Booked 3 nights hotel and 3 games (plus 1 in the vendor area). I hope they are all ready in time!

I have a nice restored one I was considering selling. I was about to list it the other day then changed my mind. Basically new everything, playfield, cabinet decals, ramps, plastics, etc. PM me with what you have to trade.

For Sale:

Pins (will be in Free Play):

Stern Hot Hand- Fully working. Alltek MPU. Recently shopped $1,000

Gottlieb Strikes N Spares- Some LEDs, Fully working $1,000

Revenge from Mars/Star Wars Episode One Combo- SWE1 cab. SWE1 playfied is in great shape. RFM recently shopped, a few common wear spots. Running NuCore with an LCD and upgraded amplifier. $3,500

Parts:

Twilight Zone-
plastics, almost complete new set. Many doubles. Also lots of used. Includes hard to find Gumball cover and half a clock board for good luck. Would prefer to sell as a set.

Funhouse-
Used ramps
Used plastics
Used wood rails

Attack From Mars-
Used Ramps

CFTBL
Cliffy and 2 Mantis style protectors- don't think they were ever installed

Revenge from Mars
Uncut plastic sheet
Pin 2k video converter for using LCD with original computer

Misc-
Bag of 100 yellow #44 LEDs (maybe Pinball Life?)

Wanted:

Pinball translite glass
Donkey Kong restore parts- especially a decent joystick.

Set up in free play
Hot Hand $950
Strikes n Spares (dmd) $950
Revenge from Mars w/ star wars episode One playfield. $3500

In vendor hall
Stern Spiderman very modded $5200

I didn't see HS2 or Fish Tales. Are they in free play?

Another great show. I brought 4 games, sold the 2 I really wanted to for a fair price. I was able to get enough cash for a Maiden, so I'm pretty pumped.

1. I heard some people complaining about the $25 price tag and comparing it to Pinfest. Totally different show. Stop being a cheap ass.
2. I'm a little disappointed that after bringing 4 games, there is a room I wasn't able to access until late at night. I would have paid a few bucks to upgrade my pass.
3. The hotel is a dump. The AC hardly worked in my room and the food at the bar is awful.
4. Save your money on the party with free food. It must cost a fortune and the food isn't that great. I'd put the resources somewhere else.
5. I think either Sunday or Thursday has to go. Setting up and tearing down games around a crowd is a nightmare. Maybe you could rope off a game exit lane or something?
6. It would have been nice to have a few schedule posters.
7. Volunteers were fantastic. I plugged something in wrong on the power supply board putting my Hot Hand together and cooked 3 fuses. I hate working on games in crowds. If it wasn't for Tony D I probably would have put the game back in the trailer.
8. Seminars were great as usual.

See you all next year!

I have an idea for the Best Restoration Competition, not sure if it's been mentioned before. Keep the pins in a separate area with an attendant. Charge a fee for these games, $1 or $2 per play, maybe a flat rate for the row and a vote. Peoples choice, winner gets the cash charged to play. This would drastically reduce the wear on the games, hopefully a couple hundred plays instead of 900, and also generate it's own prize money. Also, the attendant could watch for people misbehaving and rage tilting. This area wouldn't, and probably shouldn't be open at 2 in the morning, maybe vendor hall hours.

I brought 4 games. 3 were for sale, 2 sold. Previous years I didn't have any luck selling, but made deals after the show was over.

How hard would it be to make a Pintastic app? I must have lost 4 printed seminar schedules. I couldn't find the seminar schedule on the web site. If not an app, maybe have the schedules and games for sale easy to find on the site with up to date prices. Maybe a big white board or monitor with all the current games for sale and prices would help.

I put a deposit on this after I sold 2 games at the show. Picked it up today from Mike at Automated. Super pumped!

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