Beaumont, TX
Nice to be able to play that Alien Poker in the last photo anytime I want now. 
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Quoted from retired_user_101:vizzle ?
fo shizzle
Toronto, ON
Does anybody have an info about this small virtual machine? I meant to ask somebody about it on the floor, but must have been distracted by a flickering light (I'm like a moth).
Quoted from MapleSyrup:Does anybody have an info about this small virtual machine? I meant to ask somebody about it on the floor, but must have been distracted by a flickering light (I'm like a moth).
I actually played it and talked to the guy who built it. It's just a virtual pin running pin mame. It was cool having all those tables to play. He said the playfield is a 20" widescreen (looked more like a 32" to me). The only problem, is the scaling didn't seem quite right as the tables seem somewhat squished down a little from back of the playfield to the front if that makes sense.
Quoted from MapleSyrup:Does anybody have an info about this small virtual machine? I meant to ask somebody about it on the floor, but must have been distracted by a flickering light (I'm like a moth).
That's Brad Blocker's machine. He's brought it to the last few TPFs and Houston shows. He picked up a used Zizzle pin for cheap and made that with it. I know he's helped a few others make similar mini virtual pins as well.
Rusty
Not sure where he got them from, but the ghost and wolfman mods are
http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_info.php/products_id/14968/product/scary-ghost-mod-for-scared-stiff-(ss).html
http://www.wolfsoft.de/shop/product_info.php/products_id/15019/cPath/325_333/monster-bash/wolfman-with-led-eyes-mod-for-monster-bash-pinball.html
Quoted from DocRotCod:There was a Monster Bash there that had an add-on creature, wolfman, and ghost. Anybody know who owns that machine? I'd be curious where he got some of those mods.
Was that the gorgeous MB to the right of the gorgeous BSD? If so, that was Pinsider ulmpharmd.
Quoted from retired_user_101:lots more pix...
mmmm Red Tent
if only i had the roomBack to the 80's 80's 80's
mystery man
This is what I got stuck behind in traffic going home from work a few months back. No joke, this was literally driving down the highway. Odd but in a pretty cool sort of way.
Quoted from retired_user_101:this was fun.
put in a nickel, and push in to start game and it resets all the puzzle pieces to stand up so you can't see the picture.
you get to choose how far back to pull the shooter and launch the ball.
you get 10 balls per game.
I have a restored Hal O'Rouke Rockola Jigsaw. It is a great game and a lot of fun. Mine is in pristine shape and Hal (who sadly passed away) was a great restorer of these games. The game was built to commemorate the 1933 Chicago World Fair. The picture in the puzzle is of that World's fair and built during that time.
If you look closely mine has a beefed up metal around the game puzzle and a heavy duty metal around the shooter rod. Hal said that this was probably an earlier model and not many were made this way as they changed the design to the other metal to save costs. He said he ad only seen one or two others done this way in the whole time he restored the games.
Your game was definitely not the norm - I actually did it once but usually most people never complete the puzzle and I haven't completed the puzzle too often.
The pictures on this site are of my game.
http://rockola.buckwerx.com/jigsaw.html
wholegame.jpgQuoted from BooyaNY:Does anyone know how many people attended this year's show?
I have no idea but next year I will personally count them. "ahhh one , ahhh two, ahhh three, *crunch*"
West Dapto - Australia
Quoted from Arcade:Nice to be able to play that Alien Poker in the last photo anytime I want now.
Anytime, huh? LOL! You may have to check with my wife first, but I'm OK with yall coming out anytime. 
And Conner, if you're reading this, thanks for the deal on that. It cleaned up quite well, and that was just a good once over.
Quoted from retired_user_101:Hercules has landed in Austin
Guess what ill be playing sat night?
--Jeff
LOL pictures of the iron man and Star Trek they wouldn't let people play. That was the only iron man at the show too. Bummed me out!
Gotta say. After looking at all the pics and posts, I'm jealous. Pinball Expo is the biggest show I've been too. Those that have been to both, is TPF the new gold standard for pinball shows? I want to travel next year to a show outside my driving area and experience something new. What say you?
Quoted from PinManV:is TPF the new gold standard for pinball shows
It wasn't before? =P
Quoted from PinManV:Gotta say. After looking at all the pics and posts, I'm jealous. Pinball Expo is the biggest show I've been too. Those that have been to both, is TPF the new gold standard for pinball shows? I want to travel next year to a show outside my driving area and experience something new. What say you?
Expo is cool, but it's not that huge when it comes to just straight games. How many were at Texas? Is there a count? Curious to see Pin-A-Go-Go next month, there were 300 machines last year.
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