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<blockquote data-quote="Crawley" data-source="post: 240053" data-attributes="member: 2300"><p>So another great year at VFW in the bag. The Michigan weather was crazy though. Was nice on Friday then on Saturday it was cold, rainy, and there was some hale. Then on my drive home on Sunday it started to snow and was almost blizzard like conditions on the road for short spurts. I thought we were done with the snow.</p><p></p><p>In any case the show sold out all three days for the first time this year and they put up a sign to show that achievement.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_204944065_AB3AC_iOS.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_204944065_AB3AC_iOS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>Usually Friday there are not a lot of people but was surprised to find a full parking lot when I got there that day. And confirmed there were a lot of people when I went inside. Still the ratio of pins to people was great so there were plenty of machines open but the most popular ones you usually had to wait till one person finished their game. I also read they sold 900 tickets for the show for the three days - so 300 people per day.</p><p></p><p>With the increased numbers they contracted outside help for some security...</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_202451683_EA8F2_iOS.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_202451683_EA8F2_iOS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>So no issues that I'm aware of took place on the premises. </p><p></p><p>And as usual the orange shirt staff were fantastic and plentiful. If a ball got stuck (which happens often) you could easily grab a staff member and they would remove the table glass and get the ball. On the Zaccaria machines a lot of people wouldn't realize most of the machines have timed unlimited balls after the 3rd ball drains so would walk away with another ball in the lane. So I saw staff members regularly go down the Zacc line and pull the plungers to get the left timed ball out of there. </p><p></p><p>Basically the most attentive staff put together for a show I've come across. So high praise to each of them.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_233655238_31A98_iOS.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_233655238_31A98_iOS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The first game I went to play and the last game I played was Capcom's Pinball Magic. </p><p></p><p>There's some fun magnetic tricks on Pinball Magic. When you shoot the ball in the lock the ball will float along the underside of the magic wand. It's so neat to see. There's another neat levitation trick on the stage show where the curtain opens up and the ball levitates up the stage. Seeing those little things on an actual table are just so fun.</p><p></p><p>But the unique thing about this table is that each mode must be completed in order. I actually enjoy the challenge, and bit of frustration, of trying to make the shots necessary to move to the next mode. You may be in a mode where you can only make the shot from the right flipper but the ball keeps landing on the left. So being able to control or pass the ball is valuable skill for this table. </p><p></p><p>On top of that the light show is pretty good for the table and as usual the DMD animations on Capcom's are top notch. </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_224751813_06514_iOS.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_224751813_06514_iOS.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p>The first two years I totally missed that there was a second building with pins at the show. It wasn't until after the second year that I read about it. So made sure to go in there this year. And what a nice surprise to have some current Sterns and a Jersey Jack on hand to play. </p><p></p><p>I hadn't played the Kiss before so made sure to play that. I think it was the Pro version. I couldn't hear the music over The Hobbit machine, which was turned to 11 or something, so that took away a bit of the experience of playing it. But the table was ok. It seemed a bit easy to me. Multiball wasn't difficult to trigger as The Demon shot was pretty easy to make. The table layout itself is pretty simple. You have a wide open area in the middle, some targets on either side to hit, and then about 7 different shots you can make pretty easily in any direction.</p><p></p><p>Without being able to hear the music that probably took away from my experience with it. But I can see it being a fun pin to play when you just want some mindless action.</p><p></p><p>The Game of Thrones was a Pro as well. I had only played the Premium version of it which I loved. The Pro plays differently. It's a much faster game and before I knew it my first game was over. No one was waiting so I played a second game right away which I did better at but was also pretty quick - that ball moves so fast on this table. So if this makes it to TPA I can easily see getting both the Pro and Premium versions of this table as they'll offer totally different experiences.</p><p></p><p>There were two Ghostbusters on hand and always had a few people waiting to play. The Hobbit constantly had people waiting to play it so didn't bother waiting as there was so much else to play.</p><p></p><p>I'll post a bit later on some of the fun games I came across.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crawley, post: 240053, member: 2300"] So another great year at VFW in the bag. The Michigan weather was crazy though. Was nice on Friday then on Saturday it was cold, rainy, and there was some hale. Then on my drive home on Sunday it started to snow and was almost blizzard like conditions on the road for short spurts. I thought we were done with the snow. In any case the show sold out all three days for the first time this year and they put up a sign to show that achievement. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_204944065_AB3AC_iOS.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_204944065_AB3AC_iOS.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Usually Friday there are not a lot of people but was surprised to find a full parking lot when I got there that day. And confirmed there were a lot of people when I went inside. Still the ratio of pins to people was great so there were plenty of machines open but the most popular ones you usually had to wait till one person finished their game. I also read they sold 900 tickets for the show for the three days - so 300 people per day. With the increased numbers they contracted outside help for some security... [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_202451683_EA8F2_iOS.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_202451683_EA8F2_iOS.jpg[/IMG][/URL] So no issues that I'm aware of took place on the premises. And as usual the orange shirt staff were fantastic and plentiful. If a ball got stuck (which happens often) you could easily grab a staff member and they would remove the table glass and get the ball. On the Zaccaria machines a lot of people wouldn't realize most of the machines have timed unlimited balls after the 3rd ball drains so would walk away with another ball in the lane. So I saw staff members regularly go down the Zacc line and pull the plungers to get the left timed ball out of there. Basically the most attentive staff put together for a show I've come across. So high praise to each of them. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_233655238_31A98_iOS.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-14_233655238_31A98_iOS.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The first game I went to play and the last game I played was Capcom's Pinball Magic. There's some fun magnetic tricks on Pinball Magic. When you shoot the ball in the lock the ball will float along the underside of the magic wand. It's so neat to see. There's another neat levitation trick on the stage show where the curtain opens up and the ball levitates up the stage. Seeing those little things on an actual table are just so fun. But the unique thing about this table is that each mode must be completed in order. I actually enjoy the challenge, and bit of frustration, of trying to make the shots necessary to move to the next mode. You may be in a mode where you can only make the shot from the right flipper but the ball keeps landing on the left. So being able to control or pass the ball is valuable skill for this table. On top of that the light show is pretty good for the table and as usual the DMD animations on Capcom's are top notch. [URL=http://s19.photobucket.com/user/Grugle/media/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_224751813_06514_iOS.jpg.html][IMG]http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b151/Grugle/Vintage%20Flipper%20World/2016/2016-05-13_224751813_06514_iOS.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The first two years I totally missed that there was a second building with pins at the show. It wasn't until after the second year that I read about it. So made sure to go in there this year. And what a nice surprise to have some current Sterns and a Jersey Jack on hand to play. I hadn't played the Kiss before so made sure to play that. I think it was the Pro version. I couldn't hear the music over The Hobbit machine, which was turned to 11 or something, so that took away a bit of the experience of playing it. But the table was ok. It seemed a bit easy to me. Multiball wasn't difficult to trigger as The Demon shot was pretty easy to make. The table layout itself is pretty simple. You have a wide open area in the middle, some targets on either side to hit, and then about 7 different shots you can make pretty easily in any direction. Without being able to hear the music that probably took away from my experience with it. But I can see it being a fun pin to play when you just want some mindless action. The Game of Thrones was a Pro as well. I had only played the Premium version of it which I loved. The Pro plays differently. It's a much faster game and before I knew it my first game was over. No one was waiting so I played a second game right away which I did better at but was also pretty quick - that ball moves so fast on this table. So if this makes it to TPA I can easily see getting both the Pro and Premium versions of this table as they'll offer totally different experiences. There were two Ghostbusters on hand and always had a few people waiting to play. The Hobbit constantly had people waiting to play it so didn't bother waiting as there was so much else to play. I'll post a bit later on some of the fun games I came across. [/QUOTE]
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