I paid.

I was at pinfest for a good part of today. Lots of pins already there and more coming in. Should be a great show!

Great show as always! I was a little disappointed that many of the bigger vendors didn't turn their games on in the mornings before the main doors were opened. I was thinking of buying a new game but wasn't able to properly evaluate most of them due to the crowds and noise once people came in and the games were finally turned on. A big part of a game for me is the music, sound effects and call outs. I won't even consider purchasing a game unless I can hear the sounds and see if they are something I like. I tried playing Foo Fighters once they were available for play and enjoyed the game play, but literally couldn't hear a thing coming out of the speakers. So no go.

Similarly, 007 play I didn't find overly exciting, and couldn't hear anything whatsoever due to low volume and high crowd noise. Maybe great theme music and call outs would have changed my thoughts on it. For now, it's a pass.

I did get in a game or two on the Godzilla Premium before the crowds arrived and enjoyed that a lot, but it wasn't for sale, being used as a demo for the lit speaker mod being sold. Didn't see any others ready to go cash and carry.

Saw part of a game played on Pulp Fiction. Seemed to have cool speech call outs, but 8k+ for an alpha numeric game? Not for me. Got one game in on Godfather and it reminded me heavily of Sopranos. Interesting but not enough to pull the trigger after one game. Maybe down the road.

Ended up leaving with the same pocket full of cash I brought. Only bought a bunch of LEDs from Melissa. Still, a great show! Missed out on a nice Pool Sharks and couldn't quite make a deal on the Time Machine which was very nice. Wanted to find an Elvira HOH or JP Prem but none were around. The one JP Prem I saw wasn't on when I went to play it and sold before I could get back to it. The hunt for my next game continues!

Seconded! Assuming Ivan would decide to leave Allentown. I wouldn't even consider setting up or attending AC and I certainly wouldn't have a fat wad of cash in my pocket there either!

Classy comment Ivan! Each show has its pros and cons. Pinfest is great as it is!