Pinball Expo

"It didn't work at Pinball Expo when they tried to pipe and drape the area. And so you just spend $15,000 on a game."

"It didn't work at Pinball Expo when they tried to pipe and drape the area."

"Man, it's only Tuesday. It's only Tuesday. It feels like a month ago. I was at Pinball Expo and here we are."

"Alright, so here's the thing, when I got to the show and I walked in right ahead of me was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, there was a line that formed right away. There was a consistent line to play Alice of about like 40 people all throughout the show at any hour of the day."

"you had Alice, you had Avatar, you had X-Men and you had Metallica remastered, those were the games that really stole the spotlight, those were the games that had the longest lines and those were the games that a lot of people are really itching to get feedback on."

"But reading Pinside, while I'm at Pinball Expo, you couldn't experience a polar opposite of the vibes. Like at the show, everyone's getting along, everyone's having a great time, everyone is celebrating and playing Pinball and then you go on Pinside and there's so much negativity, there's so much moaning and groaning constantly."

"when we think about what were the new like major games at the show that everybody was excited to see, you know you had Alice, you had Avatar, you had X-Men and you had Metallica remastered, those were the games that really stole the spotlight, those were the games that had the longest lines and those were the games that a lot of people are really itching to get feedback on."

"when I got to the show and I walked in right ahead of me was Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, there was a line that formed right away. There was a consistent line to play Alice of about like 40 people all throughout the show at any hour of the day."

"I was nauseous, but it was worth it because being at Expo, it reminded me of once again why we all love this hobby and it is the people. And I can't underscore enough that walking through that show, visiting the operator, stern army party, going back to Expo after that, walking the show floor and seeing all these amazing people, sharing photos and drinks and stories about Pinball, finding out where everyone is from."

"I was literally on the bathroom floor in that big family-sized bathroom outside the entrance to Expo in the fetal position at 7, like, 50 in the morning. And I'm cringing. I, by mistake, I think I took like a pain medication on an empty stomach and I was dying. And I'm like, I'm never going to make it to the airport. I picked myself up. I was nauseous, but it was worth it because being at Expo, it reminded me of once again why we all love this hobby and it is the people."

"And I can't underscore enough that walking through that show, visiting the operator, stern army party, going back to Expo after that, walking the show floor and seeing all these amazing people, sharing photos and drinks and stories about Pinball, finding out where everyone is from. I loved every single moment."

"Dutch pinball is going to confirm back to the future at pinball expo. That is going to happen. They're going to need some help making those games though."

"Dutch pinball is going to confirm back to the future at pinball expo. That is going to happen."

"Wednesday's Stern's going to show Metallica. Now it's going to be part of their factory tour. I thought they were going to wait to have it only at the factory tour and unveil it then. But now this kind of makes sense."

"The other big thing happening, gang, is a lot of homebrew games are coming to Expo. I think we're going to see a lot of these indie homebrew games rock into Expo and really impress people."

"I really can't wait to see, as I watch Pinball Expo from afar, all these homebrew games. I think it's going to be the talk of the show, what's going on in the homebrew area."

"Now this show and I've been to it before it's in maybe the worst area of Chicago. It's in Shamburg, Illinois. And if you've ever been there before, you're not going to Chicago, right? The word Chicago should be nowhere near this show and its location."

"It's not nearly as big as TPF. So if you've been the TPF, do not expect that size of a show."

"I highly recommend whenever you're booking a show, the most amount of time you ever need at any pinball show is two days max, like two full days at the show. You could probably get away with just one full day."

"Tuesday is really where the show starts. I mean this, if you go Tuesday and Wednesday, you really are sort of like, just why did I come here so early? You can see it. Like when you go to the show on Friday, you can see which people arrived on Tuesday and which people just arrived."

"I think it's like 30 to 40 minutes outside of downtown Chicago. There's nothing really around it. When I went there last time, I would have loved to have brought the Kaneda club to Omokase. There's no Omokase anywhere near Shamburg, Illinois."

"You're going to see the entire show in just a couple hours and I mean that like not even like in one hour, you could easily laugh and walk the show and you'll see everything."

"You can see it. Like when you go to the show on Friday, you can see which people arrived on Tuesday and which people just arrived. Like when people come in Thursday, you're coming in fresh, you're coming in hot, you're coming in on the right day. I would even argue Friday, Saturday is the best."

"And that's the thing I like about expo kind of because it's so contained. These really go in anywhere. Like you'll go to the factory tours, but for the most part, everyone's there most of the time. And that's what I like about expo."

"I would even argue Friday, Saturday is the best. But when you look at people on a Thursday who came in on a Tuesday, they're already wiped out."

"I don't know how that's a highlight. The galloping ghost arcade is amazing, but it's always open to the public on Wednesday. Another just arcade open to the public. Not sure why that's a highlight."

"knowing, you know, they're gonna reveal back to the future at Expo. This company's got the win behind their backs, right?"

"And by the way, they are going to announce officially, so Don can actually give me credit for once, they're going to announce officially, Don, that Back to the Future is coming out at Pinball Expo. So you heard it here first, even though I've been telling you all the Alice information for like two weeks, he's like, oh, does anyone know what the price is?"

"But you got to remember the context of when Barry rocked into, I think it was Pinball Expo with that game, how he showed up the entire industry."

"So we're going to get Alice and then three units are going to pinball expo this year. So if you're going to expo, you're going to be able to play the game. I've never played the game."

"So three units are going to pinball expo this year. So if you're going to expo, you're going to be able to play the game. I've never played the game."

"But I think for the most part, it is not going to be a game that is going to dominate much conversation come pinball Expo and as we head into the end of the year."

"I think Expo will be the first show in which more people will jump on this game and give it some time and get some reviews."

"I don't think too much is gonna happen between now and Pinball Expo."

"because I don't think too much is gonna happen between now and Pinball Expo."

"Everybody in the Pinball world is getting ready for Pinball Expo. We're going to go around the Pinball Horn and talk about what's happening with each of these companies."

"I don't think you're really gonna have to order either one before Pinball Expo if you really want to get like a CE or an LE. If there's any game you have to order sooner than later, it would be the LE of X-Men because they're making it now."

"The time frame that they're looking at is by the time the game is revealed and it should be some time around Pinball Expo, by the time the game is revealed, the products will be on the line within a couple months."

"So you heard it here right now, May 30th. This company is not going to make it to Pinball Expo. They're just not going to make it."

"And they're gonna try to cobble something together to get to Pinball Expo in October. In October, people, let's count the months right now. It is June, July, August, September, October. Five months from now, this company's gonna stay afloat for five months while nobody buys Berio's BBQ Challenge."

"it is not gonna be shown at Pinball Expo in October, so that means they're probably not gonna have the game on the line on Back to the Future day in October"

"Nobody's going to care about freaking Ryan McQuaid's Cuphead at Pinball Expo because now we're hearing that back to the futures come into Expo. And so is John Borg's newly designed Metallica game."

"You should not be revealing this game at Pinball Expo to 2,000 people or however many people go through that show. You should be revealing that game at Comic Con in New York City to hundreds of thousands of people and that's going to get you way more exposure for your back to the future pinball machine."

"They have to rush to get it to Pinball Expo? That doesn't make any sense. How is this game not done?"

"And you're hearing it here first on Kaneda's Pinball podcast that they are not presenting back to the future at Expo in October."

"He's a nice guy. He runs a good pinball expo. But when it comes to making decisions to run a pinball company, he's made terrible decisions."

"He's a nice guy. He runs a good pinball expo."

"He couldn't even make it through a 30 minute seminar about Pinball. I make it through 90 minutes every Saturday with a captivating audience."

"And you can go listen to his talk at Pinball Expo. And you can decide for yourself. Do you want a guy like that? Being the ambassador for Pinball?"

"Now the other thing I was thinking about, I didn't talk about these guys on the last episode. Let's talk about American Pinball for a minute, because I keep seeing on Facebook like American Pinball continues to share photographs from Pinball Expo, which was what? Like three weeks ago, and they've got really nothing left to tell us about Galactic Tank Force."