Pinball Expo Has Begun! Here's What's Happened So Far...
By knapparcade
Good morning everyone. Today is the first day of the annual Chicago Pinball Expo show in Schaumburg, Illinois. I personally am not in Chicago for the event, having flown to Michigan last weekend's VFW Pinball show, but I am keeping a close eye on things and will report back on all the happenings. Last night, Barrels of Fun shared pictures of its Expo booth. As promised, they have four of their surprise new pinball machine Winchester Mystery House on the floor. I'm jealous of all you folks who get a chance to try it out :).
Another new game that will be making its first show appearance in the United States is Pinball Brothers' Predator. As an added bonus, the Company has arranged for an actual actor from the movie to be at the show! Richard Chaves, who played the character "Poncho" at the show will be at the Pinball Brothers booth on Friday and Saturday from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM and from 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Pretty cool.
One of my favorite aspects of Pinball Expo is the behind-the-scenes factory tours that attendees can go to. My friend Joe Newhart, from the distributor PinballSTAR Amusements (a href-"https://www.pinballstar.com/">Website), had a chance to take a tour of the Jersey Jack pinball factory yesterday. He was kind enough to give me pictures to share with everyone. His tour was guided by JJP designer and creator of its latest game Harry Potter, Eric Meunier. Enjoy!
Transitioning over to the video game side of things, if you're in Chicago for the weekend for Expo see if you can take a little time to sneak off to the World's Largest Arcade, Galloping Ghost Arcade in Brookfield, IL. Yesterday, Galloping Ghost showed off pictures of a Super rare game that it just put on the floor, Sega's 1998 game The Typing of the Dead. I've only personally seen this game one other place ever, my friend Brady's house.
