Over the last weekend I had a chance to go to the Rocky Mountain Pinball Showdown

As I rolled up to the fairgrounds, I found that the signs had changed.

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Got situated, and walked on in.

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As you can see, the mascot changed some this year.

Lyons had some old school pins there

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And the tourney was well under way (I’m still iffy on the Sopranos)

Over all a good selection of machines.

There were parts to be had (Ray @ Action, Dave @ FAO, and Scot @ Pinrestore.com)

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I played around a bit, tried to pry restoration tips from the pros, and then headed off to bed.

The next day I pretty much just stuck to the pinchats. This started off with

Chi Babich
Game Exchange of Colorado (buying a game)
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Dean Grover,
Pinball programmer memories:
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Drek Lofdahl
Electromechanical pinball machine Repair
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Scot Bogart PinRestore.com: Pinball Restoration Techniques (since this is what I dig, they’ll be a bit more photos)
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John Balogh
Colorado Pinball: Modern pinball machine board repair
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I then strolled around, and took photos, and played plenty of games!

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If you would like to see more pictures, go Here and pictures from last year are Here.