I know Expo isn't mean as a show about playing pinballs, but seeing how there really wasn't any announcements this year (Stern game of thrones was announced early, Hobbit still isn't shipping, Lawlor's title isn't announced until next Spring, Spooky is still 3 weeks from revealing rob zombie), Pinball circus is still in development. Pinexplosion was even more packed this year, not surprising since there is no price of admission, there's free food and beer/soda, and 50 pins on freeplay (plus deals on parts). Like many others, I don't want to see pinball die, and if I can create an impression on a kid to want to play them later in life, I've done my job. I haven't had time to decorate this year, but hopefully I can at least get some purple or red lighting backlighting the pins, and hide some of the garage with cotton spiderwebs. I'm going to have to get a step stool so the small kids can reach the buttons and see the playfield. Well this year seems like it's going to be a mild winter in the midwest (high temps in the low 60s), so even if I have to put a heater out there, the pins will be on. I've seen other people on pinside do it, and being in Chicago it's not normally warm enough to do that. My goal is to wait until October 30th, bring freddy home and stick that and space station in the garage so trick or treaters can play it during the day on Halloween as they come by. I'm putting off picking it up because upstairs is packed with 3 pins in the front room (AMH, my newly picked up space station, and the blue october project). This year I brought Freddy, nobody was interested (at least not at the price I was asking), so it's coming back. First year was nice, I brought elivra, it sold so I didn't have to drag it back. Terry: I drive 4 miles down the road, drop off my pin on a friday weeks before the show at my convenience (not driving 20 miles on a Wednesday night). I've heard nothing but bad stories about what a hassle it was bringing a game to expo, or hassle getting wristband refunds from Pacak. So this was the 2nd year in a row that I brought a pinball to a show, both being Pinexplosion. So being that I live literally 4 miles from Pinball Life, I often find myself there buying parts (or lately, buying 3d prints from Scott Danesi for some LCD mods I've been doing for some small side income). There's the Expo that's at the Westin in Wheeling, and then there's the extended party at Terry's at pinball life on friday from noon-6. Since I'm still working on my layout (and don't want to show a partial update), I'll go ahead and talk about Expo a little.
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