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The Great British Pinball Podcast Ep 30 Part 2 - Exclusive interview Rob Berk - Pinball Expo!

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Send us Fan Mail Neil has a last minute interview with Rob Berk ahead of Pinball Expo this week.

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Highlights

  • Pinball Expo has been running for 41 years, growing from 100 attendees at a small venue to 100,000+ square feet at current location
  • Joe Kaminkow spent a million dollars out of his own pocket to produce the Beatles pinball machine
  • This is the first time Homepin's Blues Brothers game will appear on American soil at an Expo
  • Marco is expanding their booth to 80x80 feet and introducing a 'Marco supermarket' scratch-and-dent sale for the first time
  • There are 40+ homebrew games coming to this year's Expo
  • Rob Berk offered to take 50 British visitors to dinner with an open tab if they attend
  • Pat Lawlor is returning to Expo after saying last year would be his last appearance due to age and mobility concerns
  • Europin is bringing containers of European-market pinball machines to Expo for sale, including rare American titles like Eclipse and Q*Bert's Quest

Notable quotes

“For me, the expo is about the people, guys like yourself that bring the community together. And it just shows you that pinball is so universal and worldwide and the love of it.”
Rob Berk
“the pinball community never ceases to amaze me and also um almost kind of sometimes bring me a tear... when you've seen it all come together, you've seen the community come together. Everyone's had a great time.”
DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae
“Joe Kaminkow single-handedly made everyone's dream come true when he produced that Beatles pinball machine... he spent a million dollars out of his own pocket to make that game happen.”
Rob Berk
“Neil, one more, Neil. Neil, two more. Go for it. Go for it. Go for it.”
Rob Berk
“Pat Lawlor's seminars since day one have always been the most popular and the room will be packed... These guys aren't getting any younger.”
Rob Berk
“There's only one place maybe one or two places where if you go you're guaranteed an amazing week and Expo is definitely one of those places.”
DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae

Entities

  • Bittronic· company
  • Cithara· company
  • Homepin· company
  • Marco· company
  • Pinball Expo· event
  • UK Open· event
  • Pinball Republic· organization
  • Adam West· person
  • Cliff Schoen· person
  • Dave Christensen· person
  • DOMINO Pinball: Neil McRae· person
  • Europin· person
  • Gary Stern· person
  • Greg Freres· person
  • Jeff Moorhead· person
  • Joe Kaminkow· person
  • Larry DeMar· person
  • Mike Tomlinson· person
  • Pat Lawlor· person
  • Rick· person
  • Rob Berk· person
  • Ryan Tanner· person
  • Steve Ritchie· person
  • Tommy Walker· person
  • Zol· person
  • Pastimes Arcade· venue

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