Coin Machine Review (& Pacific ...)

The Sign of Quality
THE SOUNDEST BRANCH of the coin machine industry is mechan -
ical merchandising . . . The safest and steadiest income is made in
the distribution of bulk confections ... The New TID-BIT SHOP is
the latest and most advanced medium in this highly profitable field
... Its amazing sales appeal, operating efficiency and dependability
are unequaled in vending machine history · . . . Every one of its big
improvements was made after careful experiment.
No money was spared to make this new Venitor the most prac-
tical, most profitable automatic sales cabinet ever produced . . .
Every day it stands the acid test, securing new locations mainly on its
attractive appearance and holding those locations thru increased
efficiency and added income ... And month after month it serves
with the same unvarying steadiness, creating for the Operator new
friends and greater income . .. In a word, the TID- BIT SHOP
achieves not only ideal daily performance but the lasting service
every Operator has always desired.
V E NIT 0 R
NEW 1936 MODEL
It will prove itself on its own
merits. D escriptive circular
gladly mailed upon request.
We endorse 9-Point Program
of Nat'l Council of A.M.O .A.
CORPORATION
M anufacturers
Title (;, Trust Bldg., Detroit
men to the 1. A. Games Co. staff.
In the adjoining photo are some of the
experts now in charge of production. Left
to right: Frank C. Lamb, George Schnack-
enberg, Bill Nathanson, Joe Kosakoff and
Jack Perock . . Front row, seated (right):
Sally W ulfe, in charge of office, and Miss
Bull imore, head of Bullimore's Atelier, Los
Angeles screen process firm . Miss Bulli-
more is given credit for the beautiful de-
sign on playing field and cabinet of Screen
Test games.
Candy Vendor Short;
Cops Blame Trusties
L. A. GAMES
BUSY
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Heavy production s chedule a r-
r a n ged for next two months.
LOS ANGELES.- In the midst of heavy
production on Screen Test in the novelty
game model which is keeping double shifts
busy at the plant of the 1. A. Games Co.,
Bill Nathanson, popular head of the firm,
announced a schedule of new releases to
fill demands from every type of territory.
While continuing to turn out a large vol-
ume of 6-ball Screen. Test games daily,
the 1. A. Gam ~s Co~ · also is announcing
Screen Test in a new model for early de-
livery. Th ~ game will be produced in a
I-ball automatic m o d ~l with combination
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ticket unit, following the requests of many
operators for this type of equipment as a
resu lt of the successful playing idea brought
out in the original 6-b"all Screen Test.
J ul y 5th the firm will have a new game
ready for the market with a free-game
coin chute and register. This game has
been developed by the 1. A. G~es Co.
experimental department, but no additional
information on the new ·machine was re-
vealed.
June 22nd the company will release a
new rep lacement board, D ividend, for Cali-
fornia Express, Rebound , Crazy" Lahe and
other machines of corresponding size.
This is part of the production program
which has necessitated the add ition of six
R EVIEW
LOS ANGELES. - An industrious
operator of 5-cent candy bar vend-
inq machines belie.ved he had one
location where he woul:ln't have to
worry about qyps when he installed
a machine in the Georqia Street
Police Station.
For week after week everythinq
went fine and the machine moved
plenty of toothsome merchandise.
But when he made his reqular serv-
ice call last week the vender checked
short by 24 nickels.
The desk serqeant couldn't fiqure
out how such a thinq could happen
riqht under the noses of the L. A.
P. D .. but the best ths operator could
qet out 01 any of the officers at the
statio" was a mumbled somethinq
about " th ose so-and-so trusties."
JUNE,
1936