I cant wait to see and play Lebowski. I probably shouldnt though. I'd likely end up wanting one and breaking the bank.

299 too many

I think this next year, I'm going to make it a three-dayer. Saturday's fine, but Sunday seems to whiz by too fast!

I'm considering doing a Pinball Machine giveaway at next year's PAGG. Who do I talk to about that?

I am really excited for this even though it's still so far out!

Sending ya a PM

LOL. Yep, I'll be more careful too. I'm already looking through my games to decide what to get ready for 2016. I still have to finish my Bounty Hunter and I'd like to go through my James Bond to see how it plays. Also I have to go through 2 Punk's. Hm, I wonder how many Punk's I can dig up by then. I also need to find time to get the 65 AC Cobra running.

Steve

I loved going on Friday night to PAGG, especially when they turn down the lights! Saturday was fun too but I was wishing the swap meet was more man cave stuff. I will need to get some items together. My ex GF said I should be an interior decorator for Frat houses.......no mystery why she is gone.

Too soon. Who knows what games ill have by the time of the show?

Wishlist time! I would love to see a Barracora at next year's PaGG!

TX sector please! and Punk! (looking at you Blownfuse for the latter )

There was one this year right? I swore I played it.

You,know,fellas,i also seem to remember a Barracora at PAGG,myself!! I also was wunderin about,was Friday afternoon,when they opened to the public,i was fifth in line.and,when i got in, the place was packed!!! Who were all those folks??Why were they all there so early??The folks who brought games had been there since wed.and had plenty of time to play ,before the paying public,anybody???

Maybe half to two thirds of the games come in before Friday. There are a couple of large collectors who bring in trucks and then some local groups bring in a bunch. The rest come in Friday morning. But the Friday morning games come in in smaller amounts so more people.

If I had to make a suggestion, why don't they consider doing a NIB Stern Pro raffle on Saturday? With the amount of people there, I think it would be easy to sell 100 tickets at $50 to cover the costs. Or maybe raffle off a NIB Premium like SMVE & sell 200 tickets at $50 a pop & give the rest to charity? I think there's a real opportunity here to raise some money & do an awesome giveaway.

TX Sector
Truck Stop
AMH
Full Throttle
Spiderman
Flash Gordon

Counterforce
-mof

That reminds me, Special Force as well please.

I'm starting a Hyperball project to have finished by PAGG '16. Any ideas if I can get it sold there? It will be a really good player once finished.

I must have missed it. Bummer

I think if you price it right sure. I think a lot of people get hot to buy stuff there, its just when prices are unrealistic that they dont sell.

I used Special Force in the PPE tournament in 2011. It's an awesome and rarely seen game, and about as non-PC as you can get. The sounds and music put you right into the "mow down commies" '80s war movie of your choice, and your job is to blow up an Asian village to rescue the hostages, complete with little Asian hut pop bumper caps. Your bonus counts down to sounds of machine gun fire and rockets exploding.

The game is an electrical nightmare. It took a lot of work to get it playing solid. Then, as luck would have it, it got dropped off the truck ramp on its way to the tournament. When I showed up it was in a maze of vices being glued back together. Good times.

Now I want to play one more than ever, get one and put it right next to an F-14 Tomcat.

HoakyPoaky,

We did look into doing this, but there are an incredible amount of federal laws and laws from the state of CA that pose too many restrictions for a 501c3 non-profit to do this kind of raffle. This includes requiring the filling out of state and federal tax forms for both us and the seller since a pricey new Stern pin would be considered income. Top that off with the fact that the law states that we must offer monetary compensation in lieu of the pin if that is what the winner wants AND they cannot afford to pay the taxes up front. That would leave our organization paying money out-of-pocket AND still having a pin that we would somehow have to dispose of. We had two board meetings on this and spent an amazing number of hours researching the logistical and legal aspects. In the end, it was not worth the pain and effort. I imagine that other shows and events that are raffling off new pins may either be unaware of the restrictions.

The good news is that we will continue to hold drawings for used pinball machines at Pin-a-Go-Go; typically two each year. Here's a tease... one of this year's pins in the drawing is one designed by Harry Williams.

my guess
Stern Hot Hand?

Well, I finally got around to it, something for the show next year.

https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/new-mod-maybe-something-a-little-different#post-2663910

Steve

Finally had time to check the LED Legs out, really great stuff!!!

10 days with no update Mrgone, you're slipping

Thanks, I'm finding that it's getting tougher to come up with something each year.

Steve

Have you figured out how to play pinball from your hottub yet?

Hay,thats a good idea!! All four of my pins are just within reach of my hot tub!Now if i turn them all around,,oooh this may work,nice idea practicalsteve,your friend,Hawkmoon!!

Disclaimer: I am not responsible if either or you yahoos electrocute yourself playing your pins in the hot tub

But do feel free to draft up a will before you try it leaving your pins to me.

If I play it, and I like it better than Rapid Fire, I would be interested in buying it. I only want one of them since they are basically the same game, but I don't know which one I will like better. I just brought home the Rapid Fire a couple of weeks ago.

hurry up, hurry up and wait.

-Debbie Harry