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<blockquote data-quote="Robert Hunt" data-source="post: 58703" data-attributes="member: 1600"><p>The main game room at Florida APE in Fort Lauderdale was reserved for Solid State machines dating from about 1985 to the present, and there were about fifty-five tables all flashing, blinking, and calling out at once. And the room was quite dark, so all of the illumination was being provided by the tables themselves. It was a sensory overload!</p><p></p><p>There were no less than nine tables from the current TPA lineup in the room: Taxi, EatPM, Dr. Dude, TM:BoP, CftBL, ST:TNG, TZ, AfM, ToTAN, and Monster Bash, and except for Taxi, which showed some wear, they were all in excellent playing shape (although Bride of Pinbot was turned off for the final two hours.) It was great to get off a few Picard Maneuvers, and beat back a few waves of Martians (Revenge from Mars was also there.) And speaking of Attack from Mars, the table was immaculate (the guy was asking ten grand.) It played great but the kickout was aimed at the left slingshot, which seemed odd, but it never seemed to trigger it, the ball would just carom down to the flipper every time.</p><p></p><p>I got to play Space Shuttle for the first time in about twenty years, and Sorcerer, and there must have been DOZENS of other tables in there that will also soon be part of TPA. There was White Water (two examples), Terminator 2 (&3), both of the High Speed tables (My vote? The Getaway), Comet & Cyclone, Bad Cats, Earthshaker, Mousin' Around, and Diner. And there was certainly no shortage of machines from either Data East or Stern. I got to play Tales from the Crypt, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Back to the Future, The Simpsons, and WWF Royal Rumble. And it would be faster to list the Stern titles that WEREN'T there, but it was fun to try out some of the latest ones such as Transformers and X-Men (but sadly I didn't get to try The Avengers because it had been reserved for tournament play.)</p><p></p><p>So I had a total blast at my first pinball expo, and it won't be my last. The collected machines there, taken together, would probably surpass any permanent collection in the US outside of the Pinball Hall of Fame, but even that collection is nowhere near so top-heavy in modern machines. The Florida APE was one for the books!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Robert Hunt, post: 58703, member: 1600"] The main game room at Florida APE in Fort Lauderdale was reserved for Solid State machines dating from about 1985 to the present, and there were about fifty-five tables all flashing, blinking, and calling out at once. And the room was quite dark, so all of the illumination was being provided by the tables themselves. It was a sensory overload! There were no less than nine tables from the current TPA lineup in the room: Taxi, EatPM, Dr. Dude, TM:BoP, CftBL, ST:TNG, TZ, AfM, ToTAN, and Monster Bash, and except for Taxi, which showed some wear, they were all in excellent playing shape (although Bride of Pinbot was turned off for the final two hours.) It was great to get off a few Picard Maneuvers, and beat back a few waves of Martians (Revenge from Mars was also there.) And speaking of Attack from Mars, the table was immaculate (the guy was asking ten grand.) It played great but the kickout was aimed at the left slingshot, which seemed odd, but it never seemed to trigger it, the ball would just carom down to the flipper every time. I got to play Space Shuttle for the first time in about twenty years, and Sorcerer, and there must have been DOZENS of other tables in there that will also soon be part of TPA. There was White Water (two examples), Terminator 2 (&3), both of the High Speed tables (My vote? The Getaway), Comet & Cyclone, Bad Cats, Earthshaker, Mousin' Around, and Diner. And there was certainly no shortage of machines from either Data East or Stern. I got to play Tales from the Crypt, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Back to the Future, The Simpsons, and WWF Royal Rumble. And it would be faster to list the Stern titles that WEREN'T there, but it was fun to try out some of the latest ones such as Transformers and X-Men (but sadly I didn't get to try The Avengers because it had been reserved for tournament play.) So I had a total blast at my first pinball expo, and it won't be my last. The collected machines there, taken together, would probably surpass any permanent collection in the US outside of the Pinball Hall of Fame, but even that collection is nowhere near so top-heavy in modern machines. The Florida APE was one for the books! [/QUOTE]
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