Coin Slot
Issue: 1982 August 090 - Page 9
Coin Slot Magazine - #090 - 1982 - August [International Arcade Museum]
He also plans to return to Northern California in the next few
statement: "For best results place in service before January,
weeks to pick up another 10 that later were found hidden away in
1936." Now if that isn't a bit of good luck, then I don't know
the same barn.
what is!! But wait, there's more.
Still, Falletich admits that the sluggish economy has left fewer
In the March, 1982 issue of The Coin Slot, there is a letter
people who are willing to plunk down $ 1,000 to $2,000 for what
from Mr. Frank Radford (page 14) in which you reply with a
some consider to be a frivolity.
question re: serial number ASL-2028. On TOTEM'S instruction
Even so, he added, "when people buy one machine they
card is a pasted-on sticker which reads:
A. S. L. Sales Company
invariably come back and buy one or two more. They look at it as
133-135 Washington Street
a fine and rare piece of art.
Dayton, Ohio
"Besides, when prices are going up 20% to 30% per year and
you look at real estate now, nothing really compares."
OFFICE
—
PHONES
—
RESIDENCE
AD-4602
RA 7361
Continued on page 10
CALL ANYTIME
INSURANCE
(312) 243-5589
APPRAISALS
ov-
WE PAY MORE FOR
^Unique Antique ^
^
COIN OPERATED MACHINES $$
CO
RON&GINNYPEPSNIK
Collectors- Investors
830 N. MILWAUKEE
CHICAGO, IL 60622
Jamie Lynn
Cabinet Restoring Co.
1950 Monroe— Glenview, Illinois 60025
(312) 998-1990
Dear Editor,
Some time ago I acquired a small counter-top pinball machine
somewhat similar to that described in Russ Jensen's article (see
The Coin Slot, December, 1981 issue, page 24). Mr. Jensen
Let the Jamie Lynn Cabinet Co.
make your slot machine investment
grow in value.
Quality restoration of cabinets and
castings at modest prices.
called it a "mystery game" as to manufacturer. My game is also
electrically operated— by dry-cell batteries. It is not, however, a
payout game.
You further pictured the TARGET game in your January,
1982 issue, page 42. My game is called TOTEM — from a
totem pole design in the center of the playing area. The
description of TARGET'S operation matches that of TOTEM
.com
m
:
u
use in the machine
from
("SKILL HOLE"), which, d
when
hit, resulted
m
-
e
e
d fortune c telling
dispensing to the player
ad card. These similarities,
nloa a seem
a to r suggest
.
w
coupled with appearance,
the same manufacturer.
o
w
D
w
w
/
Mr. Jensen pegs
the date of manufacture at 1934 for
/
:
p TOTEM, I was lucky, for when I opened the
htt for
TARGET. As
almost exactly. TOTEM also has the electrically operated
cannon aimed at the high scoring holes, a hole at the top
machine I found the original dry cell batteries inside! On the
bottom of the cardboard carton enclosing the batteries was the
August 1982
© The International Arcade Museum
Specializing in Antique Slot Machines
THE COIN SLOT—9
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
He also plans to return to Northern California in the next few
statement: "For best results place in service before January,
weeks to pick up another 10 that later were found hidden away in
1936." Now if that isn't a bit of good luck, then I don't know
the same barn.
what is!! But wait, there's more.
Still, Falletich admits that the sluggish economy has left fewer
In the March, 1982 issue of The Coin Slot, there is a letter
people who are willing to plunk down $ 1,000 to $2,000 for what
from Mr. Frank Radford (page 14) in which you reply with a
some consider to be a frivolity.
question re: serial number ASL-2028. On TOTEM'S instruction
Even so, he added, "when people buy one machine they
card is a pasted-on sticker which reads:
A. S. L. Sales Company
invariably come back and buy one or two more. They look at it as
133-135 Washington Street
a fine and rare piece of art.
Dayton, Ohio
"Besides, when prices are going up 20% to 30% per year and
you look at real estate now, nothing really compares."
OFFICE
—
PHONES
—
RESIDENCE
AD-4602
RA 7361
Continued on page 10
CALL ANYTIME
INSURANCE
(312) 243-5589
APPRAISALS
ov-
WE PAY MORE FOR
^Unique Antique ^
^
COIN OPERATED MACHINES $$
CO
RON&GINNYPEPSNIK
Collectors- Investors
830 N. MILWAUKEE
CHICAGO, IL 60622
Jamie Lynn
Cabinet Restoring Co.
1950 Monroe— Glenview, Illinois 60025
(312) 998-1990
Dear Editor,
Some time ago I acquired a small counter-top pinball machine
somewhat similar to that described in Russ Jensen's article (see
The Coin Slot, December, 1981 issue, page 24). Mr. Jensen
Let the Jamie Lynn Cabinet Co.
make your slot machine investment
grow in value.
Quality restoration of cabinets and
castings at modest prices.
called it a "mystery game" as to manufacturer. My game is also
electrically operated— by dry-cell batteries. It is not, however, a
payout game.
You further pictured the TARGET game in your January,
1982 issue, page 42. My game is called TOTEM — from a
totem pole design in the center of the playing area. The
description of TARGET'S operation matches that of TOTEM
.com
m
:
u
use in the machine
from
("SKILL HOLE"), which, d
when
hit, resulted
m
-
e
e
d fortune c telling
dispensing to the player
ad card. These similarities,
nloa a seem
a to r suggest
.
w
coupled with appearance,
the same manufacturer.
o
w
D
w
w
/
Mr. Jensen pegs
the date of manufacture at 1934 for
/
:
p TOTEM, I was lucky, for when I opened the
htt for
TARGET. As
almost exactly. TOTEM also has the electrically operated
cannon aimed at the high scoring holes, a hole at the top
machine I found the original dry cell batteries inside! On the
bottom of the cardboard carton enclosing the batteries was the
August 1982
© The International Arcade Museum
Specializing in Antique Slot Machines
THE COIN SLOT—9
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).