No doubt. This was my first show and really enjoyed meeting Herg and seeing Jester and his family. It was definitely worth going to and will do it again next year. I don't have too many pictures but will see what I have and post them later.

BTW...I would lay money that your Royal Rumble got as many plays as some of the "new" games. I never walked by it without seeing someone playing it. Jester...any chance you had a play count before/after the show? I think you might be surprised. And the game looked fantastic, you did a nice job on it...

Us Northern Va/WVa guys should go in on a box truck next year. Hell, if I had a way to get them up there, I would bring all 4 of my machines.

That WOZ has been working on me since I left York...a 2 hour drive, and all day yesterday trying to figure out how/when to grab one.

I'm in sales for a living. I don't know what the fee was for the vendors, but in my opinion, they are loosing more than they are gaining by not having them on free play.

If a vendor set up games on free play and had a nice conversation with a casual soft sell this would go miles. You never know who you are talking to. It may be a guy that looks like trash, but has a wad in his pocket. You might be planting a seed that your business is here to help a prospect to buy a pin. Maybe now, maybe later. The vendor is building a relationship with the prospect. If thats done right, you will have a customer for life.

Cointaker is perfect example of this...their business plan and execution is spot on. They made me feel like a long lost friend when I came up to their booth this weekend, and all three of them were great to work with.

Vendors, if you want to suceed in this business....watch and learn from the Cointaker crew....

The games I noticed that were not on free play were shopped games. Not new titles...
lol, seemed like the "new" games were all on free play...Metalica, Star Trek, WOZ x3

shoot...the HUO Addams Family that had only 200 plays on it probably added another 500 after the weekend.

hey Jester...I have a few pics but they are only of specific games...I will post those later tonight.

In the spirit of Jester keeping the wife happy, I just mentioned to my wife that we needed to start a WOZ fund...

the best part, she didn't roll her eyes, no looks, just an "ok"....(which is very positive!)

jester...are these the lights?

ebay.com link: TERMINATOR 2 T2 Pinball Teal Light Wire Mod

and generally reasonable prices...
Ted, you should come to York next year...