Coin Slot Magazine - #V8N3 - 1982 - November [International Arcade Museum]
to provide me in regard to replace
121/2" wideand71/2" deep. It isa
ment
three reeler. Across the top is 5C
mint and fortune, "Drop Coin" and
parts
would
be
greatly
appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
Roger Hilden
Dear Roger;
Thanks. We appreciate the plugs.
We particularly appreciate the com
ments about our newer writers. Writing
"This machine advertises and sells
mint confections." Please give me
any information you have on it, and
also its value.
Thank you,
Irene Martin
for a magazine is largely a thankless
job, and it's a labor of love. All of us
on, and associated with, The Coin
"JIM*
Slot love to do it. Kind words make it
worthwhile.
So do tough questions. Particularly
those we can answer. Your game is
the AB.T.
THE CHALLENGER of
spring 1946. AB.T. was a well-known
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pre-World War2 arcade and counter
game maker, and the firm's president
was Walter A Tratsch. In fact, the
"V in AB.T. was for Tratsch.
After World War2 the coin machine
business was up for grabs (just as it
is today, with smaller video game
makers challenging the established
old-timers), and the old-line companies
w^?e in a scramble to come up with
games that reestablished their fran
chise in the marketplace. AS. T. was
no exception, and they took their
pre-war line of TARGET SKILL counter
machines and gave them new
cabinets, coming out in a variety of
models Three of them were introduced
in the spring of 1946, soon after the
war. And once again they commanded
the market for these games.
Except, the world changed. These
games were great in Ma-and-Pa
stores and cigar stores, but when
the Supermarket became the major
food store in the 1950s, and the
shopping centers in the suburbs
replaced the neighborhood cigar
Dear Irene;
Whenever we see a machine like
yours we're inclined to remark on
the thrill of discovery. And your
Superior Confection SELECTIVE
MINT VENDER of 1928 isa thriller.
It was made by the Superior
Confection Company of Columbus,
Ohio as a front vender adaptation
of their FORTUNE BALLGUM VEN
DER. The graphics and copy are dif
But who knows, decentralization
(we're already seeing it as a result
ference, and the tall vending cab
inet is completely unique to this
machine. But when you compare
the two, you'll see the mechanism
is identical, as well as the push
of the cost of gas) may bring back
lever operation.
smaller shops, and these games. In
We only know of three or four
Superior Confection SELECTIVE
MINT VENDER machines around,
so you've got a treasure. As for
value, that's hard to say in this
market. We understand that Dick
Bueschel is including this machine
inhis"Volume3 An Illustrated Price
Guide to the 100 Most Collectible
Trade Stimulators" now in work,
and it'll be priced by Larry Lubliner.
So we'll have to wait a bit before we
can give you the final word on value.
store, the market for these machines
dried up.
fact, one maker is still making them
today in slightly modified form.
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As for parts, that's tough. Most
collectors end up buying two junkers
in order to cannabalize one to make
Dear Editor,
I have just purchased the enclosed
trade stimulator. It is 221/2" tall,
NOVEMBER, 1982
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