Can't bring my "Mad World". Sold it at Pinfest. Might have a really nice low-played "Target Alpha" if not sold before then.

Yeah. I kinda miss it already.

Uh, uh.

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I fully understand your reasons for moving the show, but you're going to lose a lot of people from the hotbed areas, like NJ, PA and LI, NY. You're not going to make it up from northern NE, and the greater Boston crowd is already attending anyway.

I don't either!

I too am looking forward to the final Sturbridge show and next year I intend to give the new venue a chance. But I'm just saying that several people I've spoken to from PA, NJ, LI told me that the move will put it out of range for them next year.

I have a "Gator", but it smells like a swamp!

Is it all from the same parted out game? Looks like the small target bank from "El Dorado", or "Gold Strike".

Tell 'em no worries. You'll take the room at half price and take cold showers!

Yeah, with a bar of soap!

Just arrived home from the show.
Thanks to Gabe and his entire crew for all their hard work, planning and execution.
Had a great deal of fun, and sold the one game I brought. Not only was the pinball action great, but the entire experience was very satisfying. I'm really going to miss the Sturbridge site, but I'm looking forward to an even better show next year. On to Boxborough!

Bought some stuff from you. Great hanging out with you and Roger.
Safe travels!

That "Big Town" was super gorgeous. I think I was the only one all show who completed the rollover sequence. Wanted to hear some bells and whistles, but nothing happened. Thanks for bringing it.

Yeah, that was an outstanding example. Loved the pink displays!

Gonna miss the lake as well. Took a little stroll by the shore early Friday morning. It's a nice touch.

Nah. If anywhere, I'd bring the "Joker" to York for "woodrail row".
No more 'push to serve ball' games for me at Pintastic. '67 and up only.

It's already too loud in there. It's pointless to turn up the volume on the games because they all clash anyway. The one which constantly screams (TFTC?) is really annoying.

I think I was the only one who made his own sign describing the game, and offering it for sale. It worked like a charm. Game was sold early on Friday. Don't rely on others to do what you can do yourself.
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Thanks. I appreciate your comments. Just about everyone who played it when I was nearby said what a great player it was. Kind of sorry to see it go, but I hope the new owner has as much fun with it as I had. I agree with what you've said, but the sign I made made it clear that the game was offered for sale.

Yeah, well. Some people just have a pinball machine which "works", and to them it's fine. They want to share it by bringing it to the shows, and their idea of "working" doesn't necessarily measure up to others' expectations. Hopefully, they'll see how a well shopped game plays, and will make their game better for the next show (a bit of wishful thinking there).
Also, some games seem to be more susceptible to even a slight voltage drop than are others. I once brought an "Old Chicago" to the York show. It played fine at home, but had substantially weakened flipper power at the show. Brought it back home, and it was back to normal.

Good idea, but that would amount to having a flea market space to sell a non-working machine. I think in that case, the machine's owner would not only lose their free admission, but should have to pay a small fee to the show, maybe something like ten dollars per game per day.

My "Old Chicago" sure did.
Didn’t need to high tap my "Mini Pool", but I have at times high tapped games for shows. I've measured considerable voltage drops at shows from set up day, to everything (including AC) running full bore.

Uh, no.

The owner of that game has an engineering degree and was working on it for some time before deciding to take it down. He did correct the line cord being installed incorrectly (hot to the transformer instead of the line fuse), but that didn't solve the issue. I took a peek at it as well, but all the usual suspects checked out ok. He's brought the same machine to several shows, but never had this issue until now.

He'll probably have the game at an upcoming show. I'll ask him what he found.

You probably have higher resistance through your skin than a younger person or a woman might have. I don't think you can get a shock anyway unless your other hand is resting on something conductive and with lower potential.

The worst shock I ever got was from the "low voltage" push button connection terminals on a garage door opener. I would use the remote to open it from the car, but would often just whip out my keys and short the two screw terminals to activate it if I was inside and the car was outside (I hadn't yet installed the pushbuttons).
No problem when dry and fully clothed with shoes on. Did it once with bare, wet feet after just washing the car....just once!
It felt like I was being crushed for just an instant, then it knocked me flat on my ass! Lesson learned!