Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1946 February

THOROUGHLY RECONDITIONED AND READY FOR LOCATION
ARCADE E9UIPMENT
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10
4
Smlle·a·Mlnute ............................ $ 450.00
Talkie Horoscope.......................... 125.00
Antl·Aircraft ...•............................
59.50
Ke.ney Submarine........................ 165.00
5c Chester·Pollard GoH..............
65.00
5c 3 col. Card Vendor................
35.00
2c Muto. Card Vendors..............
19.50
5c Mills Peek Machines..............
93.00
Sky·Battle .................................... 175.00
1 X·Ray Poker..................................
70.00
1 Super Bomber................................ 245.00
1 A.B.T. Six Gun Alromatic Rifte
Range ................•.•..................... 1995.00
2 Mountain Climber........................
75.00
1 Drivemobile ..............•................... 295.00
2 Skyfighters :................................... 275.00
1 Ace Bomber .................................... 255.00
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5
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ONE BALL PAYOUTS
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Longshot .................. $295.00
Grand Stands.......... 65.00
Stables .................... 27.50
Mills 9.T. Pin Tabl.s 27.50
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Stamp Vendor Roll ....................... .
Scientific Baseball .......................•
Wind Jammer ...............................•
Seeburg Astrolograph ................. .
lc. Exh. Card V.ndors ............... .
1 c Exh. Fist Striker ..................... .
Exhibit Punching Bag ................... .
Rainbow Pencil Vendor ........•......•
39.50
67.50
45.00
34.50
22.50
55.00
135.00
45.00
CONSOLES
2 Fortune ...........•........ 155.00
1 Stepper Upper........ 65.00
1 Winning Ticket........ 75.00
MILLS
2 4 Bells 5c .................. $575.00
1 Mills Square B.II.... B5.00
JENNINGS
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1
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Liberty Bell ............. .$ 19.50
Pace Saratogas...... 95.00
CI!larolia V.Mod.1.. 125.00
Ca,IIeMusicalDewey 65.00
SLOTS
MILLS
1 SOc Gold Chrome .................•...•...... $450.00
1 5c War Eagle 3·5 pay .................. 175.00
2 1 c Twin Jack Pot............................ 25.00
10 lc. 5c Gooseneck Ass·t................. 20.00
PACE
16 lc Bantams. S.J.P.
JENNINGS
1 25c Victory Chl.f .......................... $385.00
1 5c Century. D.J.P.
4 1 c Little Dukes................................
GROETCHEN
1 10c Superior Bell .....................•...... $
1 5c Superior Bell..............................
1 25c Superior Bell............................
17.50
55.00
45.00
65.00
FREE·PLAY GAMES
Malors .. 40 ..... _ ............. $19.50
Play Ball ........................ 55.00
Zig Zag .......................... 75.00
Paradise .........•.............. 35.00
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Polo ........................ _ .... 32.50
Follies ............................ 25.00
Big Chief ...................... 30.00
PARTS
Complete stock of parts. let us know what you need. we can fill It. $15,000 stock Container Salesboards at Lowest prices.
We manufaC:+ure merchandise sales boards.
sc-1000 Hole
sc-1000 Hole
sc-1s00 Hole
Costs Operator
Hand Dipped Chocolates ...... _........................................ $25.00
Nudie Doll Deal .............. _ ........••............ _ .................... _...
19.50
Western Deal ............... _ ................. _ .......................... _....
32.50
Sells to Dlr.
$32.50
27.00
45.00
Takes In
$50.00
50.00
75.00
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STEWART NOVELTY COMPANY
250 South State St.
SEATTLE
(Continued from Page 76)
he ran a music route.
How tempus does fugit! A half dozen
years ago he was a wisp of a lad who
helped his dad and repaired radios. Today
Sammy Michael - swarthy and broad-
beamed-is out of the navy and servicing
phonos for Paul Lewis ... Chet and George
Heberling are no longer gentlemen farmers
- they're still the first half, they claim-
after disposing of their Bellevue fruit-chick-
en-cow holdings for fifteen thousand smack-
eroos ... Most folks returning from Cali-
fornia sing paeans of praise about the Sun-
shine State; after days of rain and washed
out roads, George Schnabel says: "Just be-
tween you and me, I think California is
lousy."
Sgt. Loui. Karnof.ky
Salt Lahe City
Intermountain operators are busy with
their tax and license renewals at this time
which makes for not over-much activity for
the time being. As soon as the new
licenses are issued and the boys know
just what the license will be in certain
locations where it looks like there might
be a change, they will then know what
equipment they can afford to obtain, ac-
cording to R. F. Vogt of the Vogt Dis-
tributors.
Heminway and Moser reports that John
Moser has been home ill with a heart
attack for some time but is nicely recuper-
ating now. Fred Murphy, in charge of
retail operations for this organization, is
Phone 5·8433
just in from a trip through the territory
according to assistant manager Ralph Cra-
crofL
Warren I. King, in charge of the Hemin-
way and Moser Cigarette Vending Depart-
ment, has just returned after 18 months
in the Navy and resumes the position in
the company he previously held.
Major Laury Cracroft, here after 4V2
years in the Marines, pu~ a broad smile on
the faces of his father and family upon his
return New Year's Eve.
Fred Holden has placed James A. Holden
in charge of Ogden, Utah, operations in
the place of Ed Lewis who resigned re-
cently.
Milo Nichanscky, operator of the Can-
teen Service, reports that Ron Heiner has
gone to Wichita to operate the Canteen
business there, which he just recently pur·
chased. Nichanscky also reports that busi·
ness is picking up since the holidays.
• J. H. Rutter of the Rock-Ola Distributing
Co., has been quite ill with the flu.
John Davies, who had been with the
Yellowstone Specialty Co. for 20 years
prior to going into the Armed Forces, came
back from France to take up his manage-
ment of the Service Department again.
Manager Douglass reports that they ex-
pect the new Mills Black Cherry Bell slot
machines in for delivery within a week or 2
now, and have a sample on the floor on
display. This is a new machine since the
war.
The Stewart Novelty Co. reports mana-
ger Sid Stewart has gone into California
for a business trip. George Booth is now
the new sales manager for this company,
Salt Lake City. Utah
having been with Stewart for several years
as a salesman in th e Western States, ac-
cording to Mrs. M. Nuttall.
Dan Stewart, who has charge of the
Reno, Nevada Casino, is also in California,
to meet his brother Sid.
Ray Samuelson, service man for Victor
Ball, burned his hand during the holidays
on his Christmas Tree lights and was home
for a few days.
E. W. Combes, manager of Victor Ball
Co., expects to go into California soon for
the winter, with his family.
Viola B. Hutton
Pair Visit AMI Plant
CHICAGO-Recent visitors at the Auto-
matic Instrument Co. factory in Grand
Rapids were DeWitt (Doc) Eaton and
James Mangan. There they inspected the
new AMI phonograph and conferred with
factory executives including General Man-
ager Harold E. Atchison and Director of
Purchases A. G. Bowen. Doc is General
Sales Manager of AMI and Mangan, of
Mangan & Eckland, is advertising and
public relations counselor.
Hard Candy Popular
NEW YORK - The scarcity of candy
bars has caused candy vending machine
operators to turn to packaged hard candies
in order to fill their machines. Operators
report a good reception to this substitution.
In fact, the reception has been so good that
it may result in the reservation of one or
two columns of the machines for packaged
hard candies even when bars are again
plentiful.
COIN
MACHIN!
REVIEW
79
FOR
fEBRUARY
1946
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LAST MINUTE REPORTS-PREDICTIONS-FORECASTS and GOOD OLD
FASHIONED RUMORS COMPRISE THIS NEW REPORTING SERVICE OF
liTHE REVIEW." THIS PAGE IS WRITTEN AS THE FINAL FORMS GO TO
PRESS ON THE 20th.
NEW EQUIPMENT DELIVERIES: Although samples are now being displayed in
all of the key cities, distributors are reluctant to set any delivery
dates. Manufacturers who did set January delivery dates are blushing, for
strikes and minor shortages are still troublesome.
It is believed that
the crest of strikes and threats of strikes arrived in mid-January and
the wave will continue through the first quarter of the year. Washington
big-wigs think that from April on, the nation's industries will be back
at work, settled down to high production.
Sporadic strikes will pop all
year, but in the national picture they will be minor. Bottleneck in coin
machine manufacturing is the seemingly little parts that don't amount to
much, but which are essential to the finished product.
This is serious,
but not catastrophic.
There is no indication that the stoppages will
become cumulative to the point of paralysis in our Industry.
PHONOGRAPHS: The order taking continues but no deliveries are being made.
First samples reflect a continuance of the 20 and 24 record policy of ' pre-
war years. However, Phono Manufacturers are ready for anything new that
might catch on.
The announcement of a 50-record Swedish instrument in our
last issue smoked out the information that several of the present manu-
facturers have models with added capacity ready for production but they're
waiting for someone else to prove the market.
If they are successful, the
others are ready to give them immediate competition. Price Structure on
the new instruments bears out our previous predictions - - a range of
from $650 to $850 per unit. Packard expects to have a phono ready by
April and Williams Manufacturing is reported to be ready in June or July.
Two dark horses are still keeping their plans in mothballs.
It's a cinch
that all of the phonos produced this year won't begin to fill the demand
and orders on hand. Demand for new phbnos won't be filled until late '47.
Little likelihood of any export of brand new phonos before '48 for dis-
tributors will cater to home market first.
VENDING: There is a terrific amount of activity in this field and some
revolutionary new Vendors will be announced in the months to come. Hot
Dogs, Hamburgers, Toasted Sandwiches, Coffee and hundreds of other items
will be automatically vended.
Tests reveal a good acceptance on some of
these machines. However, most of them will require a specialized opera-
tion and old line operators will stick to vending the non-perishables
such as cigarettes, gum, cookies, etc.
Candy, via refrigerated vendors,
is also just ahead.
In Soft Drink Vending a tremendous outburst of new
machines merely awaits an adequate supply of sugar.
Cigarette Machines
will lead off vending deliveries.
Samples aFe now being shown. Most
manufacturers feel no need for rush on Candy Vendors because of the sugar
situation. Our last month's prediction still holds • • • adequate stocks
will not be available gnti'l 1947.
RECORDS: The dollar disc is about ready to bow out. Shellac supplies and
adequate labor sounded the death knell.
The dollar disc boys know it and
are planning to drop to popular prices to meet competition. A lot of
casualties will be noted in the record field in the next six months. The
Independents with a good record of performance will stick.
The shoestring
boys will bite the dust.
USED EQUIPMENT is still selling strong and trade-in allowances are fair.
Distributors are far-sighted in handling used stuff and will utilize the
foreign market to rid the country of used "machines as new machines make
their appearance.

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