​🎟️ Pinball Machines at Events, Conventions and Expos in Sydney

By Alexander Visotin

😇 I consider myself to be a bit of a "pinball evangelist". I think an important part of the pinball hobby is to share it with others so that everyone can experience the joy of the silver ball. As well as hiring my machines out so anybody can experience a pinball machine on a short-term basis, I also take every opportunity to bring my machines to events, conventions, expos and other shows or events at which pinball machines are welcome. This allows the general public to see and experience pinball on a casual basis, and keeps pinball a part of the modern zeitgeist. When pinball fades into obscurity and irrelevance, it may disappear for good. It has almost happened several times in the course of pinball's history, but it won't happen again if I have anything to do with it! So we take our machines to as many events as possible to create new pinball wizards all over Australia! The Event Reports on our ✍️ Blog document all of the events we have taken machines to.

Number of machines contributed to events, conventions and expos so far:

⛑️ Surviving any of these events is an achievement for these machines, as they often get played more than they ever have since they were first released. It's not uncommon for games to be played for eight hours straight at some of these shows, so it's important to make sure the game is serviced and "bullet-proofed" as much as possible before the event. Failures and breakdowns do occur, of course, but as long as someone is there to keep things up and running then people can continue to enjoy the machines for the duration of the event. If you have an event or expo happening sometime soon in Sydney and you'd like to feature pinball machines or arcade games as an attraction or activation at the show, please 📬 Contact Us! A list of our available machines is on the 🛳️ Fleet page.

People that have been exposed to pinball as a result of our crusading efforts:

😥 Unfortunately, I see a lot of people with huge pinball machine collections that sit dormant and rarely get played, if at all. This is a tragedy; a pinball machine is happiest when it is being played by as many people as possible! I think it's important for pinball hobbyists to seek out local events that are amenable to hosting pinball machines and offer their own machines up for a day or two. It certainly isn't worth it for the fame or the money (hint: there is none!). But it's worth it to keep pinball alive now and into the future.