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NERG number 4
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Hi guys, Im just wondering if its possible to pay on the door or do you have to purchase online? Thanks
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you can pay at the door
Cheers mate [emoji106] are the prices the same? Sorry its my 1st time at the event
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Kenny you ordered your next pin yet? If your lucky you could take that one home with you!
I've certainly got one on my mind now 
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Quick vid of hobbit to wet your appetite..
Shaky cam walk-around
Hobbit looking good early software too
We put the update to 1.21 on before the show started. Cracking game, been mega busy all weekend 
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Cracking gig Phil! My 3 didn't miss a beat, unlike the "posh" MM
Didn't realise I made a guest appearance in the walk through vid
Long drive but enjoyed myself. At least one of the MM's was working. Played a tired Indy Jones & T2 though. Certainly a few machines need flipper rebuilds..
Surprised not to see a TZ, TAF, Creech, SS or even a Funhouse..
Glad to hear you enjoyed yourself, wish I could of made it but there is always next year!
Its a shame you couldn't of taken a pin down with you, you benefit from free entry for the weekend and everyone else benefits from getting to play one of your great machines.
So when is andre posting the highlight of the post show entertainment involving our friend poibug ???
It was a great event. Thanks again @bigphil
Some of the games were a little tired. And in need of flipper rebuilds. But I do not think that would have been an issue for the non pinhead attendees. As the days went on the pinball area was far busier than the videogame area. Literally every game was in continual use. Folk were not queuing, other than for Hobbit and Ghostbusters. But literally no game was standing unused for more than half a minute. You had to move swiftly to get on the machines.
I am not a stern evangelist. But it was really noticeable how much more reliable these games were than the older games.
Part of my rationale for buying my wpt was that it is easier to get sterns out of my house than wpc or classic bally williams titles. And I wanted a game for road trips like this. It did not miss a beat all weekend from what I could see. So my suggestion would be for folk to consider taking sterns to these events if they own a mixture of games.
Anyone who donates a game to something like this is doing us all a huge favour and introducing a whole load of folk to pinball machines they have not seen for 20 years
Some of the games were a little tired. And in need of flipper rebuilds. But I do not think that would have been an issue for the non pinhead attendees. As the days went on the pinball area was far busier than the videogame area. Literally every game was in continual use. Folk were not queuing, other than for Hobbit and Ghostbusters. But literally no game was standing unused for more than half a minute. You had to move swiftly to get on the machines.
I am not a stern evangelist. But it was really noticeable how much more reliable these games were than the older games.
Part of my rationale for buying my wpt was that it is easier to get sterns out of my house than wpc or classic bally williams titles. And I wanted a game for road trips like this. It did not miss a beat all weekend from what I could see. So my suggestion would be for folk to consider taking sterns to these events if they own a mixture of games.
Anyone who donates a game to something like this is doing us all a huge favour and introducing a whole load of folk to pinball machines they have not seen for 20 years
The stern backboxes are slightly narrower than the others. It means that I can get it out of my house without needing to remove it.
Williams Banzai Run 60cm wide
Stern 70 cm wide
Williams Bally Wpc 73cm wide
Classic Bally SS 77cm wide
Williams Banzai Run 60cm wide
Stern 70 cm wide
Williams Bally Wpc 73cm wide
Classic Bally SS 77cm wide
Modern Stern Backboxes are considerably narrower (at 27 inches) than older games... Modern Stern games as a whole are generally lighter thanks to modern components (or crap build quality depending on your view).
Weight is less of an issue as you tend to move them on sack trucks or hydraulic trolleys
Some games have high centres of gravity so I do not like moving them on sack barrows. Banzai is ridiculous and would be extremely dodgy on a sack barrow
Double backglass games like vector also have a high centre of gravity on a sack barrow
Safest to use hydraulic trucks for games like these, unless you take the head off. Only a very brave man would remove the head of a banzai
Some games have high centres of gravity so I do not like moving them on sack barrows. Banzai is ridiculous and would be extremely dodgy on a sack barrow
Double backglass games like vector also have a high centre of gravity on a sack barrow
Safest to use hydraulic trucks for games like these, unless you take the head off. Only a very brave man would remove the head of a banzai
Agreed, the pinball section was very busy. Way busier than the arcade section, well apart from street fighter V area. I don't think any of the pins had a minute's rest. Was good to see all ages playing too.
Enjoyed playing Hypersports. Childhood fav that..
Enjoyed playing Hypersports. Childhood fav that..
stern do feel lighter is should that be flimsy. bally 6803 are a shocker as though standard size the crappy chip board adds a lot. heavy metal is as heavy (no pun intended) as a widebody WMS
One other thing I noticed too was that very few PIN's were LED'd and some of the play fields needed a good old clean. The MM that was working and FT especially.
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MM was cleaned, waxed & lamped 2 days before the show. I loathe LEDs.
I thought about cleaning FT.
A few picture's from NERG 2016. Had a great weekend playing all the arcade games and pinball machines. Thanks to the organisers and hopefully next year If I can attend I will bring a couple of machines........................................................
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ha! clean your games @Alan Syson
