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five or
or six
six times,
times, make
make a a
five
good profit,
profit, bring
bring it it back
back
good
Doors open
open at
at 9:30
9:30 a.m.
a.m. for
for over
over an
an hour
hour of
of equipment
equipment inspection.
inspection.
Doors
SENTE
TE
SEN
and probably
probably sell
sell it it again
again
and
for
a
few
hundred
dollars.
for a few hundred dollars.
Also, he
he may
may walk
walk in in and
and
Also,
say,
'That's
the
game
Joe's
say, "That's the game Joe's
Bar asked
asked me
me about
about two
two
Bar
months
ago.
I
haven't
been
months ago. I haven't been
able
to
find
one.
Now
can
able to find one. Now I I can
have
one
that's
cheap,
give
have one that's cheap, give
to Joe
Joe and
and keep
keep him
him off
off
it it to
my
back."'
my back.""
Auctions were
were born
born of
of
Auctions
necessity.
According
to
necessity. According to
1 eumann, "In the post
Neumann,
"In the post
boom
operators were
were loaded
loaded
boom operators
with
tons
of
equipment
and
with tons of equipment and
no
distributors
were
taking
no distributors were taking
trade-ins because
because the
the resale
resale
trade-ins
value
was
dropping
like
value was dropping like a a
stone. That's
That's changed
changed now
now
stone.
in
that
distributors
will
pay
in that distributors will pay
cash
for
or
take
trade-ins
cash for or take trade-ins
on good,
good, late
late model
model
on
equipment.
equipment.
"However, Hanson
Hanson is is the
the
"However,
only
distributor
in
the
only distributor in the
country that
that would
would take
take 20
20
country
Asteroids,
or
five
As'feroids,
Asteroids, or five Asteroids,
five Space
Sp;1ce Invaders,
lnv;1ders, two
two
five
Moon
Crest;1's
and
a
couple
Moon Cresta's and a couple
of
Sp;1ce
Firebird~·
and
we
of Space Firebirds and we
could
sit
down
and
say,
could sit down and say,
'Well, in in the
the auction
auction you'll
you'll
"Well,
wind
up
with
$600-$700,
so
wind up with $600-$700, so
we'll
ball-park
it
and
let
we'll ball-park it and let
you take
take a a $600-$700
$600-$700 game
game
you
out
right
now
without
out right now without
paying for
for it,
it, even
even if if you
you
paying
don't
have
an
established
don't have an established
account with
with us,'
us,' because
because in
in
account
the
auction
we
know
we11
the auction we know we'll
get close
close to
to that.
that. In
In the
the
get
end
I
might
owe
you
$I 0
end I might owe you $10
or
you
might
owe
me
$50
or you might owe me $50
when
we
sell
the
equipment.
when we sell the equipment.
It's collateral.
collateral.
It's
"Some
of the
the games
games are
are
"Some of
so
old
they're
new.
I
have
so old they're new. I have
operators doing
doing $80
$80 a a week
week
operators
on
Asteroids
in
some
on Asteroids in some
locations. They
They put
put it it back
back
locations.
out
and
the
kids
that
are
out and the kids that are
playing
it
never
saw
it
playing it never saw it
before. To
To them
them it's
it's new."
new."
before.
Jeff Neumann
Neumann by
by Bally
Bally Sente's
Sente's Street
Street Football.
Football
Jeff
Neumann disagrees
disagrees with
with
Neumann
entertainment. When
When a a kid
kid
entertainment.
goes to
to an
an arcade
arcade he's
he's there
there
goes
to play
play the
the games,
games, there's
there's
to
coin-op. "Home
"Home video
video
about it,
it, but
but he's
he's
no doubt
doubt about
coin-op.
no
also there
introduces game
game playing
playing to
to
there to
to interact
interact socially
socially
introduces
also
youngsters at
at an
an early
early age,"
age," with
with his
his peer
peer group."
group."
youngsters
1 eumann has been in the
he commented.
commented.
Neumann
has been in the
he
think home
home video
video helps
helps
coin-op industry
industry for
for Il II years.
years.
"I " I think
coin-op
coin-op. It It makes
makes youngsters
youngsters His
His company,
company, Play
Play It It Again,
Again,
coin-op.
pre-disposed to
to playing
playing
auctions
that specialized
specialized in in auctions
that
pre-disposed
games. They
They won't
won't stay
stay
used equipment,
equipment, was
was
and used
games.
and
home
for
their
acquired
by
Hanson
in
home for their
acquired by Hanson in
those who
who feel
feel that
that the
the
those
home video
video market
market hurts
hurts
home
I 0 PLAY
PLAY METER/February
METER/ February 1987
1987
10
October, 1985.
1985. Prior
Prior to
to Play
Play
October,
It
Again
he
was
in
charge
It Again he was in charge
of three
three Michigan
Michigan branches
branches
of
of World
World Wide
Wide Distributors.
Distributors.
of
From the
the distributor
distributor
From
standpoint,
does
he have
have
standpoint, does he
any
predictions
for
the
rest
any predictions for the rest
of
1987?
"The
pin
market
of 1987? "The pin market
will continue
continue to
to be
be very
very
will
strong,"
he
immediately
strong," he immediately
replies. "And
"And manufacturers
manufacturers
replies.
will
continue
to
build
will continue to build
multiple
player
games,
multiple player games,
especially three-and
three-and
especially
four-player
games with
with
four-player games
buy-in
features
and
control
buy-in features and control
panels
that
are
much
more
panels that are much more
difficult
to
build
and
difficult to build and
knock-off. In
In terms
terms of
of the
the
knock-off.
kit
market,
system
kits
such
kit market, system kits such
as
those
by
Cinematronics,
as those by Cinematronics,
Sente and
and Nintendo
intenclo are
are good
good
Sente
investments
because
they
are
investments because they are
not
a
one-time
shot,
but
not a one-time shot, but
the purchase
purchase of
of something
something
the
that will
will have
have life
life down
clown the
the
that
road
two
or
three
years."
road two or three years."
Hanson's new
new
Hanson's
headquarters
are located
located at
at
headquarters are
24920
Gibson
Drive,
Warren,
24920 Gibson Drive, Warren,
Ml 48089,
48089, (313)
(3 13) 756-6500.
756-6500.
MI