Play Meter

Issue: 1977 June - Vol 3 Num 11

ROBBINS: Yes, we do. Everybody got carried
away during the video boom and they started
selling and leasing like mad. And for every game
that was a great success, with longevity, there
were five that were just mediocre. And there never
seemed to develop the secondary market that there
is with other equipment. There's always been a
good used market for pins here, and overseas too.
But that first guy that would buy the new video
game far, far outnumbered the guy who wouldn't
buy the new one but might buy the used one.
PLAY METER: As distributor, you're caught in
the middle between factory and operator, it seems.
How do yo view your role?
ROBBINS: The distributor has to be not only the
supplier to the operator and an intelligent supplier,
he must be a guide to the operators in his area.
There is nobody else they can look to to guide them
as to the right things to do, the way to operate, the
right equipment to buy , and so forth. But they've
got to have a guide and the distributor has a moral
responsibility to act in this role, and if he doesn't do
it, he is going to hurt the operators in his area, and
he's going to hurt his own chances of success.
PLA Y METER: How do you see your role in
relationship to the manufacturers?
ROBBINS: You do have a responsibility to the
manufacturers to do the best possible sales job you
can for him, within the framework of intelligent
marketing.
PLA Y METER: Do you find much co-operation
between manufacturer and distributor?
ROBBINS: In most cases, yes. You'll find that most
The probes for
the PRO!
manufacturers today have incoming WATS lines.
They have people assigned for service to the
distributor- and directly to the operator too-and
they're much more aware of the need for that
service. The successful manufacturers today are in
most cases very cooperative and very responsive.
but there are manufacturers that are out of
business or in trouble now because they have
constantly refused to accept troubles from the field
and do something about them, so that the operators
finally decided - it seems in concert-that they
were not going to buy any more of that equipment
because the maker wouldn't stand behind it.
PLAY METER: Does today's distributor face any
one problem that stands out from all the others?
ROBBINS: Certainly one of the most dangerous
aspects today from the distributor standpoint, and
from the manufacturer standpoint as well-and I
think the operator is aware of it-is the tremendous
change in credit policy. Years ago it was easy credit
from the distributor to the operator. And the
operator was pretty loose himself, giving money
out etc. Today our terms with the maufacturer are
ultra, ultra constrictive. It's thirty days or less.
Therefore we' cannot give long term credit to the
operator. And he must pay us. This also means that
the operator can't give easy credit or easy loans to
his locations- he can't do it. It's got to be tightened
up all the way down the line, because it's going to
get still tighter. And the squeeze is going to be on
that distributor or that operator who is not a good
businessman, who doesn't put his house in order so
that he can stay with the trend.
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FREE RECORD of "JOSEPHINE" by Bob King to
Phonograph Operators. Write: SAN·l YN RECORDS,
Box 46, Syracuse, New York 1m
FOR SALE: 211 video tennis·type cocktail tables, A·l
SCORE brand. Attractively·styled, suitable for posh
resturants. 4-player model includes man against the
computer feature for free game attraction. Excellent
electronics, proven reliability. All reconditioned,
ready to go. $250 each, or $225 each for 15-211, package
deal. Contact: Gene Beley, 2324lenta lane, Arcadia,
Califomia 91IDl, Tel: 213/447·9314, or 213f266.1994;
M2250 lIeave messagel.
PARTS INVENTORY REDUCTION. For sale at
tremandous savings. We must gat rid of these by July
17 ,1!177. No reasonable offar refused. Vanding-Music-
Games. Call for your personal list. /531·8555. ROWE
INTERNATIONAL of Sah lake City.
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NEW AND USED KIDDIE RIDES $400 AND UP.
Paul W. Hawkins Mfg., 3119 E. Pennsylvania St.,
Tucson, Arizona 85814. Tal: 802/294-1807
FOR SALE: If you're interested in quantities of good
monay making used 4 player pinballs Ishoppad &
unshoppedl call us last after your best prices for evan
better quotes. FAMilY AMUSEMENT CORPORATION
870 N. Vermont Ave., los Angeles CA 12131~1II
FOR SALE: Magnatron $875, Jacks Open Iwritel,
Super Soccer $575, Spirit Of 78 $725, Hot Shot $475,
Royal Flush . , Jumping Jack $460, ":DY' $810,
Target Alpha $895, Top Score $7SI, Grand Prix Iwritel,
Triple Action $425, Capt. Fantastic $895, Hokus Pokus
$725, Champ $525, Rock On Isolid statel $495,
Dyn·O·Mite Iso lid state I $425, Robot las isl $95, Monta
Carlo $175, Super Shifter $375, Daytona 500 $785,
Sound Stage $595, Speed King $:111, Coney Island Gun
$161, Demolition Derby _, Twin Skeet Shoot Gun
$495, Twin Rifle Gun $325, Flying Tigers las isl $29),
New World $750, Racer $950, Ayball $895, Dominos
$11175, Tank m5, Pong $125, Quadra Pong $325, Jet
Fighter m5, le Mans $11115, Breekout $995, Tennis
Toumey $95, B~Plane $700, Bonkers $595, T rivias $510,
Sport Center $175, Pace Race las isl $75, Dynamo
lrosewoodl $350, Dynamo CB, latest model Icall or
writel, Dynamo Model E's $495, Big Shot Rifle $650,
Sportaball $375, Outlaw Inewl $835, Sandy Pony Inewl
$725. NEW ORLEANS NOVEL TV CP., 1055 Dryades St.,
New Orleans, LA 70113. Tel: 504/529-7321
PINBALL TOURNAMENT
PROCEDURES MANUAL
• Toumament Rul ..
• Utarature Sampl ..
• Reglatratlon Sample.
• Promotional Forrnata
OVER 60 PAGES OF DATA TO HELP
YOU RUN YOUR OWN PINBALL
TOURNAMENT.
OUR SPECIAL OFFER:
to: NICE DA Y PRODUCTIONS,
P.O. Box 3701, BMchwood Station,
Rochestar, NY 141C11 (Order. out-
aide U.S.- add tl.60)
WANTED TO BUY. Buy- Sell - Trade regardless of
condition:Ali types of coin machines. Anything coin·
operated: jukeboxes, vending machines, coin ma·
chines, back bars, saloon bars, tavem equipment,
pool tables, wooden ice boxes, fumiture. Also parts,
supplies and accessories, music machines and
arcade machines. TONY'S TRADING POST, 209 East
Park Street, Butte, Montana 59701 . Tel. 723-9856.
SEAT COVERS I DAYTONA 500, F-114, SUPER
SHIFTER. Heavy black vinyl, fits better, lasts longer
than original, installs easily, full instructions. Send
$35.00 to CUSTOM CRAFTS, M Jay Dr., Kalamazoo,
Mich. ml8
Classified ad rate : 30 cents
per word , cou nting all
words that appear in ad .
Minimum ad ac cepted
55 .00. CASH or CHECK
should accompany orders .
Mail your message to :
PLAY METER
P.O. Box 24170
New 0 rleans, Lou isiana 701 R4
WANT LIST
Wurlitzer Phonographs
2900 ... . ..... . ..... .....• 200
3000 . ............ .. .... . . 225
3100 ...... . ....... . .. ... . 275
3200 ...... ...... .. . .... .. 375
3300 . . .... .... . ... ....... 475
All YOU CAN GETIII
The Gem Vending Co .
305 / 885-5681
while they last
$295
each
RECONDITIONED-REFINISHED
ALI DRAG RACES, 2 Playa,
ALI TENNIS TOURNEY TV (4)
AMUTRONICS HOCKEY TV
BALLY ROAD RUNNER
MIDWAY SEA DEVIL
C.C. SHARP SHOOTER GUN
C.C. FLYING TIGER
Va Dep., Bal. Sight Draft.
Call, wrlta for completellat,
all coln-operated equipment.
WORLDWIDE
dl6trlbuton co.
A Dlv. of American Recreation Group
2734 W. Fullerton, Chicago, IL 10147
Phone: 312/384-2300
SCHOOL FOR GAMES & MUSIC. TWO AND THREE
WEEK COURSES. Phonos, Flippers, and Bingos. By
schematics ! CAL'S COIN COLLEGE, P.O. BOI 810.
Nicoma Park, Okla. 7m . 14051769-5343 •
COIN COUNTING, SORTING, PACKAGING MACHINES.
hand, Bectric, repairs. pcrt.s, Dowley·Johnson, Klopp,
Abbo". Chang9l'lCMs, free littRure. "If you don't
buy from us, you pay too much l" AKRON COIN
1515 E. 11th, Tulsd. Olda. 14120. Ta. 918m2·51 44.
Coin Sorter Speeds Counting
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NADEX Industries Inc. Dept. 1742 II
220 Del ••• re An., Buff.lo, N. Y. 14202
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SAVE l Bu Both For 131 .15
Reconditioned
Equipment
Atlas Music Co.
A.C.A. Sporta Centar .•..••••. t27&
ALLIED Ski Game •..•..•.•••••• _
ALLIED Super Shifter ••. • .••.•• 476
ALLIED Daytona 600 .. .. ....... . .
ALLIED Fire Power •........•.•. 676
ALLIED Street Burner .. ........ . .
AMUTRONICS Bowl-A-Tron ••• 221
CHICOIN Star Hockey ........•• 160
CHICOIN Motorcycle ...•..•.•• 210
CHICOIN B ... ball Champ ..• ••. 416
CHICOIN Super Flipper •.• .••.•.•
BOW-MAC Dog Fight upright ... _
MIDWAY Chopper .••••.•.•.••• _
MIDWAY Fla.h Ba .. ball ........ 160
M.C.I. Blue Max ...•••••.....•.
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Write for lIat: Gamu-PhonograpM
2122 N. Wa.tam Avenue
Chicago, IL 80847
Phone: 312/278-5006
Established 1934

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