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oin machines
machines were
were among
among
oin
products exhibited at at the
National
ed the National
exhibit
Association
of
Convenience
Stores
JAssociation of Convenience Stores
(NACS)
convention
and
trade
show
at
(NACS) convention and trade show at
the
New
Orleans
Convention
Center
the New Orleans Convention Center
November 2-5.
2-5. Over
Over 500
500 companies,
companies,
November
most
of
them
with
food-service
most of them with food-service
equipment, exhibited
exhibited at at the
the show.
show.
equipment,
Coin-operated
equipment
on
display
Coin-operated equipment on display
included
video
and
pinball
from
Bally
included video and pinball from Bally
Manufacturing,
cranes
from
Grayhound
Manufacturing, cranes from Grayhound
Electronics, countertop
countertop trivia
trivia from
from M. M.
Electronics,
Kramer
Manufacturing,
and
specialty
Kramer Manufacturing, and specialty
equipment from
from Air-Vend,
Air-Vend, Air
Air Check,
Check,
equipment
and
L.M.
Becker
&
Co.
and L.M. Becker & Co.
Bally representatives
representatives Jolly
Jolly Backer
Backer
Bally
and
Tom
Locke
demonstrated
Bally
and Tom Locke demonstrated Bally
Sente's
Night
Stocker
video
and
Bally
Sente's Night Stocker video and Bally
Midway's
Rampage
video
and
Special
Midway's Rampage video and Special
Force pinball.
pinball.
Force
"The
majority of
of convenience
convenience store
store
"The majority
owners
who
came
by
weren't
happy
owners who came by weren't happy
with the
the way
way their
their video
video games
games were
were
with
looking
or
collecting,"
said
Backer.
looking or collecting," said Backer.
"Many said
said they
they had
had not
not talked
talked to to an
an
"Many
operator
in
months.
They
claimed
the
operator in months. They claimed the
equipment was
was so
so old
old they
they knew
knew why
why
equipment
their
collections
were
down.
their collections were down.
"Some store
store owners
owners said
said operators
operators
"Some
were paying attention
attention to to their
their
were paying
locations. If If equipment
equipment is is maintained
maintained
locations.
properly everyone
everyone will
will be
be satisfied
satisfied and
and
properly
videos
will
be
a
positive
experience.
videos will be a positive experience.
Rotation and
and fresh
fresh equipment
equipment are
are the
the
Rotation
answer.
Some
filler
games
can
still
be
answer. Some filler games can still be
new."
"
new.
According to to the
the Convenience
Convenience Store
Store
According
News
Industry
Report
for
1986,
there
News Industry Report for 1986, there
are 66,000
66,000 C-stores
C-stores with
with a a total
total
are
industry
volume
of
$61.6
billion,
industry volume of $61.6 billion, a a
large market for coin-op equipment.
large
market for coin-op equipment.
Grayhound Electronics' Dan Dinnebeil
Grayhound Electronics' Dan Dinnebeil
demonstrated the
the Skill
Skill Crane
Crane and
and
demonstrated
The
Parrot
merchandiser.
M
.
Kramer
The Parrot merchandiser. M. Kramer
Manufacturing displayed
displayed its its LA
IA Trivia
Manufacturing
Trivia
Challenge
countertop.
Challenge countertop.
David Fulton
Fulton and
and James
James Carlson
Carlson of
of
David
Air
Check
exhibited
Retrac
-A-
Hose.
Air Check exhibited Retrac -A- Hose.
Air-Vend's Jerry
Jerry Sullivan,
Sullivan, Joe
Joe Ennis,
Ennis,
Air-Vend's
and
Bruce
Childs
manned
a
booth
of
and Bruce Childs manned a booth of
air,
water,
and
tire-inflating
air, water, and tire-inflating
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AIR-serv
Tom Locke
Locke (left)
{left) and
and Jolly
Jolly Backer
Backer show
show
Tom
Bally Sente's Night Stocker.
Bally
Sente's Night Stocker.
Air-Vend representatives at the C-store show
Air-Vend
representatives at the C-store show
include (from left) Jerry Sullivan, Joe Ennis,
include
(from left) Jerry Sullivan, Joe Ennis,
and Bruce
Bruce Childs.
Childs.
and
AIR
Air
Hir-
4WATER
Air Check
David Fulton (left) and James Carlson show Air Check equipment.
David
Fulton (left) and James Carlson show Air Check equipment.
LESET
SHEIDSEP
ORIZA
every
Itime
'
Grayhound exhibited
exhibited its
its Skill
SkiU
Grayhound
Crane and The Parrot.
Crane
and The Parrot.
M. Kramer's IA Trivia Challenge draws interest.
M.
Kramer's LA Trivia Challenge draws interest.