This was my first time at TPF and it was great. I brought my wife even though she isn't a big pinball player and even less excited to be around crowds (mostly hates rude crowds) but she figured she would head over to the mall on Sat and shop ... much to my surprise she wanted to hang with me and play which speaks volumes for the event and 99% of the participants.
So congratulations and appreciation to those who put in the time/effort organizing and running the show, as well as those who brought some great games which all combined to make it a 1st class event

I had a great conversation with Robin about the site and look forward to the planned changes and efforts to keep this a great place for pinball lovers.

I had a chance to really take some good notes about future purchase with the great selection of machines available to play, I might even make the drive next year to haul some stuff home.
I've seen the comments about the number of machines down at any one time. To me there were moments it "felt" like 50% because it always seemed to be a specific pin I wanted to play was offline but realistically it was probably around 10-15% (numbers that seem to be reflected in the message regarding the record attempt). I will say the number of down machines was more than offset by quality of the machines that were working.

It can't be easy to keep that many going, especially when the condition at the start may not have been 100%. A few specific pins didn't seem to hold up well and were up and down. My wife even mentioned how much she saw the same guy pulling around a toolkit and doing repairs, if she noticed that means a real effort was being made and it can't be an easy thing to manage. One owner missed out because a pin I would have purchased at the start was out of contention at the end because it was having so many issues (considering the HUO claim). But overall I was pleased with the quantity and quality.