The first European show for the coin-op trade’s 2023 season took place at the ExCel London Exhibition Centre in London’s Docklands, as the EAG International Expo returned. The ExCel London Exhibition Centre in London’s Docklands Held in halls S1, S2 and S3 on the south side of the building, the Entertainment, Attractions & Gaming (EAG) [...]
After being cancelled in 2021 due to COVID-19, this year’s EAG International Expo was delayed for the same reason, moving from mid-January to the start of March. Now, with pandemic restrictions in the UK greatly relaxed, we’re back at the ExCel London exhibition centre in London’s Docklands for our familiar look around the UK’s premier [...]
The final leg of our 2021 US tour brings us to the town of Sturbridge, around an hour’s drive west of Boston. The Sturbridge Host Hotel & Conference Center is the venue for the Pintastic Pinball & Game Room Expo, hereafter just called Pintastic. The entrance to the show The Sturbridge Host Hotel and Conference [...]
All of the arcade news this week is revolving around tradeshow events, as it ’tis the season for such things – in a normal year. Most everyone has gone virtual to adapt with the needs of the times, and this news is no exception. Universal Space, better known as UNIS, has issued a press release [...]
After the recent cancellation of IAAPA 2020, it was seemingly like there would be no physical trade show for our industry for the remainder of the year. Turns out that assumption was wrong, as “Game Time International” (GTI) went ahead and held their expo in Guangzhou this past week from the 9th-11th. While I did [...]
Hello and welcome back to the final part of our coverage of this 35th annual Pinball Expo. For most vendors and machine donors, Sunday continues the tearing down and packing up which began on Saturday evening. The remains of the displays in the Vendor Hall on Sunday In the Pin Lounge (a.k.a. the Botanic Garden [...]
Hello and welcome back to our continuing coverage of this 35th annual Pinball Expo. Saturday is the last day of scheduled events at the show, with only the some of the tournaments continuing into Sunday. There is a full seminar schedule though, and we begin our report with those. 10:30am – Steve Azzam: Restoring Pinball [...]
Hello and welcome back to our continuing coverage of this 35th annual Pinball Expo. Friday sees the continuation of the seminar schedule. 8:15am – Ron Coon, Jr. : Pinball Repair In A Modern Era Ron described the common problems with pinballs, from not starting up, the loss of certain voltages, damage to boards, failed components, [...]
Hello and welcome back to our continuing coverage of this 35th annual Pinball Expo. While Wednesday features the kick-off Bumper Blast party, Thursday is the first full day of events and, as in previous years, that begins at 9am when the buses arrive to transport Expo attendees to the Stern Pinball factory tour. Expo attendees [...]
Hello and welcome to our coverage of this 35th annual Pinball Expo, being held at the Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling, northwest of Chicago. The Westin Chicago North Shore in Wheeling This 35th show is a major anniversary and is being celebrated in many ways. You can expect to see reference to this in [...]