Julie the Pinball at a show

[JohnD0406]

I've been attending the California Extreme arcade and pinball show since it began 13 years ago now. This year I took my Julie the Pinball pachinko to the show. We set it up on a round table with black velvet hanging down to the floor, far enough away from other machines to allow the crowd that was developing around it. I knew it'd be popular when it was drawing staff and exhibitors during setup the night before the show.

One guy seemed to love helping people by explaining how to play, filling the reward hopper, etc. which was great for me. I ran into a few people who knew what the machine was, a few that hadn't been to Japan in a long time and commented how much technology had changed, and a few that thanked me so much for bringing the machine.

Julie got no rest the entire weekend - someone was always playing. She fevered over and over, which was great for those playing the game, but required constant attention from someone to keep things going. I guess it made up for all the times it didn't fever for me at home! Julie was a stubborn machine at home, but let loose for the public. Showoff.

I put my email address on the stickers they give you to stick on your machines. I've received a few emails, answered questions, and pointed them at PachiTalk if they want more info. Hopefully a few new pachiholics were created.

Next year, I'll have a better ball management system. Definitely a larger reward hopper (which I'm working on for myself at home anyway), and maybe a much larger spent ball tray, in which people can grab balls for play - hopefully making this machine low to no maintenance.

[hanabi]

Julie is certainly a show stealer!!

Sounds like you did a great job spreading the word,




p.s. did you manage to get time to take any pics in between hooper fillings??

[JohnD0406]

p.s. did you manage to get time to take any pics in between hooper fillings??

Believe it or not, I didn't take any pictures. All I had was my camera phone, which in the dark... well... is pointless. I did some quick searching on google, and found this article. Scroll halfway down.

California Extreme 2009 report at Lepus Lepidus

It's listed on the California Extreme home page.
CAX Game List 2009 | California Extreme

...and by god if this thread isn't already popping up on google!
Google

[bob5150]

Awesome. Having a gameroom made up on many upright arcades and a growing selection of pachis I have witnessed, firsthand, the questions and the non-stop play that they get when people visit (especially newcomers). Its great to see the arcade and pachi worlds collide as many of us collect both and share appreciation for addictions from the west and east.

[takethecastle57]

I've been attending the California Extreme arcade and pinball show since it began 13 years ago now. This year I took my Julie the Pinball pachinko to the show. We set it up on a round table with black velvet hanging down to the floor, far enough away from other machines to allow the crowd that was developing around it. I knew it'd be popular when it was drawing staff and exhibitors during setup the night before the show.

One guy seemed to love helping people by explaining how to play, filling the reward hopper, etc. which was great for me. I ran into a few people who knew what the machine was, a few that hadn't been to Japan in a long time and commented how much technology had changed, and a few that thanked me so much for bringing the machine.

Julie got no rest the entire weekend - someone was always playing. She fevered over and over, which was great for those playing the game, but required constant attention from someone to keep things going. I guess it made up for all the times it didn't fever for me at home! Julie was a stubborn machine at home, but let loose for the public. Showoff.

I put my email address on the stickers they give you to stick on your machines. I've received a few emails, answered questions, and pointed them at PachiTalk if they want more info. Hopefully a few new pachiholics were created.

Next year, I'll have a better ball management system. Definitely a larger reward hopper (which I'm working on for myself at home anyway), and maybe a much larger spent ball tray, in which people can grab balls for play - hopefully making this machine low to no maintenance.

Well I was that guy doing a little explaning and mentioing pachitalk.com and filling of the machine . mudfud and i were there on Saturday ,mudfud checked out at 9pm but i stayed till a 1/4 to 1 am I also gave the Glowing Orb to people from Playland Not By The Beach and 2 to some people at the registration table and gave them our web address to here

[mudfud]

I got a pic of julie. will post from home. chewy

[JohnD0406]

I got a pic of julie. will post from home. chewy

You don't get home much? heh

[hanabi]

You don't get home much? heh

That's sounds like the opposite of me...

I just don't get out much...

[Tulsa]

That's sounds like the opposite of me...

I just don't get out much...

you really should get out more

[hanabi]

you really should get out more

I know, I know



actually I've been out all day today, Scarborough, a nice seaside resort...

[mudfud]

hey johnD, turns out the pix are on the video camera, and my downloading is messed up right now. will pull some stills off the video as soon as possible.

[mudfud]

OK johnD,

I finally got the video downloaded (you know how those supposed OS upgrades sometimes disable important things? that's what happened to my camcorder inputs).

I'll post the summary video under california extreme, but these were the stills that I could extract.

there were so many people looking at julie that I didn't get a good shot of her from a distance.

I modified the saturation, exposure, etc. to get as much definition as possible. the large amount of contrast between the dark room and julie's bright face made it hard for the camcorder.

were the california extreme people interested in having a section on pachinko next year?

I emailed them the week of the expo., offering to bring some, but I never heard back. I guess julie's easy b/c she's also pinball, right?

hope to meet you sometime. are you bay area?

[johntofva]

I know, I know



actually I've been out all day today, Scarborough, a nice seaside resort...

With pirates and... a thunderzone.

[JohnD0406]

there were so many people looking at julie that I didn't get a good shot of her from a distance.

Yeah, she got a lot of attention!

were the california extreme people interested in having a section on pachinko next year?

It took me 2 years to get approval to bring Julie, as it's an arcade and pinball show, but since it's pinball themed, it got the OK. Now that this machine has been shown, I'll ask if they want me to bring more or setup a section of pachinko next year. If that's the case, I'll post something here.

hope to meet you sometime. are you bay area?

I'm in Los Angeles, so it's a bit of drive for me (even the show is a long drive). If I can bring more than one machine, I'm not sure I'd fit more than 2 in the car (in cabinets).

[mudfud]

well. if they do OK pachiko's, there's several of us in the bay area that could bring them.

If I plan any LA trips, I would love to see your pachinko room (or is it "house", as my has become? ).

[JohnD0406]

If I plan any LA trips, I would love to see your pachinko room (or is it "house", as my has become? ).

I have "Pachinko Island" in the bedroom (6 machines in 3x2, all in cabinets), 1 in the hallway, 2 in the livingroom, 1 in the bathroom, and more... Yeah, "house"

[new in town]

HA ! ! !

1. 18 in the front bed room (+ 2 cells)

2. 7 in the back enclosed porch (waiting to move the Spa out to add more)

3. 24 in the living room (12 stacked 2 high, 6 each on either side of the TV, waiting on the spa to move out of the back porch to be relocated)

4. 4 sitting in the back bed room (waiting for 7 in the front bed room to move out onto the back porch with 2 on the back porch waiting to move into the front bed room

[compirate]

Don't even get me started...

[luckydog]

no comment

[rubberratt]

HA ! ! !

1. 18 in the front bed room (+ 2 cells)

2. 7 in the back enclosed porch (waiting to move the Spa out to add more)

3. 24 in the living room (12 stacked 2 high, 6 each on either side of the TV, waiting on the spa to move out of the back porch to be relocated)

4. 4 sitting in the back bed room (waiting for 7 in the front bed room to move out onto the back porch with 2 on the back porch waiting to move into the front bed room

OMG !!! What no SHED !!!