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I keep reading tributes to pioneer coin-op collectors who were barely out of the cradle when Fred Fried was around. He is best described as the father of coin-ops, carousels and amusement parks. I was once offered one of these wooden horses (seen in the YouTube video below) which was from the old Co...

Thank you for your informative stories on Roovers machines. It goes to show that you are never too old to learn a thing or two. I never even heard of the "Educated Monkey" or Educated Bulldog. Will you please tell me the source of your information so I can learn all about them. Should I bu...

Many of the Roovers machines do not have the orignal cast iron stands I had three of them which I purchased from Munves for the grand total of $150.00 ROGER Originally, did the Elephant, Donkey, and Madame all come with the iron stand ? roover stand.jpg

ROGER will never be able to figure out the "User Control Panel" Perhaps gameswat and/or jpeterson can use a regular E-Mail to contact me. I believe we have exchanged E-Mails in the past but I lost their E-Mail addresses ROGER Note....I tried using the Penny machine E=Mail and only had half...

Regarding "JUMBO" I need E-Mail address for gameswat and jpeterson which I seem to have misplaced from my files. ROGER

Perhaps Gameswat can fill us in on a machine that was owned by the late Ken Rubin. The details of this machine read like a "who-dun-it", the details of which I cannot reveal for personal reasons... It can best be described as having a curved glass front. Gameswat should know what I am desc...

Gameswat had to bring up one of my recurring nightmares.......Instead of counting sheep, I see Roovers "JUMBO" and a dozen like him but that's another of my crazy coin-op stories that is best left untold. ROGER

cry.jpg I just found out that pioneer coin-op collector Ken Rubin has passed away. He is best remembered for his book "Drop Coin Here" and his vast knowledge of the hobby. Mention any old time collector and I usually have some associated story. Ken and I were long time friends and serious...

Mr. P has inquired about the operation of the Waddell Bike Machine. As I recall, both numbered wheels would spin resulting in a total score. The owner would then pay out cigars as posted on the award card. ROGER

bike-2a.jpg Over the years I have bid on a number of these "Bicycle" trade stimulators, generally, without success. They were made by the Waddell Mfgr. Co. U.S.A (circa 1900)...better have deep pockets. ALAS, some years ago at an auction in Maine, U.S.A. one came up for sale near the end ...

And don't forget.....

old mman thumb nose.jpg I hate WALES but love their money......... I started collecting coin-ops for all the right reasons. They were fun to play and reminded me of my childhood. Finding old machines in unlikely places provided countless thrills while making them work taxed my limited mechanical ab...

It is hard to imagine that most of these rare machines are still sitting under the stars and have never been stolen or sold by the owner. ROGER

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Please help to identify these machines and disclose the possible origin of this picture....ROGER

and a Happy Holidays...........Guess who ??????

Coppinpr must have missed these guys..........ROGER

Coppinpr posted that the Mills Lung Machine was banned due to the spread of diseases. One of these killers sold at a recent Morphy auction for $135,000. Anyone who would pay that kind of money for social diseases would certainly enjoy a good hernia with one of these High Strikers...........ROGER Hig...

old man money.jpg Years ago, prior to being hauled off to Shady Pines, I went to a Stamp collector show in New York. I took my life-long collection with the expectation of reaping a fortune. Most of my collecction consisted of sheets of stamps I had purchased at the post office since 1938. I was lu...

Just to add to the perplexity.....More borrowed cases. ROGER

confusing greyhouds.jpg The mystery of my "Play Polo" machines has to be right up there with the Great Pyramid. How did my Polo machines end up in a remote auction house in the United States? The shipping cost from England must have been close to my purchase price. Lastly, how did an Engl...