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. . . . . Universal U.S.!\., Manufacturers of Cosmic Cucri.lla and 0alax_y__~ lined up about fifteen American distributors so far.
Included are:
Contin-
ental Divide of Denver, Empire of Chicaqo, Greater Southern of Atlanta, Advance
Distributors of Houston, C./\. Robinson of Los Ang0lcs, Banner Specialty of
Phjladclphia with the two most recent additions to the Universal distributor
family bc:ing Fern Crest Vending ('Dd Di:;;tributors of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida,
and National Vendinq and Distributors of Streetsborouqh, Ohio.
The Fern
CrPst associate office in Ft. Lauderdale, currently a 5,000 square foot struc-
ture will be moving to a 20,000 square foot combination ware house anct showroom
facility soon.
Pete Piccirillo, manager of the n~w office, 11otes that the
company has a good ranqc of secondhand machines.
Universal is the firm's mLlin
line.
Nationo.l V(~nding and Distributors has been <:tppointed by Unjversal to
cover Ohio, Tennessee, anct the west Pennsylvania urea.
Chuck Farmer, also
associated with National Vending, works from the company's Columbus office .....
. . . . . Starloq, a science fiction magazine, conciuctcd a pi•1ball art contest
in coopcrution with Rally.
Bally 1\rt Director Paul Paris chose winners from
the entries that Starlog staffers deemed "Star" quality.
First prize w~nner was
Greg F.spinoza, an art student in Napa, California; second prize winners were
Tony Boatright, Richard Kreeqer, Scott Eckhart, Valerie Grundt, and Matthew
n. Pak .· and third prize winners were Mark Bouqher, Shawn Culver, Shannon and
Tommy Hutto, l\lan Stacy, Steven Silviu, Edward Repka, David. Brasqalla, Micha_el
Summers, Brad Gorby, and Jomcs Russell Greene, ,Jr . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . The Republic of Irelanc1 is slatinq il ~ first coin~operated indust.ry show,
Coin Op '80, that will be held at the LeoparOstown Racecourse April 22~24.
The Irish Amusement Trad<'s l\ssociation has qivon its full support of the event
and is helpinq to publicize it.
Featured will be all types of amusement
machines and SU?plies as well as a section devoted to vcnchng equipment.
The
show is set to coincide with Vintra, the Irish licensee'! trades exhibition
which is markinq its fourth ann:ivcrsu.ry tL:is Yl'ar.
'!'he Lcopardstown faciljty
has a gross floor un_'a of nearly 100,000 square feet and can handle more than
20,000 people a day.
Vint ra, last~ year, at tracb~O 5') exhibitors, ten of which
were coin-op industry-related.
Show orqaniZl'rs cxp::,ct the '80 event to shm ... •
a big increase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
..... To accommodate those who plan to attend the exhibits at the Amusement
Operators Expo in New Orleans at the Fairmont Hotel, March 20-22, an "exhibit
only" pass has been instituted.
The cost for such a badge is $10.
Also, in
answer to numerous inquiries, wives and children of attendees are issued free
passes for the exhibit area only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
· .... Gilbert G. Pollock was appointed vice presjdc:nt of operations at D. Gottlieb
and Company recently.
Pollock, who boasts seven years in the pinball industry
with Gottlieb, will be responsible for manufacturing, enqineerjnq, product
design, purchas:inq, inventory, and employee relations . . . . . . . . . .
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PLAY METER,
March, 1980