So we have all heard of "bring a game and win a game". Well how about we raise the stakes once again and give you "buy a game, win a game" sounds pretty good right.

Well YEGPIN has partnered with Nitro Pinball to provide discounts on all of the "demo" machines that will be at YEGPIN.

Yep that is right, not only will you get a discounted machine but you will also qualify yourself as a donor status at YEGPIN and have a chance to win one too.

OMG, we are just throwing out the surprises this year.

All of the details are on our website, please visit often and don't miss out on a one in a lifetime opportunity to purchase one of these games at a smoking deal.

This is a limited time offer so don't hesitate if you are looking to add one of these awesome machines to your collection.

https://www.yegpin.com/buy-a-game/

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Just updated the pinball machine list, pretty damn impressive so far. Keep those donations coming we want to pack the place and make this the best show ever!!!!

Thanks to all of those who give up their machines for the weekend for those to enjoy, I understand the sacrifice and commend you for your donation to help increase awareness and give so many people an opportunity to see and play pins they might otherwise don't even know exist.

I give up my entire collection every year and I can't wait till I get to show off my beautifully restored AFM, it is going to be awesome for people to enjoy!!!

https://www.yegpin.com/pinball-machines/

No YEGPIN determines whether a game goes into the tournament section but we will let you know ahead of time as normally modifications are needed to be made to get them tournament ready. Honestly, they get played the same amount of play in both areas.

Anywhere from 400 - 800 plays during the three days is normal play.

If your machine is fully working, clean and waxed the amount of plays really won’t have an affect these machines. Remember pins were meant to have thousands of plays on them. I have brought every machine I have to the event each year and still have not had to do flipper rebuilds or any major work on them. It is always a leap of faith but again my take is I get more joy watching people play my machines and enjoying them then them siting in the basement only getting played a couple times a week.

Absolutely, we take both pins and arcades. A Munsters Pro Pinball machine is given away to one lucky donor on pinball side, and a restored Dig Dug on the arcade side. The show is about celebrating pinball and classic arcade so we are happy with any donations for the show.

I think all of our games probably the most plays at YEGPIN, with home use they don't get played often even for a guy like me who plays almost everyday.... Again there are many threads on Pinside where machines are easily running and in good shape on route after 30,000 games so putting your machine in the show has really little effect on it. As stated in previous posts we have a bunch of professional techs that ensure machines are running all weekend and in most cases we find they do run better once we leave the show as some collectors don't realize when certain things are wrong with them.

So are you a VIP? If you are you know that you get a cool YEGPIN lanyard and VIP pass. If you choose the Ultimate VIP package then you get a special satin finish, silver foiled pass design on bottom, inscribed with a customized handle. You are going to get the rockstar treatment with these awesome looking passes for the weekend!!!

If you are still looking for a VIP pass unfortunately they were all sold out a month ago, but feel free to post on here is you are interested in getting one as they might be a few people looking to transfer their pass as their plans may have changed.

Note these are not the exact passes you will receive for obvious reasons

Enjoy!!!

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If you are attending YEGPIN and you are from out of town, we have partnered with two awesome hotels for the weekend. The show rates will expire on April 1st, 2019 and that is no April Fool's joke. Can't say you haven't been warned.

https://yegpin.com/accommodations/

I would ask at least one week before the event.

The official YEGPIN poster is now ready for production, those of you that want to put them up in your local locations let me know as I can send a copy of the file that you to print out and post. Thanks!!!

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We can accept a transfer up to the start of the show so no issue there. Best to do it before thou as there is some work on our end to get the change made in the DTM software for tournament entry. As well if you bought a UVIP the custom handle cannot change after March 1. Sorry you can’t make the show but we will work with you to accomidate a transfer of the pass. Hope to see you next year.

All I know is we have the best vendor in the business coming to the show and if he can make it happen he will.

There is a ton of new games on the show floor each year, YEGPIN has one of the best selections and quality I have seen for machines as most of the machines come from collectors. We also move the games we no longer need for tournament onto the show floor for the public to play on Saturday night and Sunday morning. The event will always try to find the right balance to meet the needs of the tournament machines and still have quality machines available for the free play area.

For those that are attending our tournaments I will be announcing the machine selections all this week.

So let's this do this!!!

The first tournament is for the Little Flippin Pinball Tournament which is limited to those participants which are 12 & under. This is part of our grass root program to continue to develop pinball competition players for the future.

**New this year the young players will have all of their scores tracked in the DTM software and be able to que themselves or have their parents or YEGPIN scorekeeper que them onto a machine of their choice.

For this tournament and each player is limited to a maximum of 5 tries on any of three machines available.

The three machines will be:

Guardians of the Galaxy
Monster Bash
Tales of the Arabian Nights

There will be a full qualifying session on Saturday, where the top 4 players will advance to play in a four player final on Sunday.

Prizes will be awarded to all of the finalists.

This tournament is going to be a ton of fun so parents bring your sons and daughter's out and if they make the top 4, then they get to play into front of the big stage on Sunday for the finals!!!

To register for this tournament please go to the registration desk on event day, entry into the tournament is free!!!

Also with a paid adult admission, children 12 & under can attend YEGPIN for free!!!

Let keep it going, we have two new tournaments this year, Pinball Pro Championship (PPC) and Women's Canadian Pinball Championships (WCPC).

The PPC is a high stakes event that will bring out the best players to win a custom championship bracelet. Yep that is right, this prize is going to be sweet so bring a wad of cash and see if you can match up versus some of the best players in the world in this high stakes battle.

It will be a PAPA, 4 machine card format and there will be 5 machines you can choose from to fill out your card. This pays homage to the one of the toughest formats in all of pinball.

The event will run all day on Friday, and the playoff round will run on Saturday morning.

The WCPC will run on the same machines as the PPC and will run on Saturday afternoon. This will be an open qualifying format on five machines of which 3 will count toward the total score of the event. The playoff round will be run along with the other finals on Sunday.

We are proud to run a high level competition for just the ladies and look forward to crown our first women's champion.

The machines for both of these events are as follows:

Iron Maiden Pro
Attack From Mars
Sorcerer
Paragon
Centigrade 37

Enjoy!!!!

Anyone like old school pinball? If so you are going to like the next pinball tournament announcement.

We will announce the YEGPIN Classics Tournament next. There will be a whopping 8 games available this year to test your skill and patience. 5 of the entries will be of the solid state era and 3 will be in the Electro-Mechanical era.

The event will run all day Friday and Saturday afternoon with the playoffs on Saturday night and there will be over $5000 in cash and prizes given out for this event.

So without further delay here are the entries for the classics division:

KISS
Joker Poker
Mata Hari
Nugent
Trident
Astronaut
Atlantis
Fireball

Of course with the reliability of classic era games this is subject to change but this is the list as we know it today.

Watch out for the big announcement tomorrow!!!

This is it, one last tournament announcement for YEGPIN: 2019 Edmonton Pinball and Arcade Expo.

I first want to give our thanks to Nitro Pinball for sponsoring the Canadian Pinball Championships and the Women's Canadian Pinball Championships. They have always been a huge advocate for competition pinball and we are very lucky to have partnered with them for the past 4 years. So when you come to the show make sure you say hi to Tommy and Suzanne and thank them for their support as they have been a huge part of what makes our show and tournaments a success.

The Canadian Pinball Championships presented by Nitro Pinball is our signature event, there will be 12 machines in the bank with 4 machine in the LCD/Modern era, 4 in the Early Modern Era and 4 in the Late Solid State era. The playoffs will consist of 4 Modern/LCD, 4 Solid State and 4 Early Solid State entries, they will be lined up so you will have to play one of each era in the playoff round. The machines for the finals can come out of CPC, Pro Pinball/WCPC or Classics banks, so you might want to put entries in all of these tournaments if you think you are going to be be qualified for the playoffs for this tournament.

Here is the bank for your enjoyment:

Modern/LCD
AC/DC LE
Ironman
KISS LE
Metallica LE

Early Modern
Demolition Man
Indiana Jones
The Shadow
Twilight Zone

Late Solid State
Elvira & the Party Monsters
Grand Lizard
Laser Cue
Time Machine

As always these machines are subject to change up and to the event.

Enjoy!!!

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A major site update was done, as we are getting much closer to finalizing our lineup for Pins... Feel free to check it out, quite the powerhouse lineup for the event.

https://yegpin.com/pinball-machines/