I'll add another "Don't go to Pheasant Run expecting to see any worthwhile arcade machines" comment. In fact, don't go unless you wanna get disgusted and feel like you should stand around informing people of what crappy overpriced junk is being sold.
My girlfriend has been working at PR for about a year and got us comped into last fall's show. We won't be going to this next one. I've never seen a crappier collection of beaten up run-down machines being foisted off at absurd prices. And I mean
absurd. Saw some sorta butchered cabaret thing with controls that barely worked running Donkey Kong for something like $2,000. There was what looked to be a Ms. Pac-Man (at least that's what was so burned into the screen it was visable from a good 20 yards away) in a badly restored with a $3,000 sticker on it. No idea if it worked or not.
There was one vendor with some of the nicer looking pre-assembled MAME cabs for sale, but they too were rediculously priced. A couple others with some terrible ratty-ass MAME cabs that were just embarrasing. I wish I'd had some
www.arcadecontrols.com cards to hand out to everyone who was looking at one of these things. Explain to 'em that even if they have to buy an entire set of tools and take woodworking classes, they'd be better off building their own.

As has already been said, the show at Pheasant Run is
not geared at arcade machines. It's Jukeboxs, slot machines, and doo-dads like that. Antique coke signs, barber poles, cigar store indians, etc. I would figure that there's probably deals to be had amongst that stuff, if that's your bag.
I
am going to try and make it over to the show at the Dupage Fairgrounds the coupla days before though. Haven't been to that one yet, and it ought to at least have much more in the way of arcade stuff. No guarantee that
it's not also gonna be overpriced shoddy merchandise, but I've heard some decent stuff about the show.
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