{"id":11528,"date":"2018-03-29T15:39:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T14:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=11528"},"modified":"2018-03-30T20:47:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T19:47:27","slug":"texas-pinball-festival-2018-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2018\/03\/29\/texas-pinball-festival-2018-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"TEXAS PINBALL FESTIVAL – SUNDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"

The final day at the Texas Pinball Festival is a short one, with events wrapping up around 2:30pm with the best-in-show awards and the prize raffle draw.<\/p>\n

\"Best-in-show<\/a>
Best-in-show awards<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At 2:30pm all the machines are turned off and prizes are awarded to the owners of the best machines in a number of categories.<\/p>\n

First though, all machine donors are entered into a draw for cash prizes and donated goodies such as a translite and a Dead Man’s Hand tabletop game.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Show co-organiser Ed VanderVeen introduces the awards ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The draw for cash and prizes for machine donors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then it was time for the best-in show presentations.\u00a0 Each category had two runners-up and an overall winner, followed by an overall Grand Champion. The winners were chosen by the judging team of Bill Morrison, Keith Holbrook, Scott Martin and Rich Wiski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Classic Arcade Video Game<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: April Pruitt<\/strong> (Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Daniel Reinhard & Tom Rohbar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Antique Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Mark Gibson<\/strong> for Champion<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Adam Jordan & Mike and Melissa Hammer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Jeremy<\/a>
Jeremy Pruitt and Mark Gibson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best ’60s Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Howard Isaacson<\/strong> for Friendship 7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Joe Gonzalez & Shawn Christian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Howard<\/a>
Howard Isaacson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best ’70s EM Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Colin Dowling<\/strong>\u00a0for Pioneer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up:\u00a0Joe Gonzalez & Nic Schell<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best ’70s Solid State Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Kevin Moore<\/strong>\u00a0for The Incredible Hulk<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Dennis Moncla & Jeff Boulinger<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best ’80s Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Greg Campbell<\/strong> for Centaur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Gavin Miller & Jeff Kohout<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Kevin<\/a>
Kevin Moore & Greg Campbell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best ’90s Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Roy Pennington<\/strong> for Indiana Jones (WMS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up:Eric Streeter & Kevin Moore<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Modern (post-1999) Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Kim Keist<\/strong> for Star Wars (Stern)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up:Brandon Harvey & Gary Stuart<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Roy<\/a>
Roy Pennington & Kim Keist<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Original Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Bob Herbison<\/strong> for Ace High<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Austin Knight & Terry Haste<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Pinball Restoration<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Mike Loeckle<\/strong> for Joust<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Bobby Niefer & Sally Kammer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Bob<\/a>
Bob Herbison & Mike Loeckle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Best Custom Pinball<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Paul Wilson<\/strong> for Polynesia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Runners up: Mark Gibson & Doug Marley<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Grand Champion<\/u><\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Winner: Lonny Payne<\/strong>\u00a0(Jurassic Park pinball)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 <\/p>\n

\"Paul<\/a>
Paul Wilson & Lonny Payne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The only thing remaining was to make the draw for the grand raffle prize of a new Guardians of the Galaxy pinball.\u00a0 Tickets cost $5 each from the front desk and were available throughout the show, right up until the draw rook place.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The winning ticket is drawn from the drum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The winner is verified<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"We<\/a>
We have a winner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The awarding of the grand prize brought the Texas Pinball Festival 2018 to a close.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The tear-down begins<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The partially-dismantled Marco stand<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Time<\/a>
Time to start taking machines to the staging area for loading<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The TPF show gets bigger every year – not just the numbers of machines and vendors, but also in stature with companies choosing the launch their new games or products there.\u00a0 It has got to the point where pinball personalities attend the show even if they are not speaking or part of an official event.\u00a0 It’s just a great place to hang out.<\/p>\n

Then there is the number of visitors.\u00a0 The show hotel now routinely sells out almost immediately the show promo code is announced, with adjacent hotels also getting a good number of bookings.\u00a0 The hall was very busy on Saturday during the afternoon and evening, while the corridor outside was frequently packed with guests taking a break or getting refreshments.<\/p>\n

Despite the packed schedule of events, the whole three days seemed to go without a hitch this year.\u00a0 With events surrounding Pinball Expo causing uncertainty about that show’s organisation in 2018 and the establishment of Deeproot in San Antonio and Multimorphic being based in Austin, the Texas Pinball Festival is well positioned to take over as the<\/em> number one pinball event.<\/p>\n

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