Quoted from machine.slave

As for venues, I was thinking.. Ottogd, MrNiceguy and I went to an auction at the Milton fairgrounds, I wonder if that facility would be big enough?  They actually had quite a few halls, so even if the room in one wasn't big enough, two might be sufficient (although they're pretty big -- and with a kitchen area!)  Just a thought  

http://www.miltonfair.com/rentals.htm

Everyone can get to Toronto...not everyone is willing to drive to Milton....it's substantially further for us "Easterners".

Ask Playdium Store if they really want to be a sponsor, donate their back building, or the old building on Kipling.  Maybe they'll give it to you for free for the weekend.

I deserve some of the tourney winnings.

If I had shown up on time I WOULD have WON the 'B' Division so it would only make sense that the top three give me a portion of their earnings. Say 25%, because I'm not greedy. That means Phil owes me $62.50, Glen owes me $25 and Jonny_eh owes me $2.50 or something. HOWEVER, in lieu of money I will accept that Phil buys himself one of Wayne's nut machines and thinks of me whenever he has a mouthful of salty nuts; Glen buys a Pinball 101 dvd to help himself win second again next year (because I'll show up on time); and Jonny_eh can ... buy himself a chocolate bar. I prefer Turkish Delight.

Enjoy!    

Are you high again, Kevin?  

Bish, I hear what you're saying.. but really, any fairgrounds with enclosed hall rentals would do.  It's kinda tough to find a central location for everyone, especially with trying to get the US guys to come

Quoted from machine.slave

Are you high again, Kevin?  

Bish, I hear what you're saying.. but really, any fairgrounds with enclosed hall rentals would do.  It's kinda tough to find a central location for everyone, especially with trying to get the US guys to come

Yes...but Toronto is pretty central for everyone, and the US guys have heard of it.  I'm not so fussy where in Toronto you hold it, but let's face it...you need a large population center as the base.  If you hold it in rural hickville, you limit who will come.

Quoted from Bish

... If you hold it in rural hickville, you limit who will come.

hickville = Milton

All they wanna play there is Super Offroad and Stargate.

Quoted from OTTOgd

hickville = Milton

All they wanna play there is Super Offroad and Stargate.

Compared to Toronto...yup.  Sorry if you're a Miltoner...but I'd be happy to group Peterborough into that class too, if it mends your delicate sensibilities.

Quoted from Bish

Compared to Toronto...yup.  Sorry if you're a Miltoner...but I'd be happy to group Peterborough into that class too, if it mends your delicate sensibilities.

There's a natural superiority complex associated with living in Brampton aka Flowertown. "All Roads Lead to Brampton!"

I keed.

Are we getting beef jerky?

Oops, sorry. Just read your response: http://archive.maaca.org/s107351202.onlinehome.us/cgi-bin/Blah/Blah.pl?m-1262642469/s-new/#num37.

Quoted from Monkeybug

Haha guilty as charged!!!

Mind you, it still ended up being one of the only games that sold in the auction. Maybe I should have started a few more on fire to get some action!!!

Finally got some pictures out of the camera. Transporting a Black Knight...

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BK's restoration has begun! We started retouching the existing playfield, but we found that Workingpins had a spare for us. Now we get to do a PF swap! Anyone have a spare sys7 power board available? (driver board too)

Quoted from jonny_eh

Are there any big antique shows? What about comic book/sci-fi conventions?

I wondered why there was no console items?  I don't see why the two can't co-exist with some vendors selling classic carts etc... It would attract the console crowd and possibly introduce them to pinball/videogames and conversely, it seems that some arcade collectors also collect videogames.

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BK's restoration has begun! We started retouching the existing playfield, but we found that Workingpins had a spare for us. Now we get to do a PF swap! Anyone have a spare sys7 power board available? (driver board too)

Those pictures looked like a car, giving birth to a pinball machine.