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Aussie Pinball Forums => General Discussion => Meets & Gatherings => Topic started by: Creech on January 27, 2009, 01:48:46 PM
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A message from the expo organiser, Rian Gledson:
Hi All
As you have probably seen I am attempting to put on the first pinball expo in Australia. I am hosting this event to ensure that pinball stays alive in Australia and hopefully to convert others to the hobby, while providing all of you with the chance to get together and share the love of pinball. This event will be a great opportunity for everyone who is as passionate about pinball as I am, to get together, play and talk pinball.
While I am well aware that there is some conflict within the industry, I have no bias towards anyone. Thus, this post will be put on both forums.
My aim for the event is simply to get as many people to this great event as possible to enjoy pinball. I believe that this event will enable businesses to promote their products and services. As well as encouraging new hobbyists, through exposure to the machines and for those in the industry and private collectors, such as yourselves, who share my passion.
I have sought assistance from those within the industry and have contacted Michael Shalhoub and Jason Douglas as they have been in the industry for years.
In addition to the day events and pinball competition I am putting on a meet and greet on Saturday night, with light supper, for a limited number of people who register (at this stage I believe we can cater for approx 300, however, exact details and information will be posted on my website, www.pinballexpo.com.au as they become available).
As the organisation of this event is turning out to be more complex and time consuming than I anticipated (much to my wife’s disgust) it is highly unlikely that I will have a chance to follow what is happening on and communicate with you all via the forums. So I ask everyone who is interested to keep an eye on the website for details as they become available.
I sincerely wish to spread the joy and pleasure of pinball and hope that you all can share my dream and experience the expo for yourselves. With any luck this will become an annual event where the passion can live on and be shared.
Thanks for your interest and support.
“Lets Keep the Dream Alive”!!!!
Cheers Rian
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very nice photos
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Very Nice Photos there mate lets hope there will be more expos to come as i wont be missing the next one
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Great photos. Thanks for posting. ^^^
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Great pics - luv the clarity of the image and I think You've the vibe. Thanks.
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Great perspective. Such a good eye. Your quite the photographer. ^^^
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Great pictures!
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I really wish I had my full camera kit with me - and left the kids at home, but then I promised my wife a kid free day :lol
There were so many interesting characters there on the day, could have made some great portraits! A photographer's dream :)
Thanks for the nice compliments peeps ^^^
Evro :)
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capturing some real feeling of 'being there' -brilliant pictures
that old guy is a f*cking EM wizard. he used to do the bumper action EM's when there techs were "stuffed if i know" and would clean up in a day !
he came up to CI early before it opened and seemed impressed from what i could gather. :D
regards
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Great perspective Pics Evro. ^^^
Well done
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Heh, I don't remember that one of me.
Nice pics, though.
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From what I hear the whole thing was mostly positive from the hobby point of view and I applaud Rian for his efforts.
I am glad that many people had positive experiences and came away wanting more events like this. It only helps to further the interest in pinballs and to attract new people to the hobby.
thanks to everyone who has supplied reports and pictures of the event as i was unable to attend and it is good to get all the different perspectives of it.
Lets hope there are many more events that people can attend, have fun. meet like minded people and play "new" and "old" pinballs that they may never had a chance to play except at events like this.
Lets see what the next big event will be like.
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Great photos, wish I could have been there !!!
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Great Photos, thanks for sharing.
The Fire Power was a little beaten up but went for a good price.
I was chatting to the couple standing next to me who bought it during the auction.
Iam sure they are going to enjoy it, I hope they sort out those non matching stand up targets.
Cliff Tucker - Bronco Gimp
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if I get a chance, I might have to stop by to this, haven't been to a meet yet, so this would be a good ice breaker for me :)
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awsome pics
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awsome pics
Check out the old thread here - http://aussiepinball.com/index.php?topic=637.0
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will there be aother expo?
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will there be aother expo?
I doubt it
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will there be aother expo?
We have not actually had an "Expo" in the usual meaning of the word - we had a container auction weekend that was called an Expo. I doubt we'll ever see an Expo here unless someone with both the industry connection and a true passion for the game (rather than just the cash) puts it together. Not going to happen.
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will there be aother expo?
Too many factions all pushing different barrows and beating different drums - but, you never know #@#
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It could actually be done by a group of enthusiasts with enough passion for the game, with a bit of work.
The trouble is that there is some financial risk attached to organising such an event because the venue hire is not insignificant. But people bring containers into the country so there are plenty of people who could underwrite the event.
In Melbourne, you would start small in a venue similar in size to the computer markets. Allow commercials a 3x2m booth (say 5 or 6 of these) and get AP members to bring along 80 or so machines. Run from 9am - 5pm Sunday and Saturday, with setup on Friday night. Make sure you have a couple of good techs on deck to fix broken machines. Charge $20 entry, charge commercials $200, and I reckon if you got 600 people through the door you would cover costs, maybe not even that many. Have a laptop there with internet so that new people can sign up for AP on the spot.
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It could actually be done by a group of enthusiasts with enough passion for the game, with a bit of work.
The trouble is that there is some financial risk attached to organising such an event because the venue hire is not insignificant. But people bring containers into the country so there are plenty of people who could underwrite the event.
In Melbourne, you would start small in a venue similar in size to the computer markets. Allow commercials a 3x2m booth (say 5 or 6 of these) and get AP members to bring along 80 or so machines. Run from 9am - 5pm Sunday and Saturday, with setup on Friday night. Make sure you have a couple of good techs on deck to fix broken machines. Charge $20 entry, charge commercials $200, and I reckon if you got 600 people through the door you would cover costs, maybe not even that many. Have a laptop there with internet so that new people can sign up for AP on the spot.
Something along these lines is probably the ONLY way it would work IMO. Stop the petty rivalry and you are halfway home.
There are other 'significant' costs as well as the venue of course, such as public liability insurance, advertising and probably a host of other things such as ticket printing etc