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I
cant believe that it been a year since the last
Pinball Wizards Convention, but this year I had
planed on going rather then the last second
decision to make the trip if the previous year.
Last year we demoed the Moving Dalek head for
the Dr Who pinball machine, this year we brought
a prototype Earthshaker machine with the moving
Earthshaker Institute and our replica of the
moving toy, in the standard machine. Our
reproduction handled the constant play very well
as the rest of the machine shook itself apart.
After day one I needed to resolder a handful or
wires, replace some ramp switches and repair the
shaker motor.
The weather held out for us on Friday and
Saturday as the weatherman threatened to send
rain our way on both days. It turned out to be
so sunny on Saturday that I was pretty sunburned
by the end of the day. Good thing for the suns
too as the outside flee market would have been
pretty messy outside in the rain.
I didn't take any pictures outside this year as
the camera was acting up, but there was as many
sellers pushing their stuff as last year. One
thing that caught my eye was quite a few black
hole machines. All were project machine with
various degrees of wear, damage and missing
parts, but I have decided that I want to tackle
one of these some day
There was the normal collection of nice machines
on free play in the game room as well as various
venders set up just as last year. A new Stern
Simpsons Pinball was removed from the box for
the first time for our show…. For sure this will
be a home run title for Stern. The playfield is
super colorful and actual construction of the
machine seem to be better then past Stern
equipment. The dot matrix video is detailed,
funny and well in tune with ball play, I also
found the music and sound less annoying then
previous titles like Playboy and Monopoly. If
that wasn't enough, there were seminars to
visit, door prizes to be had and a raffle on
Sunday. Another great shoe for the pinball
enthusiast!
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