PINBALL EXPO '94 (PART 2)

PINBALL EXPO '94

(PART 2)

by Russ Jensen

THE AUCTION

As they have had at the past several Expos, there again was

a coin machine auction on Saturday. While the majority of the

items auctioned were pingames, there were also other machines such

as jukeboxes and video games.

In addition, there were also a few pinball backglasses offered

for sale, mostly from more modern solid-state pins. The glasses

sold included: Bally's FUTURE SPA (1979) which went for $25;

Bally's SIX MILLION DOLLAR MAN (1977), $50; Data East's PHANTOM OF

THE OPERA (1990), $100; Bally's EVEL KNIEVEL (1976), $75; and

Williams' HOT LINE (1966), selling for $60.

After the glasses were auctioned off the interest turned to

games. There were row after row of pingames with virtually no

walking room in between the rows, making pre-inspection very

difficult. Although I did not bid on anything for myself, I did

get to briefly participate in the "auction action".

It seems that my good friend Neil Jamison from Wichita Kansas,

who was a bidder in the auction, had to leave for about a half hour

to attend to some business in the Exhibit Hall. Neil asked me if

I would use his "paddle" and bid on a few items for him if he

didn't return before they came up for bid.

Neil then told me which games he wanted to bid on and the

maximum dollar amount to bid on each one. Well, as luck would have

it, the games did come up before he got back and I had the rare

treat of bidding in an auction using someone else's money.

The first of these games (a United "bingo") was bid up past

Neil's maximum. The last two, however, I was successful in buying

for Neil as they went within his preset limits. They were Bally's

COUNTY FAIR bingo from 1959, and a rare United "World War II

conversion" called BRAZIL, converted by United in 1943.

The BRAZIL, by the way, Neil was purchasing on behalf of my

good friend and ace pingame collector Richard Conger of Sebastopol

California. This made it especially exciting for me helping

Richard obtain another "conversion" for his collection. I really

did enjoy the thrill of auction bidding, especially when it didn't

cost me a dime!

The following is a chronological listing of just a small

sample of the pingames sold at this auction:

. . . . . . PARTIAL LIST OF PINGAMES AT THE AUCTION

NAME MANUFACTURER YEAR SELL PRICE

HI-BOY MILLS 1938 1850

BRAZIL UNITED 1943 110

SURF QUEENS BALLY 1946 475

SHOO SHOO WILLIAMS 1951 160

COUNTY FAIR (BINGO) BALLY 1959 110

MISS ANNABELLE GOTTLIEB 1959 475

FUN TIME (BINGO) BALLY ? 195? 45

SINGLE COIN (BINGO) BALLY ? 195? 55

LANCERS GOTTLIEB 1961 135

EGG HEAD GOTTLIEB 1962 425

WORLD FAIR (BAD GLASS) GOTTLIEB 1964 350

ALPINE CLUB WILLIAMS 1965 90

APOLLO WILLIAMS 1967 145

SET UP (AAB) WILLIAMS 1969 60

TRAIL DRIVE BALLY 1970 285

ROLLER COASTER GOTTLIEB 1971 195`

NIP-IT BALLY 1972 525

OUTER SPACE GOTTLIEB 1972 120

WILD LIFE GOTTLIEB 1972 115

CHAMP BALLY 1973 130, 180

HEE HAW CHICAGO COIN 1973 95

BIG INDIAN GOTTLIEB 1974 230

FLIP FLOP BALLY 1974 265

SKY JUMP GOTTLIEB 1974 150

TRIPLE AUCTION WILLIAMS 1974 140

BIG BEN WILLIAMS 1975 125, 135

OLD CHICAGO BALLY 1975 575

OUT OF SIGHT GOTTLIEB 1975 150

SPIN OUT GOTTLIEB 1975 140

SUPER SOCCER (BAD GLASS) GOTTLIEB 1975 55

TRIPLE STRIKE WILLIAMS 1975 80, 105

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC BALLY 1976 395

GRAND PRIX WILLIAMS 1976 200

NIGHT RIDER BALLY 1976 210

PLAYBOY BALLY 1976 575

SPACE MISSION WILLIAMS 1976 140, 185

SPACE ODYSSEY WILLIAMS 1976 90

VOLLEY GOTTLIEB 1976 125

LIBERTY BELL WILLIAMS 1977 135

AUTOGRAPH SESSION

Another Expo "tradition", which has occurred for the past

several years, was the designers, artists, and authors autograph

session. This year, as in the past, I was invited to participate.

I sure felt proud to be in the midst of such great pinball

personalities. I got to sit next to my "Expo friend" for the past

several years, pinball artist from the 1960's Jerry Kelley, a real

fine and interesting fellow indeed!

After the session ended, we were all presented with a gift

from show producer Rob Berk. This year it was a necktie with a

pinball related design. I hadn't worn a tie for many years, but I

decided to wear it during the Saturday evening banquet, which I

did.

THE BANQUET

Saturday night, as always, was the night of the Expo banquet.

The banquet program began this year with Canadian pin fan Aaron

Benadit doing a "name that voice" contest. He would give "quotes"

from various pingame "speech tracks", also imitating the sound of

the game's voice. The audience was asked to identify the games.

After that, Aaron presented a tribute to Expo producer Rob

Berk. This was followed by an "Expo trivia" contest, in which Rob

asked people from the audience to answer various questions about

past Expos.

The first question asked was who was the first Expo exhibitor

to sell out his entire booth? Rob finally had to give the answer

as being Merit Industries who sold pinball backglasses for a low

price ($10 each, I believe) at the first Expo in 1985.

Another question which no one could answer was which attendee

was once found with McDonald's french fries in his toolbox; Rob

telling us it was Tim Arnold. Rob then asked and answered the

question who was the first Flip-Out tournament winner - the answer

being Steve Engle.

Someone from the audience was then able to answer how many

Expos were held at Holiday Inn, the correct answer being three.

Rob next asked what year was Steve Kordek presented with TRIPLE

ACTION, Genco's first flipper game, a game he himself had designed?

Someone correctly answered that it was in 1991.

When Rob asked which Expo speaker gave the most "X-rated"

talks, the easy answer of Harvey Heiss was given by the audience.

It was next asked what year Wayne Neyens was toasted? When someone

from the audience answered "every year", Rob had to agree.

Rob next asked the name of Steve Kordek's daughter who once

spoke at a banquet and what year that was? When no one could

answer he said it was Donna and in 1986. When he next asked who

the most animated Flip-Out player was, many answered that it was

Rick Stetta.

The next question was who had accumulated the most "air miles"

coming to Expo's? The audience quickly figured out it was Gary

Flower from England. When next asked who the first Expo banquet

speaker was, and how long he talked, the name of Alvin Gottlieb was

easily answered. As to the length of his speech, Rob had to tell

us that it was two hours and fifteen minutes.

When we were next asked the identity of the Expo attendee who

got a job in the pingame industry, the audience responded "Jon

Norris", giving him a cheer. When asked who designed Williams'

BARACORA, the audience finally responded that it was Steve Epstein

and Roger Sharpe.

After Rob asked which banquet speaker was interrupted the most

times and finally answered himself that it was Gary Stern. Rob

concluded by asking who once gave a banquet talk on Atari

prototypes? The audience answered that it was Dan Kramer. That

ended the "pop quiz".

Following the trivia quiz, Former Expo seminar presenter, Todd

Tuckey from TNT Amusements of South Hampton, Pennsylvania,

conducted another short audience participation quiz. He showed

slides of the cabinet artwork from several solid-state pingames,

asking the audience to identify the games.

After Todd's quiz one of the featured events of the banquet

occurred - the Charity Auction. The proceeds from the auction were

to go to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. All of the items auctioned

off, by the way, were donated by Expo Exhibit Hall Exhibitors and

pingame manufacturers.

We were told that the auction would consist of 25 items plus

a new TALES FROM THE CRYPT pingame autographed by the factory

designers, artists, etc. The auctioneer was the same one who

presided at the pingame auction earlier in the day.

Examples of the items auctioned, and the prices they went for,

are as follows:

FIREBALL backglass $180

Expo T-shirts $20

Expo shirt and jacket $75

Expo sweat shirt $30

GORGAR T-shirt $75

ELVIRA poster and photo $50

TOMMY calculator $55

FIREBALL calculator $35

NAGS bumper cap set $35

Packet of 29 pinball flyers $35

Expo Seminar audio tapes $60

Pinball book (LURE OF THE SILVER BALL) $30

FIREBALL pillow $30

LASER WAR custom jacket $175

Dave Christensen art glass $200

Tool Kit $45

CROSSTOWN reproduction backglass $150

A couple more items which went for considerably higher prices

were:

A day at the Sega pinball factory with Joe Kaminkow and lunch

with company President Gary Stern - $170

A set of 5 I.C. chips from the Data East TOMMY pingame, one of

which was signed by Pete Townsend of "The Who" - $375

A rare EARTH SHAKER backglass - $495

The premier auction item was the brand new Data East TALES

FROM THE CRYPT pingame which was autographed by "everybody at the

factory". After vigorous bidding it was finally sold to Expo

Exhibit Hall Chairman Mike Pacak for a whopping $3,300. All in all

the auction made over $5,000 for it's worthy cause.

At the conclusion of the auction Data East (now Sega) chief

designer Joe Kaminkow was introduced by Rob Berk to give the

banquet speech. This resulted in a good round of applause.

Joe's talk was to include a video tape with side narrations by

Joe as well as other comments. Joe began by quipping that he had

been offered $2,000 not to speak. He then told us jokingly that he

was ready to go for the 2 hour 15 minute speech record previously

mentioned.

After remarking that he was going to try to make his

presentation short, sweet, and interesting, Joe told us that he was

excited to do this. He then remarked that their special MICHAEL

JORDAN pinball sold for $20,000 a copy. Joe then told us that he

was going to show a video giving some of their company's history -

especially showing some of the custom games they had produced.

He next commented that the past year had brought about some

"interesting transitions" at Data East, terminating with the recent

take-over by Sega. Joe next told us there was a couple of things

he wanted to mention.

The first Expo in 1985, he then commented, was attended by

himself along with Ed Cebula when they were both working for the

now defunct pinball company Game Plan. By the time the second Expo

was held, he told us, they both had gone to work for Gary Stern at

the newly formed Data East Pinball, naming some of the games they

had both designed.

Joe then mentioned the fact that Ed had recently both retired

and gotten married. This drew a round of applause from the

audience.

At that point Joe told us that there was much "royalty" in the

pinball business, mentioning the Gottlieb family, Harry Williams,

and the Stern family as examples. Gary Stern, he then remarked,

has "the bluest blood of any", then briefly outlining his father

Sam Stern's history. Gary was then applauded.

On a more personal note, Joe briefly told of his own history

with pinball. He said that his father was a game distributor in

Boston and that he himself became an "enthusiast" early in life.

Joe then told of playing pins during college, specifically

remembering Bally's 1980 game FATHOM as one of his favorite games

at the time.

Joe next told us that when he was first married the backglass

art of Bally's LOST WORLD was hanging on their living room wall.

He next told us that Williams designer Larry DeMar was a Godfather

to his children. He then remarked that pinball has been good to

him, both psychologically, and bringing good memories.

At that point Joe began telling of his Expo remembrances. He

first said he remembered the JOEY BUTTAFUOCO game that was designed

during a past Expo "design your own pinball" session. He next told

of remembering his boss Gary Stern's banquet speech at a past show.

After saying that he remembered hosting several plant tours at

past Expos and serving their famous cup cakes, he then told of

another "design you own pinball" game (PINBALL OLYMPICS) at another

past Expo

Joe then told of him remembering showing then new designer Jon

Norris how to make a "whitewood" game prototype. He then

reminisced about the special game, BABY IN THE HOLE, they

constructed from the prototype produced by old-time Genco designer

Harvey Heiss. He quipped that he thought Harvey would have a heart

attack when first shown the game.

Joe next told of Tim Arnold once blowing a circuit breaker in

the Exhibit Hall when using a toaster to make toast for visitors to

his Expo booth one year. His final remembrance was of Dan Kramer's

marathon banquet speech in 1989 on the history of D. Gottlieb and

Co.

He then remarked that if Dan Kramer's speech had not been

prematurely terminated because of the lateness of the hour, he

might have captured the record held by Alvin Gottlieb for the

longest banquet talk. ( I remember that event very well as that was

the year my wife attended the Expo with me.)

Joe next told us that he really enjoyed seeing his kids

playing both the old and new pingames at the Expo. He then told

about his 6-year-old, Katie, thinking that the mechanical monkey in

Gottlieb's 1966 pin CENTRAL PARK was the greatest thing she had

ever seen. Joe then commented that what those in the industry were

doing today is making games for generation after generation to

enjoy.

The comment was then made by Joe that there are lots of people

in the room who are involved in the making of pingames. These

people, he continued, are not only the designers, but others who

are involved in creating and marketing the final product, adding

that it's no longer "a one man sport".

At that point Joe asked all those involved with producing and

selling pingames to stand up, jokingly adding - "even the Williams

people". He then said that he would bet that some of those

standing were not involved in that way at the time of the first

Expo in 1985, mentioning such people as Pat Lawlor, Jon Norris, and

himself. He then remarked that the industry always brings in "new

blood".

Joe next told us that some game designers refer to the factory

as "game jail" because sometimes it feels like they "live there"

while coming up with a new game. But, he continued, the people in

his industry really enjoy making games and then coming to Expos to

see others enjoying the fruits of their labors. He then remarked

that those people are always trying to come up with new and

exciting game features.

We were then told of a fellow named Lewis Boseberg who had

recently passed away. Joe commented that probably many of us did

not know of him but that he was a writer on games for trade

publications such as PLAYMETER and REPLAY.

At that point Joe quoted from one of Lewis's past articles in

which he made the following comments:

"Many years ago Gottlieb used the slogan 'As American as

Baseball and Hot Dogs' on it's pinballs. Today when you

think of things that are '100 percent American' (such as

Mom's apple pie, and Yankee Doodle Dandy) you should

include 'the American flipper'. Just as Detroit is the

'Motor City', Chicago means 'pinball'".

Joe then told us that his company's new FRANKENSTEIN pingame will

be dedicated to the late Lewis Boseberg.

Joe next told us that he wanted to shift to "the crazy part of

pins". He then remarked that their company had done a lot of crazy

things since they started in business.

We were then told that they had put together a video which he

was going to show which he said contained some things we had never

seen before. Joe then said that after the tape was over he would

tell of how some "Hollywood people" are involved with pins,

commenting that some people who once played pinball now run movie

studios.

Well, when they tried to play the tape there was some sort of

problem which had to be corrected. While that was being done Joe

began his "Hollywood comments".

After telling us that both Dustin Hoffman and Robin Williams

owned pins, we were told that the cast of the musical "Tommy" has

Data East's TOMMY pin, and that the music played by that game was

actually recorded by them. Joe next told us that Hugh Hefner has

many pingames including the two different PLAYBOY pins which have

been produced.

Joe next "dropped" some more names of pin owners including:

Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Whoopie Goldberg, Joe Peshi, William

Shatner, and Leonard Nimoy. He then told us that Jack Nicholson

has two of their BATMAN pins (one for his main house and another

for his beach house).

We were next told that Stephen Speilberg went out and bought

a JURASSIC PARK game before he received one from their factory

because he just couldn't wait. After mentioning the fact that

Arnold Schwarzenegger owned two pins, Joe named Harrison Ford and

Mark Hammel as also being pin owners.

As for sports figures, Joe told us that Frank Gifford and

Michael Jordan were both also pin owners. He next said that the

"Crypt Keeper", of course, had their new TALES FROM THE CRYPT

game.

Joe next told us that "Slash" of the rock group "Guns 'N

Roses" loves pinball and that he called their plant asking for some

"pinball terminology" to use during the making of the group's next

record album. We were then told that the title song from that

album, "Viva Ball", was about pinball. Finally, Joe mentioned that

Jodie Foster and James Garner also owned pingames.

At that point the video was finally ready to be played. The

first sequence on the tape was concerned with their PLAYBOY pin.

On this Hugh Hefner himself made the remark, in jest, of course,

"now we know what we're going to do on our honeymoon".

The second sequence was shot during the filming for the

photographic backglass for Data East's 1988 pin SECRET SERVICE. It

was taken at 2 AM in Wisconsin's state capitol of Madison. Joe

told us that the Capitol Building lights had been turned off and

someone had to wake the Governor to ask if they could be turned on

for a pinball machine photo session.

Next we saw the "Old Crypt Keeper" himself touting their TALES

FROM THE CRYPT pin. His repartee included the ghoulish remark that

"this is the story of game players who don't 'slay by the rules'".

This was followed by a clip concerning their special edition

MICHAEL JORDAN pin of which it was said there were only 250 in the

world!

The next sequence concerned Data East's "one of a kind" game

OPERATION DESERT STORM which featured "Scud" missiles and Saddam

Huesain drop targets to shoot at. Next we saw some promotional

material for the TOMMY pin which featured the well-known "Pinball

Wizard" song.

The following two sequences were promotions for Data East's

action pins LAST ACTION HERO (1993) and STAR WARS (1992). This was

followed by a bit on JURASSIC PARK (1993). The latter included a

comedy skit by two people, apparently imitating George Burns and

Gracie Allen, which included a comical reference to "the book being

better than the movie, but the pinball being better than the book."

The last promotion on the video was for their recent GUNS 'N

ROSES pin which featured a lot of Rock music. When the tape was

over Joe made the comment that his 5-year-old son uses rubber bands

to simulate the gold chains the band's leader, "Slick", wears.

At that point Joe told a story about TV producer Aaron

Spelling's wife wanting to buy a custom pingame to present to her

husband for Christmas. He told us that when he quoted her a price

estimate of $175,000 Mrs. Spelling replied "I'll take two!" - one

for our home and one for his office.

Joe next told how she wanted the cabinet to match the marble

in their house - a 70 pound sample of which she had shipped to

their factory by Federal Express. As a result, Joe then told us,

his wife Kim was given a small part in Melrose Place. That drew a

round of applause.

To end his presentation, Joe commented that every year Rob

Berk and Mike Pacak try to improve the Expo. He then presented

Mike with a SONIC HEDGEHOG video game made by Sega. That drew a

big round of applause.

After that, Joe remained on stage and made a presentation to

both Expo producers Rob Berk and Mike Pacak from Sega Pinball.

This drew a standing ovation. Following that, Rob thanked Joe for

his talk and video.

After presenting several awards to Joe Kaminkow and Donal

Murphey for letting the Expo visitors tour their respective plants

on Thursday, Rob introduced the people seated at the front table.

These included his new wife Brigitt, his mother, and Exhibit Hall

Chairman Mike Pacak.

At that point another "Expo tradition" occurred. Rob asked

all in the audience to stand up. He then asked all for whom this

was their first Expo to sit down. Then those who had attended only

two shows, etc.; until only those of us who had attended all ten

Expos remained standing. Rob then told us who were standing that

we would receive a free "10th Anniversary Expo Jacket" after the

banquet was over.

After that another Expo tradition of the past several shows

occurred. John Wyatt from the British Pinball Owner's Association

came up on stage to make that organization's "Best Pingame of the

Past Year" award.

John began by praising Rob Berk, Mike Pacak, and their "crew"

for presenting another great show. He then announced that their

nomination of the best pingame to come out since the last Expo was

Williams' INDIANA JONES - THE PINBALL ADVENTURE. Roger Sharpe

accepted the award because neither of the game's designers, Steve

Ritchie or Doug Watson, were present.

After that Mike Pacak got up and made presentations to the

pinball tournament scorekeepers and assistants. Rob then thanked

his staff and all the show's seminar speakers.

Rob next called up several pinball magazine publishers (both

past and present) to receive special plaques. They included: Jim

Shelberg of "PinGame Journal"; Jim Tolbert who published "Amusement

Review" in the late 1970's; John Wyatt of the English Pinball

Owner's Association's "Pinball Player"; and Steve Young and Gordon

Hasse who once published the great "Pinball Collector's Quarterly".

Rob then called Steve Kordek up on stage. Steve was there to

divulge this year's inductee into the "Pinball Hall of Fame",

another Expo event began a few years back. Steve announced that

this year it was none other than retired Gottlieb designer Wayne

Neyens, drawing a standing ovation.

Wayne thanked Rob for being chosen for the honor and then

credited Steve Kordek for his great work over the years. Rob then

quipped that Wayne should "get back to designing".

Next on the agenda was Mike Pacak presenting the "Best

Exhibit" awards. This year the honor went to Jim and Judy Tolbert

for their "For Amusement Only" booth. The runner up was Steve

Young's booth, Mike remarking about the "neat aprons" Steve and his

helpers wore.

This was followed by the announcement of the winner of the

banquet costume contest. As happened last year, banquet attendees

were told they could dress up as their favorite pinball machine if

they so desired. This year's winner was a person dressed as

PHARAOH.

We next had the award for the best restored pingame in the

Exhibit Hall. The winner this year was the Gottlieb's SQUARE HEAD

(1963) pin beautifully restored by Herb Silvers. That drew a round

of applause.

After that Rob allowed producers of other "pin shows" to tell

about their upcoming events. Dave Marston first told about their

5th annual "New England Pinfest" which was scheduled for April 30,

1995 in Connecticut. Dann Frank from Phoenix, Arizona next told of

his 2nd annual "Wild West Pinball Fest" also scheduled for the same

weekend in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Rob Berk next got up and remarked that this was really an

exciting Expo. He then talked about the many foreign visitors this

year from such far away places as Japan, Germany, Italy, and

England. Following that, Rob made a presentation to his co-host

Mike Pacak, Mike then thanking Rob for it.

At that point Mike thanked all the Expo exhibitors for making

the Exhibit Hall such a success. He then reminded everyone that

the hall would be open all night after the banquet so people could

play the games.

The next banquet event was the annual raffle giving away a

brand new pinball machine. The game to be given this year to the

lucky winner was Bally's WORLD CUP SOCCER.

Before the drawing Rob Berk told us that the "raffle box"

(from which the lucky ticket was to be drawn) was donated by

Exhibit Hall exhibitor Steve and Laura Engle's Mayfair Amusements.

Rob then told us that his wife Brigitt would draw the winning

ticket.

The ticket was then drawn and the lucky number announced.

After a few moments a round of applause was heard signifying that

the winner had been found.

Rob was heard to remark that "someone different" had won the

game this year. He was apparently referring to the fact that Tim

Arnold of Las Vegas has won several times at past shows, due to the

fact that he usually buys a fair percentage of the tickets.

I (nor anyone else at our table) did not see who the lucky

winner was. But I'm sure he was happy to win a game who's retail

value is around $3,000!

When the raffle was concluded the date of Pinball Expo '95 was

announced. We were told that next year's show would be held

October 26 through 29, 1995

The last thing to happen before the banquet came to a close

was Rob Berk announcing several "Expo marriages" which had occurred

during the past year. He first told of his own wedding to his new

wife Brigitt.

Other "pin weddings" paired up Richard Shapero from Louisville

Kentucky with his new wife Wanda, Ed Cebula (recently retired from

Data East) with his lady Sarah, Pennsylvania collector Bob Speiler

with Gabriel, and Mike Pacak's son Lonnie and his wife Patty. And

last, but not least, we heard of the marriage of Jim Tolbert to his

lady Judy. There was also a cake provided by Rob to celebrate

these happy unions.

When the banquet was over Rob told all of us who had attended

all 10 Expos to come up to the stage to get our souvenir "10th

Anniversary jackets". Mike Pacak handed out the jackets according

to our size. After we put them on PinGame Journal publisher Jim

Shelberg took some photos of our group.

After that, we too joined the people who went to the Exhibit

Hall for some more pinball playing and visiting with fellow pin-

fans.

THE EXHIBIT HALL

As it was at all of the past nine Expos, the Exhibit Hall was

really the "heart" of the show. It was the place to meet and visit

with old and new "pin friends", a place to shop for both pingames

and associated parts and paper, and a place to play pinball until

your heart's content on games both old and brand new.

In addition, the hall was the place for all those "wizards"

who were interested in competing to try and win a brand new pingame

to try their luck and skill in the qualifying rounds of the annual

"Flip-Out" pinball tournament. This year again, by the way, the

Exhibit Hall actually consisted of two large rooms literally

crammed with pingames and associated paraphernalia.

If you wanted parts or paper you were in luck as the usual

great dealers were present. As you entered the hall directly to

your right was Mike Pacak's booth selling many pinball flyers as

well as other printed materials (books, etc.). Not only that, but

Mike had available for viewing large notebooks full of some rare

items from his vast brochure collection.

Steve Young was also there as usual with his large selection

of reproduction and new pinball parts and literature at his

"Pinball Resource" booth. Then there was Steve and Laura Engle's

Mayfair Amusement "pinball supermarket" with a wide variety of

parts, paper and backglasses (new-old-stock and reproductions).

Also there was Herb Silvers' "Fabulous Fantasies" booth

selling his great reproduction backglasses, displaying his latest

release the "porno version" CAPTAIN FANTASTIC glass. And, of

course, Jim and Judy Tolbert's "For Amusement Only" booth selling

their usual fine assortment of games, parts, and paper.

Scattered throughout the hall there were also several other

dealers selling pingames, such as Mark Weyna from Des Plains,

Illinois among others. Mark had the only pins from the 1930's at

the show I believe.

One of the main attractions to many in the Exhibit Hall were

the many pingames available for playing. Games of many eras were

available, although most were from the 1970's, 1980's, and the

current decade. The latter included many of the latest pins

displayed by the current manufacturers.

And, of course, there was the long line of brand new Data East

MAVERICK pins which were used by the many pinball "wizards"

competing in the tournament. The winner of that, by the way, would

receive a brand new pingame.

The following is a chronological listing of the pingames on

display in the Exhibit Hall:

PINGAMES AT PINBALL EXPO '94

NFS - NOT FOR SALE

NAME MANUFACTURER YEAR PRICE

Unknown ? 1932? -

CLOVERLEAF (PAYOUT) GOTTLIEB 1932 -

JIGGERS GENCO 1932 295

WORLD'S FAIR JIGSAW ROCKOLA 1933 NFS

TIME PAMCO 1935 -

COMMODORE CHICAGO COIN 1939 -

ABC BOWLER GOTTLIEB 1941 -

BIG PARADE EXHIBIT 1941 NFS

CAPTAIN KIDD GENCO 1941 -

HUMPTY DUMPTY GOTTLIEB 1947 -

JACK 'N JILL GOTTLIEB 1948 250

PUDDIN' HEAD GENCO 1948 350

GLOBETROTTER GOTTLIEB 1951 NFS

WATCH MY LINE GOTTLIEB 1951 650

WILD WEST GOTTLIEB 1951 NFS

CHINATOWN GOTTLIEB 1952 1000

CORONATION GOTTLIEB 1952 -

CROSSROADS GOTTLIEB 1952 NFS

FLYING HIGH GOTTLIEB 1953 -

MARBLE QUEEN GOTTLIEB 1953 NFS

SKYWAY WILLIAMS 1954 700

GYPSY QUEEN GOTTLIEB 1955 NFS

SOUTHERN BELLE GOTTLIEB 1955 -

HARBOR LITES GOTTLIEB 1956 -

KINGS WILLIAMS 1957 NFS

STRAIGHT FLUSH GOTTLIEB 1957 -

BRITE STAR GOTTLIEB 1958 NFS

CARNIVAL QUEEN (BINGO) BALLY 1958 650

GUSHER WILLIAMS 1958 NFS

ROTO POOL GOTTLIEB 1958 -

HI-DIVER GOTTLIEB 1959 -

LIGHTNING BALL GOTTLIEB 1959 -

SINGLE COIN (BINGO) ? 195? -

MELODY LANE GOTTLIEB 1960 -

WORLD BEAUTIES GOTTLIEB 1960 -

ACAPULCO (BINGO) BALLY 1961 700

SHOW BOAT GOTTLIEB 1961 -

3 COINS WILLIAMS 1962 250

COVER GIRL GOTTLIEB 1962 NFS

KING PINS WILLIAMS 1962 NFS

MARDI GRAS WILLIAMS 1962 75

RACK-A-BALL GOTTLIEB 1962 550

TROPIC ISLE GOTTLIEB 1962 NFS

VAGABOND WILLIAMS 1962 NFS

BIG DEAL WILLIAMS 1963 NFS

HOOTENANNY BALLY 1963 -

SQUARE HEAD (AAB) GOTTLIEB 1963 NFS

BOWLING QUEEN GOTTLIEB 1964 NFS

HARVEST BALLY 1964 -

PALOOKA WILLIAMS 1964 -

WING DING WILLIAMS 1964 -

WORLD FAIR GOTTLIEB 1964 -

BUCKAROO GOTTLIEB 1965 795

FUN CRUISE BALLY 1965 -

LOOP THE LOOP BALLY 1965 400

SKYLINE GOTTLIEB 1965 -

CENTRAL PART GOTTLIEB 1966 NFS

CROSSTOWN GOTTLIEB 1966 -

HOT LINE WILLIAMS 1966 250

HURDY GURDY GOTTLIEB 1966 800

ICE REVIEW GOTTLIEB 1966 700

ICE SHOW (AAB) GOTTLIEB 1966 NFS

MAYFAIR GOTTLIEB 1966 -

SUBWAY GOTTLIEB 1966 750

APOLLO WILLIAMS 1967 395

DERBY DAY WILLIAMS 1967 400

FRIENDSHIP 7 WILLIAMS 1967 NFS

KICKOFF WILLIAMS 1967 500

SUPER SCORE GOTTLIEB 1967 -

DAFFIE WILLIAMS 1968 395

FOUR SEASONS GOTTLIEB 1969 400

GRIDIRON WILLIAMS 1969 400

MIBS GOTTLIEB 1969 575

PADDOCK WILLIAMS 1969 300

SPIN-A-CARD GOTTLIEB 1969 -

TARGET POOL GOTTLIEB 1969 -

TARGET POOL GOTTLIEB 1969 195

ROTO WILLIAMS 1969 500

4 MILLION BC BALLY 1970 -

AQUARIUS GOTTLIEB 1970 425

BASEBALL GOTTLIEB 1970 350

DOODLE BUG WILLIAMS 1971 400

FOUR SQUARE GOTTLIEB 1971 -

HI-SCORE POOL CHICAGO COIN 1971 -

KLONDIKE WILLIAMS 1971 NFS

PLAYBALL GOTTLIEB 1971 -

TWO THOUSAND ONE GOTTLIEB 1971 450

FIREBALL BALLY 1972 -

GRAND SLAM GOTTLIEB 1972 425

HONEY WILLIAMS 1972 -

NIP-IT BALLY 1972 NFS

OLYMPIC HOCKEY WILLIAMS 1972 400

SUPER STAR WILLIAMS 1972 400

DARLING WILLIAMS 1973 -

HOT SHOT GOTTLIEB 1973 450

JACK IN THE BOX GOTTLIEB 1973 450

KING PIN GOTTLIEB 1973 400

PRO FOOTBALL GOTTLIEB 1973 350

TRAVEL TIME WILLIAMS 1973 400

AIR ACES BALLY 1974 425

BON VOYAGE BALLY 1974 400

SKYLAB WILLIAMS 1974 -

STRATO FLITE WILLIAMS 1974 350

TWIN WIN BALLY 1974 450

300 GOTTLIEB 1975 500

BIG BEN WILLIAMS 1975 400

DYN-O-MITE ALLIED LEISURE 1975 -

FREEDOM BALLY 1975 225

PAT HAND WILLIAMS 1975 100

SHARPSHOOTER GAME PLAN 1975 400 OBO

WIZARD BALLY 1975 -

BLUE CHIP WILLIAMS 1976 400

CAPTAIN FANTASTIC BALLY 1976 950

EVEL KNEIVEL BALLY 1976 400

FANDANGO PLAYMATIC 1976 -

PIONEER GOTTLIEB 1976 -

PLAYBOY BALLY 1976 600

SPACE MISSION WILLIAMS 1976 450

SUPER SONIC BALLY 1976 400

VOLLEY GOTTLIEB 1976 -

BIG HIT GOTTLIEB 1977 395

EIGHT BALL BALLY 1977 395

KICKER GOTTLIEB 1977 -

LIBERTY BELL WILLIAMS 1977 -

LOST WORLD BALLY 1977 400

MATA HARI BALLY 1977 400

PINBALL (SOLID-STATE) STERN 1977 75

POWER PLAY BALLY 1977 NFS

STRIKES AND SPARES BALLY 1977 NFS

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS GOTTLIEB 1978 -

CONTACT WILLIAMS 1978 350

DISCO FEVER WILLIAMS 1978 400

DRAGON GOTTLIEB 1978 150

EYE OF THE TIGER GOTTLIEB 1978 NFS

JOKER POKER GOTTLIEB 1978 -

LUCKY SEVEN WILLIAMS 1978 395

MIDDLE EARTH ATARI 1978 -

PARAGON BALLY 1978 400

SILVERBALL MANIA BALLY 1978 -

SINBAD GOTTLIEB 1978 NFS

STAR TREK BALLY 1978 725

STARS STERN 1978 375

CHARLIE'S ANGELS GOTTLIEB 1979 -

FLASH WILLIAMS 1979 -

GORGAR WILLIAMS 1979 NFS

METEOR STERN 1979 375

SPECTRA IV VALLEY 1979 -

STELLAR WARS WILLIAMS 1979 400

BIG GAME STERN 1980 150

CIRCUS GOTTLIEB 1980 -

EIGHT BALL DELUXE BALLY 1980 550

FATHOM BALLY 1980 700

FIREPOWER WILLIAMS 1980 600

GROUND SHAKER BALLY 1980 500

BLACK HOLE GOTTLIEB 1981 -

CATACOMB STERN 1981 495,

550

CENTAUR BALLY 1981 -

JUNGLE LORD WILLIAMS 1981 400

LIGHTNING STERN 1981 -

MEDUSA BALLY 1981 NFS

PHARAOH WILLIAMS 1981 400

SPECTRUM BALLY 1981 895

VECTOR BALLY 1981 NFS

VOLCANO GOTTLIEB 1981 -

BMX BALLY 1982 NFS

RAPID FIRE BALLY 1982 400

WARLOCK WILLIAMS 1982 NFS

CENTAUR II BALLY 1983 600

FARFELLA ZACCARIA 1983 -

FIREPOWER II WILLIAMS 1983 650

LASER CUE WILLIAMS 1984 400

FIREBALL CLASSIC BALLY 1985 675

SORCERER WILLIAMS 1985 -

GOLD WINGS GOTTLIEB 1986 700

HIGH SPEED WILLIAMS 1986 800

MOTORDROME BALLY 1986 650

STRANGE SCIENCE BALLY 1986 750

BIG GUNS WILLIAMS 1987 1000

F-14 TOMCAT WILLIAMS 1987 950

HARD BODY BALLY 1987 600

LASER WAR DATA EAST 1987 -

SPRING BREAK GOTTLIEB 1987 500

ROBO COP DATA EAST 1988 NFS

SWORDS OF FURY WILLIAMS 1988 -

TIME MACHINE DATA EAST 1988 1095

BLACK KNIGHT 2000 WILLIAMS 1989 -

EARTHSHAKER WILLIAMS 1989 -

JOKERZ! WILLIAMS 1989 1295

TRANSPORTER BALLY 1989 1295

BUGS BUNNY'S BIRTHDAY BALL BALLY 1990 -

DEADLY WEAPON GOTTLIEB 1990 NFS

DINER WILLIAMS 1990 1295

MOUSIN' AROUND BALLY 1990 1295

NIGHT MOVES INT'L CONCEPTS 1990 -

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA DATA EAST 1990 NFS

SIMPSONS DATA EAST 1990 1295

GILLIGAN'S ISLAND BALLY 1991 1950

HOOK DATA EAST 1991 1395

MACHINE - BRIDE OF PINBOT, THE WILLIAMS 1991 400

MICHAEL JORDAN DATA EAST 1991 NFS

SUPER MARIO BROTHERS GOTTLIEB 1992 1950

TEE'D OFF GOTTLIEB 1993 NFS

CORVETTE BALLY 1994 NFS

FREDDY (A NIGHTMARE) GOTTLIEB 1994 NFS

GUNS N' ROSES DATA EAST 1994 NFS

RESCUE 911 GOTTLIEB 1994 NFS

RICHIE RICH DATA EAST 1994 NFS

ROAD SHOW WILLIAMS 1994 NEW

WORLD CUP SOCCER BALLY 1994 NFS

And that's a brief discussion of the many pinball games,

parts, and paper available in the Expo Exhibit Hall.

CLOSING COMMENTS

Well, there you have it, a run-down of all the exciting

events, etc., available to attending "pin-heads" at the 10th

edition of Pinball Expo in 1994. I must say I really enjoyed this

Expo as I have been able to attend all nine previous shows and I

hope to be able to attend Pinball Expo '95 to be held October 26

through 1995. Hope to see you there!