Today concluded the Pinball Expo 2005. I wasn’t able to attend today, but I was there all day yesterday. In my opinion, Saturday is the most ideal day to attend anyway because all the pinball machines are up and playable. By Sunday, the machines for sale have mostly been taken down and sold.

There were two halls filled with pinball machines. Here are two pictures of the overall convention.

My favorite pinball machines at this convention had to be the new Lord of the Rings machine and the Monster Bash machine. They’re both amazing pinball machines with tons of features and excellent artwork. So if you ever get a chance to play either, do it.

There was also a Hercules pinball machine there which is the largest pinball machine ever made. The pinball it uses is the size of a cue ball in pool! I believe there were around 500 of them made.

This year, the tournament pinball machine was the new Nascar pinball machine by STERN. This was the first year I didn’t participate in the tournament. I was rather disappointed in this years tournament machines because in the previous pinball expos, the tournament pinball machines haven’t been released yet. Since the Nascar pinball machine has been out for a while now, people had a chance to play it and practice up for the tournament.

The 2005 Pinball Expo was a ton of fun this year and I’m definitely looking forward to next years already.

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