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| Rusty Shackelford:
I visited the show on Saturday. Negatives Ive gotta say I realy did expect more vendors. I took a big wad of cash expecting to pick up a trackball and joysticks etc. The was one stand but all he had were ball tops. There wasnt realy the need to have the segaradio dj on fullblast. It made playing the nearby machines a pain. It realy did smell a bit sweaty in there after a while! Some of the machines near the dog walking machine seemed to be turning off at ramdom and switching out of free play mode. Oh they were also for sale, coincidence? The simpsons machine was unplayable! |
| Rusty Shackelford:
Positives That dog walking machine from Japan was great! I enjoyed the space invaders/quix machine (I think it belongs to someone on here) It was nice to be able to get a pint and a nice pork sandwich from a proper pig roast. The MAME world was reperesented by a company called Candy Cabs. I had a few good chats with the owner Mike who had brought 3 or 4 ( can't remember doh) of his own cabs. Great bloke who answered all my questions about trackballs! Overall I had a great day I went on my own and found the show very friendly. I was worried there would be queues for machines but I found it easy to get on all the machines I wanted ( exept for SF4, I agree with Trevor about this issue). |
| Turnarcades:
Well in the end I didn't get chance to go as I wasn't going to turn up on the off-chance I could pay in on the door if I was told I couldn't. Someone else asked the question earlier this week and on another board about paying on entry and it went unanswered both on the official website and in person on the two forums so really an important question like this should have been addressed. Originally we were intending to go and set up a trade stand but mixed and uncertain arrangements around this weekend when I was first informed of the show back in January meant I couldn't and up until this week I did not know I could even attend in person. All this week I've had problems with the ticket vendor and without knowing about payment I could not come even as a regular punter. It appears from these few comments that the organisation on the day seemed to be lacking and as a vendor this is a little bit of a concern as if I were to have had a trade stand I would also have entrusted several machines to the organisers for transport which could have been risky. It is a little disappointing to read that the classic and MAME fans were not catered to much and it seems this was a little too focused as a sales pitch for big commercial vendors. I can appreciate though both sides of the arguement as other smaller vendors like us will have wanted to assess the 'feel' of the show and be prepared instead for a possible future show, classic cab owners would also want to ensure their prized possessions are in good hands and the 'hands-on' feel would have been better in the couple of weeks and months coming up to the show date so vendors and contributors had a little more faith in the expectations of the organisers and visitors. On the flipside I think more cabinet owners from within the resto/DIY/MAME community should have made a bit ore effort as it essentially these contributions that will make the show. I would like to see some photos of the event to assess it and also have a bit more notice about next year's show, plus possibly a different venue. Central England would be fairer as everyone will travel the same distance to get there and the Birmingham NEC is more readily accessible and suitable for an expo event like this. I will certainly be making more effort to be a big contributor to next year's show and hopefully both the organisers and the community can show a bit more motivation in time for next year. My personal pledge is to bring at least 3 fully-playable machines in time for next year's show as well as getting some things organised for a proper trade stand. :cheers: |
| AndyWarne:
I rather liked it but I am a bit of a fan of sit-down Asian cabinets and so the huge line of Japanese sit-downs was something else... reminded me of the top floor of large shopping malls in many Asian countries. Mame was not well represented but that was not a surprise since the show website made it very clear it was a coin-op event and coin-op and Mame are rather uncomfortable partners! So it was "as-billed" in that respect and no surprise there. I thought it was a good first attempt. But in order to make it more attractive in the future the scope could be widened. As I mentioned earlier in this thread the defunct "CGE UK" shows in Croydon were very well attended and that was beacuse they has a much wider brief, taking in classic consoles, Mame, and pretty much everything to do with console and arcade gaming. There seemed to be fairly sparse attendance on the Sunday when I was there. I think there is great scope for the future, an all-encompassing Classic Arcade/Classic Console/Cosplay/Mame Cabinet/Pinball show. We originally planned to have a stand but were unable to commit in the end to a whole weekend "away". Hopefully next time. There did indeed not seem to be any way to pay on the door. I kind of walked through some doors and er.. found myself in the show. I guess I owe some money... Good to chat with Mike from Candycabs and Dan from Surface Tension. Great guys who are passionate about what they are doing. I have decided I MUST have one of these since seeing one at the show: http://www.rs2006.co.jp/j/deltanew/index.html Anyone know where I can get one? |
| vputz:
Heh--funny you were there after all, Andy--I had secretly been hoping for the chance to meet you as one of the vendors! Good point on Surface Tension, though--very slick pieces of arcade furniture, the sort of thing my wife would be willing to have in the house (well, I should say "be happy to have in the house"--she's willing to have my clunky first-draft console in the house, but I wouldn't say she shows it off to visitors... the Surface Tension tables looked quite nice). |
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