Our new LE, Premium and Pro packages are all available. We are running a holiday special on our LE package till January 1st only! The LE package is the ultimate experience and gives you the most bang for your buck. You get all kinds of cool goodies and extra show perks. The biggest difference is the new 24HR access to the Extra Ball Lounge (previously known as the VIP room). The new EBL will be in the room where the auction was previous years and will have over 30 TOP TITLES dedicated to that room! Games will rotate out each day and new ones will come in. Many of those games will be from my personal collection and will be amazing! With this package you can play pinball from Thursday at 10AM to Sunday at 6AM straight! That's 68HRS straight! Can you handle that? This package is limited to 100 and all badges will be numbered. Give someone special a Pintastic gift this holiday season! https://pintasticnewengland.com/passes/

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Lots of people taking advantage of the LE discount and giving the gift of pinball for the holidays! Don't miss out.

https://pinside.com/pinball/events/pintastic-pinball-and-game-room-expo-2018

Pinside Event Added!

One week left to get your Pintastic 2018 LE package! I know it's bitter cold out side. Just close your eyes and think summer think Pintastic.

We have already sold 1/3 of the 100 LE packages available. All LE badges are numbered 1 to 100 and no more will be sold once they are gone. Why not get it now at s discounted price and forget about it.

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You do get a ton of extras with the more expensive packages. You can always buy a one day pas for $10 to $25

Not to worry we will be announcing our new state of the art points system soon. Basically you will be able to achieve LE status with points you earn by bringing games and volunteering. You will earn points for games brought for free play. More points for different levels of games. Points for volenteering. You can redeem your points to achieve different levels of show access and show swag. Access to the ENL will be part of those levels. Very exciting times coming.

Today is the last day to get a discount off our LE 4 day package. Buy now at a discount so you don't loose out later. This package is numbered and will sell out early. https://pintasticnewengland.com/passes/

I am a dedicated show pramotor!

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2018 LE packages are half gone! Only 100 numbered badges will be made. Don't miss your chance.

https://register.growtix.com/e/pintastic_pinball_game_room_expo_2018/12593/64193

Game bringers at Pintastic are treated like royalty. You get

Free entry

Chance to win part of $4000 in cash and prizes.

Bring more than 5 games and you get a $50 gift card to the Oxford tavern.

Bring 5 games and you will get our 2018 custom embroidered hat.

On top of all that we are unveiling our new points system for game bringers in 2018. You will be able to cash in your points you get for bringing different types of games for merchandise and extra access credentials. Like 24hr extra ball lounge access, breakfast buffet access, t shirts, sweat shirts, jackets and lots more.

The flea market will be outdoor in the front parking lot this year. So everyone can see them as they walk in and out of the main entrance.

If you bring one game for free play and commit to leaving it on the floor till 10pm Saturday night you will get a badge that will get you into the vendor hall and free play 1hr early. You will also gain access to the special when lit lounge from 9pm to 6am.

With the new point system you will be able to upgrade your badge to get 24hr access to SWL lounge. Their are many ways to gain points. Bring more games, different types of games like Pinside top 30, rare games, re theam, games by our special guests, restored games and many more ways. All will be clear soon.

Free play general admission Thursday 6pm to 12pm

Premium badge extra access
extra ball lounge access Thursday 9pm to 6am same times Friday and Saturday.

LE badge extra access (only 50 left)
extra ball lounge access Thursday 12 noon to Sunday 6am

Pintastic logo sweat shirts just came in! They will be $25 at the show and I can ship them for an additional $6.

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We re named the VIP lounge the extra ball lounge. Now it's twice the size!

I'm not sure I understand your question. Your pass comes with every day your machine is in free play. But your brother would need to purchase one of our multi day packages to get all 3 days. Unless you brought 2 games to cover both of you.

We did get your registration but it was in our old system. So we will have our new system up and running soon. Please re register when that goes live. That way you can take advantage of all the new stuff that it will have. Thanks Gabe

Yes I will post the link as soon as it's ready. We had 220 games registered for free play last year. Add in my games and all the vedors games we had 260 games at the show last year on free play. That around 70 more games than in 2016. These numbers do not include 13 games in the tournament.

2018 promo cards are getting printed!

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Do you want to be a vendor at Pintastic 2018? If you have not confirmed your spot with me by now you need to act fast! Only 3 booth spots left in the vendor hall as of today. Go here https://pintasticnewengland.com/exhibitor-2/

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Sunday hours are 9am to 4pm just an FYI Sunday is a scaled down Pintastic day. Only free play room will be open. Still expecting 70 plus games but deff a smaller wind down day.

We are officially under 100 days to Pintastic 2018!!!! Get you ticket packages here https://pintasticnewengland.com/passes/
Only 46 numbered LE packages left. Don't be left out looking in.

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New registration page will be live this week.

Artist Paul Faris is coming to Pintastic 2018, and he's doing
artwork for a Pintastic poster! The term "ground-breaking" is
over-used with artists, but Paul truly deserves it for the work
he did at Bally from 1977 to 1983. Among the fan-favorite games
that have Paul's art are Centaur, Xenon, and Phantom of the
Opera. In addition to the art he painted, he is also known for
building Bally's in-house Art Department, shifting away from
having the silk screening contractors supply art. Among the
alumni of his Bally team is Greg Freres, now Art Director at
Stern Pinball. Paul will give a presentation about his work and
the changes in how pinball art is done, and he'll be signing at
our autograph session.

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The first Pintastic news letter will be going out this week! Huge designer announcement this week as well as other show info. Go to https://pintasticnewengland.com/ at the bottom of the page and sign up today.

We can now reveal that game designer John Borg of Stern Pinball will be attending this year as Special Guest, to mingle with fans and sign autographs. New Englanders appreciate his work on Aerosmith, and he is also known for X-Men, The Walking Dead, TRON, Guardians of the Galaxy, Guns and Roses, Tails from the Crypt, Metallica, and Frankenstein with Paul Faris art. He has been in
pinball design for over 25 years, going back to the Data East days.

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You can book a room at our discount from the link on our web site. We have all rooms blocked off for the show. So if you try and call the hotel make sure you ask for the Pintastic Pinball block.

We will bring Steve back in coming years. But we still have big guests to announce! Stay tuned.

Once again, fan favorite Lyman Sheats is coming to the Pintastic
New England show! Lyman was raised in Massachusetts and headed
out to Chicago to do real-time embedded software for pinball
games. His first credited work was on The Who's Tommy (Data East
Pinball, 1994), then he contributed to a few other DEP titles
before jumping over to Williams/Bally/Midway, where he worked
on beloved games such as Medieval Madness and Monster Bash. By
2005, he was back at DEP successor Stern Pinball, writing
fundamental operating-system software as well as game-specific
code. Lyman has also won some major pinball tournaments. He'll
be at Pintastic to mingle with tournament players and devotees
of the silver ball.

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Pintastic needs your free play games. Register them before June 1st and you will get 2 tickets in the "thank you give away" we're you can win your part of over $3000 in cash and prizes! https://pintasticnewengland.com/game-registration-2018/

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I would officially give the Pintastic baby free admission for life if he or she is born on site.

CELEBRITY GUESTS
Todd Tuckey will once again make the trek from Pennsylvania to our
show. He and his able assistant Frank Lindemuth will show us how
TNT Amusements approaches the very common process of overhauling a
pinball machine so it's ready for sale or placement on location.
One of the Pintastic staff has offered up a mediocre game to be
subjected to this process, in hopes that it will dazzle the crowd
when done, but much hilarity will arise along the way, regardless.

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So many great seminars this year. Still some big guests to be announced. Your not going to want to miss any of them. We work so hard every year to bring you the best special guests. Please show them the love they deserve.

That's so cool!

Once again, Jersey Jack Pinball (JJP) will send an all-star delegation to Pintastic New England. Founder and namesake Jack Guarnieri will be leading an update session on Friday evening, where he will discuss the state of JJP products and the markets that buy them. He always surprises the audience with his insights and opinions, which come from over
four decades at all levels of the coin-op business. BONUS FREE PIZZA for all who attend!!!

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The chief documenter and explainer for JJP technology, Butch Peel, will return to Pintastic for another "deep dive" session on the latest game, Pirates of the Caribbean. See how the rocking ship works! He says, "This will be my third Pintastic show; really looking forward to seeing all of my friends up there in Sturbridge again. It's a great event; highly recommended!" Butch is known for smashing all prior expectations about documentation of a pinball machine, and he travels the country spreading information. At
the Pintastic show, owners and prospective owners of JJP pinball machines can get comfortable with the inner workings, learn about diagnostic software, and ask their questions about operation and maintenance.

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Actually Pinphila has never attended Pintastic. He doesn't know what a great party he is missing.

Joe Balcer will be at Pintastic New England 2018 to give
us an update on happenings at American Pinball, a new
Chicago-area pinball manufacturing company. Joe is Vice
President, overseeing game development efforts, but has
broad experience in the inner workings of factories that
produce coin-op games. Joe first became well-known in the
pinball-fan community for his work on mechanical devices,
and his first design credit on a production game (shared
with Joe Kaminkow) is for Apollo 13. Other Sega Pinball
releases he designed are space-themed, and he also did
Godzilla and co-designed South Park. At Stern Pinball, he
is best known for co-designing The Simpsons Pinball Party
with Keith Johnson. After a few years in other parts of
the coin-op business, he emerged at Jersey Jack Pinball
as the designer on Wizard of Oz and The Hobbit.

American Pinball's Houdini Master of Mystery has been
in production through all of 2018 so far. Joe is working
on the design of their second release.

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Yes it's detailed on the web site. Yes Bob Adams is coming and bringing even more stuff than last year. I spoke to him a few weeks ago and he is excited!

FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER PARTY
I have bumped up the food! The food cost me $2,500 so please be respectful and only take a small plate full so everyone can enjoy it. Some food will be buffet style and most will be brought out by hotel staff as appetizers. No food will be aloud out of the room. We encourage people to hang out and socialize with all our special guests. Rapscallion will be on tap. Remember you need a badge of some kind to get in and I do this as a thank you to everyone. FYI that's 100 chicken quesadilla and 100 kielbasa.

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Yes the party is as much for free play bringers as people who pay!

Believe it or not those are the first to get gobbled up lol.

I changed the times and upped the food. Vendors will now have access 9pm to 10pm and everyone else 10pm and on.

Never say never

Stern Pinball's Chief Creative Officer, George Gomez, is
coming to Pintastic New England this year! As the person responsible for all game development at the world's largest
pinball company, he has the comprehensive view of the
present and future of playfield layout, mechanics, software,
sound, and now video. He also oversees in-house development
of game accessories, a rapidly-growing product category for
the firm. His seminar will be late in the day on Saturday, June 30th. (The exact title will be announced later.)

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Pintastic bathroom issues resolved!

This year we will have a hotel staff member in both the main men's room and lady's room all day Friday and Saturday keeping things neat and clean.

No tip jar! It's on me. People deserve a clean bathroom.

Yes John Greatwhich will be doing a seminar on doing your own back glass, playfield, cabinet art, and playfield over lay.

Seminar sced will be up soon

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR GAMES. You only have 9 days left to get 2 tickets per game registered in our "Thank You Give Away" were you could win yourself part of $3,000 in cash and prizes. Go here https://pintasticnewengland.com/game-registration-2018/

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LE TICKET PACKAGES

We only have a small amount of these left. Only 100 will be sold. Only 100 of these amazing badges and silk screened posters will be made. Each one numbered 1 to 100. Here is a sneak peak of the art work for the badge and posted created under license with JJP by Joel de Guzman.

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PLEASE REGISTER GAMES You only have 3 days left to get 2 tickets per game registered in our "Thank You Give Away" were you could win yourself part of $3,000 in cash and prizes. Go here https://pintasticnewengland.com/game-registration-2018/

PINTASTIC LE POSTER is done! Only 100 will be made. Joel De Guzman is an amazing artist! Poster will be 11x17 fine art quality 3-color screen print.

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Dave don't forget the best part of the LE package is 24 hr access to the extra ball lounge! For LE ticket holders it opens at 11am on Thursday.

All people who registered games will be getting an email this weekend about how you can log into your registration portal. Than you can change games if you need to

PINTASTIC HOTEL STATUS!!!! If you want a room for Saturday night the pintastic block is sold out. But if you call the hotel they do still have 17 rooms available. Tell them your booking for Pintastic Pinball and they should give you the special rate.

Also we only have 25 rooms available under our block on Thursday and Friday. Don't hesitate these will be gone quick! Call 508-347-3246 and ask for Joe.

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PINTASTIC ROOM BLOCKS!

The hotel is releasing all remaining rooms out to the public on Thursday of this week. I can not hold them any longer per my contract. So if you need a room please call the hotel and ask for the Pintastic pinball room rate of $110 a night TODAY!

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1. We do not send out email confirmations. At the bottom of the page it would have given you a confirmation code. Anyway you will be receiving a email in the next few days letting you know you can log into the registration system and change your game if you like.

2. With your free play game you will receive a FREE PLAY badge which gets you into the free play area early on Thursday and before the room opens on the other days to maintain your machine. Unfortunately your brother will not have access till 6PM on Thursday evening unless he brings another game for free play. Sorry but this is one of the big perks free play bringers get. Thanks for understanding.

You can bring beer to consume in your room but on the show floor you are not aloud to bring beer into the event it needs to be purchased on site. Keep in mind we do have the biggest liquor store in New England right next door with an incredible amount of craft beers on hand.

All games are listed not for sale right now but this will change once games get checked in at the show. This list will get updated and will be in real time. So at any time you can see what is left.

The auction has moved. It is close to the gazebo area and will be on Saturday same time as last year. The SNH tournament and free play room is now in it place. The SNH room will be setting there own hours so I'm guessing they will be open very late as well. Here is the new updated map.

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PINTASTIC VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! This year I'm giving you guys a pre-PARTY Wednesday night in the VIP room. Only for volunteers! Free food and pinball!

We are still looking for people to help out in many different areas of the show. Without our great staff, a show of this magnitude would not be possible. So please, help out if you can. Repair staff, security, free play setup and break down, Vendor Hall setup and break down. Extra Ball Lounge to Vendor Hall game swap. Go here: https://register.growtix.com/volunteers/apply_step_1/pintastic_pinball_game_room_expo_2018

Less than 2 weeks to go! Let’s do this.

*************PINTASTIC KIDS TOURNAMENTS***********

There is a tournament just for kids aged 11 and under. NEW for 2018: separate divisions for kids up to age 7 and youth ages 8 to 11. Each person can play up to 3 entries, with the best score counting toward prizes.

Enter up to 3 time starting Saturday from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
The kids tournament is FREE to enter.
CASH PRIZES!
1st place Youth: $50
2nd place Youth: $20
3rd place Youth: $10
1st place Kids up to 7: $25
2nd place Kids up to 7: $10
3rd place Kids up to 7: $5

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SEMINAR SCHEDULE IS UP!
What a great lineup this year.
https://pintasticnewengland.com/speakers/

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As long as you email color dmd today is the last day for the deal

Southern N.H. Pin Golf Tournament room line up! Room hours are all weekend till late at night lol.

*World Poker Tour (Stern, 2006)
* Lord of the Rings (Stern, 2003)
* Robocop (Data East, 1989)
* World Cup Soccer (Bally, 1994)
* Doodle Bug (Williams, 1971)
* NBA Fastbreak (Bally, 1997)
* Target Pool (Gottlieb, 1969)
* Power-Bot (Williams, 1986)
* Hotline (Williams, 1966)
* Grand Prix (Williams, 1976)
* High Speed (Williams, 1986)

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ONE WEEK TO PINTASTIC 2018! We are up to 190 games registered for FREE play. That does not include any vendor hall games or tournament games. Let the craziness begin....

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PINTASTIC LE TICKET PACKAGE PERKS! ONLY A FEW LEFT!

*ONLY 100 AVAILABLE!
*Exclusive Numbered Lanyard & Badge Design
*24HR Access to Extra Ball Lounge℠ (were you will have quieter access to 20 to 25 Top tier games)
*Early access to the Extra Ball Lounge℠ 11AM Thursday
*Access to The Special When Lit Party (Friday Night)
*2018 T-Shirt (new design)
*One Hour Early Access to Free Play & Vendor Hall
*Custom FULL COLOR Beer Glass (new design)
*Exclusive 2018 Key chain
*Limited Edition Numbered silk screen Poster
*Friday Morning Buffet Breakfast (all you can eat)

Go here https://purchase.growtix.com/e/pintastic_pinball_ga…/…/64193

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http://www.head2headpinball.com/2018/06/25/episode-49-gabe-from-pintastic-mid-year-projections/

Paul Faris 13" by 19" poster! Get them while they last $2 each and have Paul sign them at the show.

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Yes Dave you were with us from the beginning! Another correction we do have a 2 day and 4 day premium ticket package.

PINBALLS.com AUTOMATED is making a big splash once again at pintastic 2018. BRINGING 20 PINS! Talk to Mike about special show pricing on those games in his booth along with other NIB games he will have with him.

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Extra Ball Lounge!

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