Well, firstly thanks guys for the kind thoughts re my daughter, she is doing well - 3yr old trolley surfer ?????

I went for the comp / forum's night - alot of fun and nice to put some faces to names - had a chat with Mike (Homepin) he is a character spruking away with his portable speaker system   with a silent auction of donated items.

Lots of great machines, and a few rare ones I am sure as well, heard that mister Hankin himself visited and signed a Howzat and Star Wars machines, had a good chat with Norbet from AMD as well as Luke and have to say a really good vibe overall with no forum verse forum feeling, just lots of friendly pinball people and their families. The guys that advertised their services even standing next to their machines said that they got alot of interest and potential work with little flyers stuck on the back glass so ideas for guys come the next event.

Approx 300 tickets sold during today's session and some of those were families so estimates were 400 people, with every game having a person on it as well as 2 deep behind waiting for a go. A couple of the guys including Norbet said that the crowd was different compared to meets, lots of families including kids with the jaws dragging on the ground - which was one of the goals with this show, and it was believed people that heard via the radio and advertising along the road etc.

It's even said that the owner of the Hotel is going to buy a few machines so looking positive for number 2 show next year.

I will post some photos soon and I did a dodgy walk around video - which I was walking a bit fast past machines - sorry.