Sound heard is from the event!

~THE PINBALL SHOW~

22nd July 2006~Holte Suite Villa Park-Aston

Accompanied by: Bonesy & Br2000ad
COMMENTS:
I had a sinking feeling right from the start when there was uncertainty in how many people would be wanting to come along but on the Thursday (two days before event) i decided to purchase just 3 adult tickets online so if anybody else was to join later they would have to pay on the door!.So we got together on Sat morning and waited until 10:30am for the postman and no postie appeared-the tickets had not arrived in the post!

,we decided to head to the venue regardless still determined to go- i had a copy of my paypal receipt for the purchase of the tickets as evidence,the journey to Aston in Birmigham was to be as awkward as possible!.The midland metro was only going as far as West Bromwich

so we caught a bus to the nearest train station to get to B`ham and from there no trains were going to Aston or Witton

we had to use an alternative coach service- anyhow we did finaly arrive at the venue and on entering the Holte suite with my Paypal ticket receipts at the ready it was explained no tickets had been sent out and the inside of our arm was stamped with `The Pinball Show` stamp....we were in.
After all that it was worth the hastle getting there as it was a really good show - i am of course more into arcade vids but i played a fair few pins the first one was called Hurricaine which was pretty awsome then Swords of Fury before walking to the Competition area.I decided to give it a try, i have not played much pinball and was more attracted to having my name and score displayed on a huge projection screen than actually winning anything.
In the Tournement pins as i have an interest in the Poker scene i decided to play World Poker Tour and follow that with Monster Bash but i did go back later in the show when Xenon had been repaired and boy was that a mistake! Xenon is utter pants with the ball an almost certainty to go down the side access or straight between the flippers! and it had nothing to do with the three pints of beer i had before i went back either.Another pin that disapointed me in a simular way was the original Star Trek ball straight down the middle!!!
It was good to see some of the Jamma+ guys again Dsyde,Outrun and Colin-D and i found the full size remote control Darlek highly amusing (and so did the many kids who were playing chase with it).
Towards the end of the show for that day they anounced a price draw for those who entered the pin competition and one of my tickets was drawn! and i selected a new Philishave COOLSKIN with cartridges as a prize.

So overall the pinball show was great and i recomend it to everyone of all ages, it had a really good atmosphere which did seem lacking at some of the other shows.I think personally the pins are good fun and almost seem to generate an exciting aura / atmosphere themselves - i will look forward to the next pinball show.-Regards Steve Dixon (Jj)

Jj rating 8.5/10
Br2000ad rating 8/10
Bones rating 8/10 (Click thumbs for larger images) Video footage at bottom of page