I totally agree Marty. Just because a show was held once only in sydney by a few blokes doesnt mean it has to stay there or with them.
People who are in Melbourne in the pin industry, have a massive market in melbourne. It makes sense to sell in your own backyard. Why would a melbourne seller want to cart fifty boxes of parts, all his set up gear, as well as many pinball machines to another state. It dont make sense.
Thats why the Sydney guys who were local to Sydney, held it in sydney. They didnt take all their stuff to another state either.
The entry fee could be $25 or $35 all day long and people will pay, or even $55 for a family ticket. If the public was going in to see/play a hundred pinball machines and all the various sellers had really decent stalls, the expo would be a winner. Also, sellers like Mark could flog new Sterns til the cows come home, along with refurb pins n new parts etc, and the seller would make profit no problem. Any seller could attend. Maybe a good reason for all the melbourne guys to work together and look forward to the future. I reckon a Melbourne show with people like Mark and Bumper etc all involved, would be a terrific success.
If it is to happen, I reckon the largest pinball seller of machines and spare parts in Australia will have to get it going.
I reckon there would be fifty blokes on this site who would put their hand up in a second to help make it happen somehow and be part of the behind the scenes labour force.
