Pinball Expo

"So being at Pinball Expo this past Thursday and Friday was one of the greatest 48 hours I've had in Pinball"

"here is the thing with Pinball Expo, and this always happens, and this happened to me and it happened to a lot of the people who went there, if you are going to the show, the first few days are kind of like a wash out"

"if you are going to the show, the first few days are kind of like a wash out, and what I mean by a wash out, not that it's raining on the show itself, but you're waiting around all day long for something to open for there to be something to do"

"Kaneda was at Pinball Expo 2021, and I must say, I don't think I've felt this good about this hobby and this community in a very, very long time. And I am so positive and pumped about Pinball and being a part of this community"

"I was feeling sort of bummed out about Pinball. I was getting fatigued, I was getting irritated by a lot of things, the price inflations, people going after me with fake pages on Facebook, all of this stuff was starting to weigh me down, and then I went to Chicago"

"I barely played Pinball at Pinball Expo, because the people are the valuable thing, the people are the interesting thing, and why would I waste my time, I mean this, it's almost like why would I waste my time playing a Pinball machine for 10 minutes or 20 minutes when I can talk to these people for 20 minutes"

"I'm going to pinball expo I want to just have a good time and hang out with you guys Let's just have a drama free few days in Chicago"

"Because a virtual tour you could just go on YouTube and see a virtual tour of stern Stern could record it right now and just upload it There's no reason to fly to Chicago And be there Thursday if you're not going to physically tour stern"

"And so I feel bad for some dudes here Their flights are booked and their rooms are booked And now they might not want to come in Thursday But it is what it is And obviously they're doing this for COVID safety reasons So don't beat them up too much They didn't want it to be this way"

"If you would like a refund you should email them at info at pinballexpo.com And ask for a partial refund I don't think you're going to get all of your money refunded But some of that $60 was going towards your tour of stern pinball"

"On an unfortunate note if you're going to pinball expo The stern tour is no longer going to be in person It is now going to be a virtual tour featuring George and Gary So you'll be at expo and they are going to go live to stern virtually"

"Now for many of you out there who are going to expo who bought these passes These were $60 passes A lot of you scheduled your trip to arrive on Thursday for that tour And this is a bummer like nobody wants to do that"

"And obviously they're doing this for COVID safety reasons So don't beat them up too much They didn't want it to be this way But stern needs to be safe and they need to protect their employees"

"I'm gonna be at pinball expo I'm gonna be signing no autographs okay no autographs this year I can't do it can't do it it's worth too much"

"I can't wait for all you guys to be rocking your Viva Laraza's at Expo it's gonna be so much fun"

"I want to travel down to pinball expo I don't want to tie up tens of thousands of dollars in a pinball machine this birthday weekend showed me to like Brenda rented out the restaurant then we all went to jack bar I would rather spend a few thousand dollars on a moment I'll never forget on a moment that won't happen ever again then just always chase these new machines"

"I think Jersey Jack pinball at pinball expo. They're doing a seminar at 9 p.m. I think it is or 8 p.m. I think it's 9 p.m. They're doing a panel discussion on Friday night at expo. I think during that JJP discussion, they are going to announce the next title is Toy Story."

"I hope to see some of you down at Pinball Expo at the end of October. I hope you guys check out the Saturday morning spectacularly."

"And pretty soon, the goal is that you will be able to show your support for Kaneda's Pinball Podcast podcast at Pinball Expo. So look for that merchandise to go up very soon."

"But if you're American pinball, what are you waiting for? Are you going to just pull the curtain off the game at pinball expo? Is that the right way to do it? But shouldn't you be building some excitement for your next game before then?"

"We got pinball Expo in October. I hope to be there. I hope by the time Expo comes around. That if you're a fan of the show, you're able to order your Kaneda merchandise and we can all rock around that show wearing Kaneda's Pinball Podcast merchandise."

"I'm going to talk about Mirco wanting to talk at Pinball expo is everything okay in the water over there in Germany. He wants to fly over here and talk to us at Pinball expo about his playfields."

"All of these games are coming out between now and Pinball expo. So a two month period of time, we're going to see all of these games trying to make their way in the marketplace."

"They are going to reveal this game in the next 4-6 weeks. They are going to have it at pinball expo and distributors are already taking orders on it."

"If you're not vaccinated, wear a mask. That is the fastest way we will get back to the pinball shows we love and doing the things we love."

"That is the fastest way we will get back to the pinball shows we love and doing the things we love. Now I know people are going to Guns N' Roses concerts again and people are crowding into stadiums. But I'm telling you it's not over people."

"There is a lot that is coming out in the pinball world if and it is a big if if COVID doesn't shut more stuff down. And if you think it's over and you think we're done and you think it's a guarantee that pinball expo is going to go on."

"And then we're going to talk about what's really on everyone's mind. And that is what is coming up around the corner in the pinball world because as all of you know, this is going to be a very busy August September October as we head towards pinball expo."

"but I again like as I said I want to arm you guys with some Kaneda gear before pinball expo and mark my words it will happen okay"

"We need to walk around that show and the Kaneda army and Kaneda Club and everyone who loves Kaneda's Pinball Podcast. You know who you are. I want us to be at that show and just make a statement that Kaneda's Pinball Podcast has been the number one pinball podcast for so many years."

"I want to take selfies and I want to buy everyone who's rocking this gear, a beer and have a good time and just enjoy pinball in real life, which is what we've all been waiting for."

"For those of you out there, I want to get as many people as possible rocking Kaneda's Pinball Podcast gear at pinball expo this year. It is going to be amazing."

"Because I do think they're going to want to go to Expo with food truck. They have to. Like or it was all for nothing."

"I think deeproot's new goal is to get people their games by pinball Expo. And I know that sounds like so far away but it's really not. So that's my prediction is that these Raza's will actually make their way into people's homes by pinball Expo."

"Anyway, I reached out to Rob Burke over at Chicago pinball Expo. He has not gotten back to me. And the reason why I reached out to him is I want to do a Kaneda's party at Expo. But I have not heard back."

"And it'll be much better than Stern's birthday party. If you remember, when Stern invited us to their 30th birthday party and they made us all buy our own drinks, that was the seminal moment in pinball to me."

"But I would like to do a party at Expo. And I have a very special pinball tournament that I am going to do during that party that I would love to reveal to all of you. But I just want to get some space there. And I'm willing to pay for it. And I'm willing to give some drinks and some food. And it'll be much better than Stern's birthday party."

"I'm not sure if he's talking to me because I know we reported that Rob might be investing in AP. I'm not sure if that's true."

"But that's the plan I'm hearing a Joe ball serve game in October to coincide with pinball expo"

"Why would they go back to a Joe ball serve game? But that's the plan I'm hearing a Joe ball serve game in October to coincide with pinball expo And if you ask like what could that game be is it one of those like poker run or Sherlock Holmes or Valkyrie remember those titles they were throwing out there"

"And if you ask like what could that game be is it one of those like poker run or Sherlock Holmes or Valkyrie remember those titles they were throwing out there I don't know but that is what I'm hearing that Joe ball serves game that was in development will go on the line"

"And then a third game which is most likely Dennis Nordman's game Which is the new sort of regime over at AP they are planning to reveal in December now all this seems like Wishful thinking a company that can't get a new game out is gonna get three out in the latter half of 2021, but that's the rumor I'm hearing so we'll see what happens over at American pinball"

"We just saw at the virtual pinball expo Mirco, he did a little bit of a demo of his new playfield quality after he's holding up a baby. I mean that's a great political move by Mirco to hold up his little baby and then talk about his playfields as if they'll never be mad at me again because I'm a father."

"No, but what he did do is he overtorked a post up to the point where the post itself actually shattered and the playfield seemed like it was completely fine."

"this is reaching so many more new to pinball people than any twitch stream would ever reach than any pinball show would ever reach"

"every single pinball company that is launched a game without a show has learned this year that you don't have to lose a single sale if you just use the internet and use your content in the right way you will drum up way more excitement a much bigger audience and you can still create a sales frenzy without even going to a show"

"you don't have the time to do your game around TPF because TPF doesn't have nearly the reach as the internet nor does pinball expo"

"The only other date that I think we're all looking at is the middle of this month. The virtual pinball expo, will they show up with something, will they change our minds, can they get something completely working in the next couple of weeks?"

"So he came to pinball expo when people were expecting to see games and he had empty cabinets. It was really funny, right? He puts up the translite to Raza and he immediately takes it down because he sees people taking pictures."

"You know some pinball stories take two hours to tell like the Dutch pinball expose we just did"