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Episode 406: Rob Berk – Pinball Expo 40th anniversary

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It will be the biggest Pinball Expo in history, Oct. 15-19 in Schaumburg, IL. Rob Berk shares some of the details and of his years of collecting.

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Highlights

  • Pastimes Arcade has over 600 games set for free play at $20, with approximately 150 arcade games and a staff of 5-6 technicians working Monday-Wednesday to maintain machines
  • Pinball Expo 40th anniversary will tour four factories in one year, the first time this has happened
  • Pat Lawlor will be attending Pinball Expo as a speaker, and this will be his last year doing so
  • Expo's main hotel sold out within the first three months of posting availability
  • Pastimes will feature approximately 80 games from Spain and Italy with unique titles and layouts not commonly found in America
  • The 40th anniversary Expo vendor hall is expanding from 66,000 to 100,000 square feet
  • Expo has more foreign attendees than ever before, with international visitors from Australia, England, Austria, Italy, Japan, Germany, Spain, and Brazil
  • A special homebrew game will be debuted at Expo by Bob Neis from Florida

Notable quotes

“I always knew I had a lot of games it was a dream of mine to find a place that put those games so several years ago uh i drove by this grocery store that had been empty for many years 30 000 square feet and thought to myself what if”
Rob Burke
“if I had a choice of going to Pastimes for the Pinball Hall of Fame, it's no brains. I'm going to a place where they take care of the games, where they give you the variety, where they care about the players and want to have people have fun.”
Jeff Teolis
“this year we're touring four factories. All four factories in one year. I've lost my mind.”
Rob Burke
“this is the last year Pat Lawlor will be at Expo as a speaker. so if you want to see the living legend this is the year you've got to come to see him”
Rob Burke
“a lot of these guys aren't getting any younger, number one. And number two, as long as they're still around and able to communicate, you really should make the effort to see them”
Rob Burke
“there's so much positive momentum going with this show, I hate to bow out because anyone out there that realizes, whether it be Expo or whatever, it's a labor of love for the promoters.”
Rob Burke
“the last two years, there's a magic in the air, like a love in the air or something. I don't know what it is. But everyone's happy and smiling and just so into everything.”
Jeff Teolis

Entities

  • Pinball Expo· event
  • Yagpin· event
  • Brazil pinball community· organization
  • Girard, Ohio· organization
  • Pastimes Arcade· organization
  • Bob Neis· person
  • Derek Thompson· person
  • Jeff Teolis· person
  • Larry DeMar· person
  • Pat Lawlor· person
  • Rob Burke· person
  • Roger Sharpe· person

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