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Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

Issue: 1935 April - Page 81

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It comes just in the nick of time. Just when you need a peppy, punchy,
low-priced counter machine . One that can stand up and give a good account of itself.
And that's exactly what you have in SHIP AHOY- Rock-Ola 's smart, new counter machine .
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From an operating angle, SHIP AHOY is everything you have ever imagined . It fits
, the bill to a T. It is so new, so different, so startling, that it will make you stand up and
cheer.
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The idea? Well , the idea in SHIP AHOY is to balallce the boat. Glassed in
the upright cabinet, before your very eyes, is a ship at sea in distress . By inserting a coin-
anything from a penny to a silver dollar, you can balance the ship back to safety providing
you are skillful enough . The appeal fascinates you almost to the point of hypnotism . You
drop 1 coin, 2 coins, 3 coins ... and you keep on dropping every spare coin in your pocket
without let-up. You just can 't resist the urge of this challenging little machine . You feel
forced to balance the boat.
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It is safe to predict that SHIP AHOY will set a new style
- that it will prove to be one of the fastest money-makers and smoothest-workers ever
SEE
SHIP AHOY
AT THE SHOW
built in the Rock-Ola House of Mechanical Magic.
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Schedules on quantity shipments
are now being arranged . It will have to be a case of first come first served. And to judge
by the way this little machine has taken hold, the wise thing to do is to see your nea rest
Booths
Rockola-Distributor at once. Do not lose a minute. Get your orders
17-18-49-49A
placed immediately. Make sure of an ocean of profits with SHIP AHOYI
1 or 100
ROCK-OlA MANUFACTURING CORPORATION
800 to 867 North Kedzie Avenue
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A

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