{"id":34311,"date":"2024-10-28T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-28T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/?p=34311"},"modified":"2024-11-01T08:25:59","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T08:25:59","slug":"pinball-expo-2024-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinballnews.com\/site\/2024\/10\/28\/pinball-expo-2024-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"PINBALL EXPO 2024 – PART TWO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Welcome to our continuing coverage of this 40th anniversary Pinball Expo<\/a> being held at the Schaumburg Convention Center<\/a> in the city of Schaumburg, about 25 miles north-west from the centre of Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Due to the size of our report and the huge number of videos and pictures we’ve included, we had to split our report into two parts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first part covered all the action, tours and seminars from Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. If you missed it, you can catch it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this second part we look at events on Friday and Saturday, plus the tournament finals on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday morning began with the tour of the Stern Pinball factory in Elk Grove Village. The familiar yellow school buses were scheduled to depart at 9am, but before that a long line formed inside the Convention Center.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The front of the line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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…back towards the corridor to main show hall…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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…round behind the staircase to the seminars rooms…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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…and back towards the main show hall…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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The buses arrived and took the next group of factory tour guests<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We were working in the Seminars Room producing the videos below and in part one, but Pinball News’s M.G. Brown was able to take the tour and bring us these pictures.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tour guests arrive at the Stern Pinball factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

No photography was permitted during the tour, but before the tour began Seth Davis and Gary Stern welcomed guests to their factory.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Seth and Gary welcome everyone to the Stern Pinball factory<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Stern Pinball CEO and President, Seth Davis, with Chairman, Gary Stern<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

After taking the tour, guests could buy branded merchandise from the Stern Shop.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The Stern Pinball merchandise shop at the end of the tour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

When Pinball Expo guests returned to the Convention Center, they found the show hall open and the programme of seminars ready for them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

12:30pm<\/td>From a Collection to a Museum: Pinball is More than Fun & Games – Mischa de Muynck<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Mischa de Muynck<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Mischa explained the origins of the Dutch Pinball Museum in Rotterdam, the current location and collection, alongside their aims of educating visitors about pinball’s history, science and art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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