My First trip to TPF & 1st time as an exhibitor,

West Texas Ballers brought 5 pins. Apollo 13, Metallica, Walking Dead, Frankenstein & T2. The only game I had any trouble with was T2 & if a friend was not familiar with Evan the Pin smith the game would have stayed broken down all weekend. I would suggest the show personal provide exhibitors with a list of people working at the show who can do repairs on the fly and get pins back in action. People were lined up the whole show to play our pins and that was very flattering to see. We also received a ton of complements on the home made custom Metallica topper and Walking Dead home made custom mods.

I would like to see an award system for owner fabricated custom mod work. Seems like all the modern awards were based on how much cash you paid out to mod vendors or if your purchase a pimped out LE pin from the manufacturer. Not knocking mods, I also purchase a lot of mods, lol but also try to ad a personal touch to all my pins.

Overall, I Had a great time at the show and it seemed to be run very well. The hotel was very nice.

Thank you to all the people who volunteered their time and to those who volunteered their machines to make this show happen and put a smile on so many peoples faces this past weekend.

RWH

I did notice several games that once the sold sign came out were mysteriously turned off and not functioning. lol. It is cool to sell the old game but follow the rules and leave it on until the show is over.

For vendors: I was sure hoping to find cup holders and glass at the show. Those are the two things that always seem to be to pricy to ship for me to purchase.

Didn't here the speech. I was busy taking care of pins. 90s pins aren't modern most everything
Done On them is restoration work or custom work. most of the modern class seemed to be store bought mods & LE equipped machines. The kiss backglass lighting was cool.

As I said before I would like to see a category for home built mods not pro mod stuff in the
Modern category.

Papi: I was there for the awards but didn't here the speech leading up to it. As for the rest I am saddened to hear that you where offended.
I guess purchasing mass produced mods and putting them on a machine is personalizing it to your taste. I do my share of that but
I would rather see more one of a kind customization.

Let's give them a call & see if they mind. Lol.