Outstanding, keep the great Pictures coming.
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I attended TPF from 2017-2019.
17 was amazing, no crowds and they still had the tournaments in the main room.
Little to no wait times to play anything except a short line for Alien.
By 2019 it was super crowded and they had even kicked out the tournament to a separate room.
At the end of 19 we were complaining that it had outgrown the Venue.
I know that Mr Hardy has said there are no better Convention options in the area ... but how can this be true ?
Its Dallas Fort Worth !? Its a Sprawling Mega City, are there really no modern Convention options ?
Quoted from LTG:They look like tops for a helium tank to stick your balloon in the mouth and blow your balloon up. These heads aren't on a tank and don't have the part sticking out the mouth to blow up the balloon.
LTG : )
Yep Helium Tank Toppers.... a lost piece of Americana.
Quoted from Daditude:But why were they there? There were no balloons. They didn't have clown themed pins. There must be some type of inside joke there.
It's a Mystery wrapped inside a Riddle !! But we buy and collect Pinball Machines.... were all crazy.
Quoted from GreenMachine19:Made it all the way back home through the rough weather. Got stopped by TSA for having a bunch of pinballs in my carry on. Lol
I'm jealous.. my friends and and I always drove to TPF, hoping to buy a game or Two and haul back to L.A.
Problem is.. it's a two day drive.
Here's our schedule for TPF adventures 2017-19.
Leave SoCal at 7am Wednesday, arrive in El Paso around 9-10 pm and pass out in a Holiday Inn.
Half way there !?
Thursday Leave El Paso around 8am... gas up and get Sausage Mcmuffins in King City around 10 am.
Get stopped by the Texas State Patrol at the checkpoint, and the Drug Sniffing Dog goes Bonkers because our Enterprise Rental stinks of the Skunk Weed, from whomever rented it last.
1pm Stop in Midland for lunch and gas.
5pm stop somewhere at a Dairy Queen for a Banana Split.
8pm arive in Dallas Fort Worth area and Navigate the Horrible Nightmarish Maze of Freeways and Toll Roads.
I Fucking Hate everything about the Texas Road Network. Who designed this mess ?? A Schizophrenic Nihilistic Sadist ??
10 pm arrive at the Granite Hilton Angry and Frazzled.
But our spirits rise as the Bartender waves hello, and knows our Names and favorite orders !
Yes I get it... the computer remembers the return customers and informs the staff... still... its nice.
Check in... drop off our bags, and head to the Bar. Hang out around the Patio Firepit and get property Souced.
Friday-Sunday TPF !! Fun Fun Fun. Perrys, Hard 8, and the Hiltons Booze and Steakhouse Burger.
Monday 8am leave Frisco, drive like mad and make it to just over the Arizona border around 11pm and crash at a Hollday Inn.
Tuesday 9am, late start, Coffee and more Sausage Mcmuffins, arrive back in Southern California around 7pm safe and sound, order a Pizza from Downey Pizza Company, and unload any games we bought. Drink Beer eat Pizza Smoke and relax...at last.
11pm Crash in bed, home sweet home.
Thanks again to all who posted for us Saps stuck at home.
Hope to make the Crazy round trip again Next Year.
The Trooper's were realy nice, lots of rentals get stopped for the same reason. Pot tourist's in Los Angeles and Colorado .
They thought it was Hilarious we were going so far for a Pinball Convention.
I attended the San Diego Comic Con every year from 1992-2011... it used to be held at the height of Muggy Summer in August.... funk funk and more funk.
Thankfully I'm super tall and somewhat above most of it.
TPF is Daisy fresh compared to SDCC.
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