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pieces call for only the best; so,
you manufacturers, how about
giving us a break?
Second, I have to wonder
where the pinball manufacturers
are buying their rubbers for the
playing fields? They are wearing
out too fast and cause too many
repair calls just for replacing a
broken rubber or one that has
been so weakened so that the ball
gets stuck. Sure, we get more
play, but not so we have to
replace them in a month. I
believe in my humble opinion, the
rubber we get now is inferior. Is
that so?
You know in our field today,
the problem of vandalism,
robberies, and other outside
troubles such as licensing, high
interest in buying equipment,
and the high cost of operating is
bad enough; so please, manu-
facturers, give us a better
standup piece of equipment.
Harry Steinberg
Mr. P,'nbaU, Inc.
East Hanover, New J ersey
SUPEit SPECIALS
ALL LIKE HEW
Quality
I operate over 450 amusement
games in the New York Metro-
politan area.
After 45 years of experience in
our field in ;ukeboxes and amuse-
ment games, I feel there is a
great need for commenting on the
building of amusement games.
First, the coin-chute is giving
us "fits" in its operation. Some of
the brand new digitals and arcade
pieces take pennies. After adjust-
ments, we are able to fix them,
but the customers continued
trying, meanwhile taking up time
when other customers were
waiting to play. Most operators
have had the same trouble, first
you try to get a five -cent piece
tuck, t hen keep putting pennies
in till one works as the quarter.
I saw in another operator's
location where the person trying
pennies kept it up for an hour,
then quit, and went to the
counter and traded his fifty
pennies for two quarters. All this
time, the machine earned no-
thing. When we had old push-
chutes, we were 100 per cent
better off. But here we are in a
supposedly up-to-date mechan-
ical and electronic era that can't
stop a simple problem like this.
I know there are new coin
chutes, American and Canadian,
that cost more and are perfect for
our business, but the manu-
facturers appear to be ignoring
this big problem we have. The
price of the digitals and arcade
PLAY METER . December. 1978
ARCADE & VIDEO
AMERICOIN Dozer . .. .• $895
ATARI Sprint II . .. .. . ... 1595
ATARI Sprint 8 . •....•.. 4395
ATARI Breakout .. •. .... 895
ATARI Night Driver .. ... 1095
ELCON
Robot Bowl (new) ...... 1295
EXIDY Car Polo . .. . .... 1695
EXIDY Circus • .. . . .• .... 995
EXIDY
Death Race ..• .... . . . .. 1125
EXIDY Robot Bowl . .... 1145
GREMLIN Blockade ..•. . 795
MICRONETICS
Night Racer . . •••.. . .. . .. 995
MIDWAY Gunfight .. . ... 845
MIDWAY Seawolf ... . .. 1195
P.S.E. Bazooka ......... 795
P.S.E. Desert Patrol ..... 795
SEGA
Plinker's Canyon . . .... • 3895
TORNADO Baseball ..... 845
COCKTAIL TABLES
PHOHOCiRAPHS
BAILEY Fun 4 ........ .. $395
FUN GAMES Take 5 . .. • . 395
MICRO 21 .... . .... . .... • 895
MICRO Super Stud . .... • 895
MICRO
Strikes & Spares . . . ... • 1095
GREMLIN
Comotion I & II ... . •....• 895
ELCON
Blockbuster N4 .. ... • .. 1095
ROWE MMG ... . .. • ... • $745
ROWE TI1 ... . ... ... .. .• . 845
SEE BURG LS-3 ... . .. .. . . 485
SEE BURG Bandshell .... 595
SEEBURG Firestar • ... • .. 745
SEEBURG Olympian .. . . . 895
SEEBURG Vogue ....... 1195
N .S.M. Century 210 ..... 895
N .S.M. Concul160D .••. 1095
SPECIAU SPECIALI
SPECIAU
LIKE NEW
DYNAMO "CB" SOCCERS
$395 EACH
OVER 100
ELECTRO-MECHANICAL
FLIPPERS
PLEASE CALL FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON ANY TYPE
OF NEW EQUIPMENT
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