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Title: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Eric on June 06, 2016, 05:41:31 pm I thought this might be a fun topic..
What do you guys see still in service out there... For me, there is a 5 & 10 store in my home town that still has two 10 cent Ride Sandy Horses... One was uncrated new when my grandmother worked there back in the late 1940s... Made sure my kids all have ridden them.. Both rides are still going strong... another small shop in the town still has a old Oak penny gumball... it is that hamertone blue... been there for as long as I remember. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: HowDueYouDue on June 06, 2016, 07:28:32 pm There is a flea market that I go to that has an indoor section that still has several watling penny scales (converted to quarters) in use.
Don't have a photo of the actual ones, but here is a stock one that is close Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: johnnyselman on June 06, 2016, 08:16:38 pm Here is 50's "Champion" at a local Grocery Store. I restored this for them about 2 years before this pic was taking. Its holding up very well.
(http://i373.photobucket.com/albums/oo174/countdownpin/Mobile%20Uploads/coin%20op%20horses/20141129_180521_zps8vyhjamg.jpg) (http://s373.photobucket.com/user/countdownpin/media/Mobile%20Uploads/coin%20op%20horses/20141129_180521_zps8vyhjamg.jpg.html) Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: dr galaga on June 07, 2016, 05:24:51 am I love living in the Chicago area since we still have a few dozen of these still around.
(http://www.billyseven.net/mar/images/comomar09.JPG) Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: mznb1u on June 07, 2016, 04:38:58 pm There is a farm supply store near my home that still uses a Vendo 6 Case to sell Coca Cola and other glass bottle products. Very cool to see when you walk in the store.
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: ajf5577 on June 07, 2016, 05:30:12 pm I love living in the Chicago area since we still have a few dozen of these still around. (http://www.billyseven.net/mar/images/comomar09.JPG) Are the Mold A Ramas in a registry somewhere? It would be cool to drive around and find them all. I know there are a few at the museum of Scienc and Industry. They used to have them at places like Knotts Berry Farm and the St Louis Zoo. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: ajf5577 on June 07, 2016, 05:31:31 pm I posted this in another thread.
Found this one in use at Hatfield and McCoys dinner theater in Pigeon Forge. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: pinballdude on June 07, 2016, 05:49:08 pm I think there is a Mold-A-Rama facebook page that sometimes posts when new molds come out and they sometimes offer molded toys for sale. Pretty sure there is a website associated with the machine. Disney seems to be a popular mold.
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: halehouse on June 07, 2016, 06:30:53 pm I think there is a Mold-A-Rama facebook page that sometimes posts when new molds come out and they sometimes offer molded toys for sale. Pretty sure there is a website associated with the machine. Disney seems to be a popular mold. They had them at Busch Gardens Tampa when I was there a couple of years ago. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Eric on June 07, 2016, 06:56:48 pm Never seen one at the St. Louis Zoo.. wish they still had one...those are pretty cool.
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Creighton on June 07, 2016, 10:41:14 pm No Photo's but. Vendo 81 Ventura, CA. Champion Horse ride in Post Falls, ID. Another at HiVee in Lawrence KS. Merry go-around affair Lawrence KS. in front of one of the antique stores. Bad shape...
Stamp a penny machines everywhere. Like the Mold A Rama's. Creighton Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Chedki on June 07, 2016, 11:52:54 pm Saw this cool Reindeer ride last year in Nevada.
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: SIGNGUY on June 08, 2016, 08:34:05 am The Como Zoo in ST. Paul MN has one or two mold a Rama's still in use... my kids used to get molded Gorillas and Giraffes from them...
also there is a Laundromat next door to my office that is running a 70's Pepsi Can machine,, not sure on model but running great and vending 50 cent cans of soda. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Aahgo on June 09, 2016, 01:35:52 pm Funny, somebody at work just sent this link to me on the Mold-A-Rama.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/moldaramarama-the-secrets-behind-chicagos-plastic-souvenir-empire/0cdbea6b-d991-420a-9a3e-62dcc0c072d1 Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: ajf5577 on June 09, 2016, 04:39:59 pm Funny, somebody at work just sent this link to me on the Mold-A-Rama. https://www.wbez.org/shows/curious-city/moldaramarama-the-secrets-behind-chicagos-plastic-souvenir-empire/0cdbea6b-d991-420a-9a3e-62dcc0c072d1 That is a great story. I just spent the weekend in Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge finding all of the smashed penny machines. This sounds like a trek of a different color- Finding all of the Mold-A-rama machines. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: HowDueYouDue on June 09, 2016, 08:17:38 pm That is a great story. I just spent the weekend in Gatlinburg / Pigeon Forge finding all of the smashed penny machines. This sounds like a trek of a different color- Finding all of the Mold-A-rama machines. Pigeon Forge is actually where I first used one of those penny machines. An onlooker was convinced it was illegal since I was defacing money. :glare: Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Creighton on June 09, 2016, 10:00:33 pm Think the penny mashers get a pass. Illegal to deface/alter US coinage. Treasury Dept. hopefully is busy with more important issues. Hate seeing jigsawed Standing Liberty's.
Creighton Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: ajf5577 on June 09, 2016, 10:07:30 pm Pigeon Forge is actually where I first used one of those penny machines. An onlooker was convinced it was illegal since I was defacing money. :glare: There is a statute specifically regarding the penny machines and relative to defacing US currency for novelty purposes vs malicious purposes. It's posted on many of the machine. I have a few thousand smashed pennies and I'm a piker when it comes to collecting them. Some people are really serious collectors! Sorry to hijack this string. Meier has restored coin op Pony Rides in their stores around Indy. Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: dr galaga on June 11, 2016, 11:58:38 pm 99% of all Mold-A-Rama machines on location are owned by two companies, one in Florida and one in Chicago. The Chicago company (which now officially owns the Mold-A-Rama name) has a list at http://mold-a-rama.com/index.php?p=1_17_Molds-in-Production (http://mold-a-rama.com/index.php?p=1_17_Molds-in-Production). It's a little dated, but most of the information is correct. A few years ago I started a Mold-A-Rama Facebook page so people can trade information on current molds and locations since there are a number of collector pages out there, but are not updated that much anymore. http://mold-a-rama-locations.com/ (http://mold-a-rama-locations.com/) will take you there. I collect MARS (as they are abbreviated) and have almost 200 in my collection.
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: HowDueYouDue on June 13, 2016, 08:44:02 pm Thought I would share this given the points above on penny presses
https://newjersey.craigslist.org/atq/5634256455.html Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Creighton on June 14, 2016, 12:12:33 am Very old penny press, Cool.
Never seen a Mold-A-Rama. What fun. Hours spent with my Mattel "Mold Maker". Great collection Brent. The locations page is not loading on Firefox. Creighton Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: ajf5577 on June 14, 2016, 09:34:43 pm Meier stores still have these horses refurbished and ready fir the kids. Rides are 1c.
There is a picture of one of the Meier family standing with a bunch of these rides when they bought them in the 50's Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: HowDueYouDue on June 23, 2016, 07:40:01 pm In the teacher's lounge of my wife's school. Mech doesn't work so they have a cup to put money in.
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: MoonDawg on June 24, 2016, 09:06:06 am Oh sure, teachers get to use the cool stuff..........kids are stuck with the Snapple machines! :biggrin:
Title: Re: What Do You See Still In Use Post by: Pixel on June 24, 2016, 01:52:12 pm Oh sure, teachers get to use the cool stuff..........kids are stuck with the Snapple machines! :biggrin: Until some un-elected demagogue decides Snapple isn't healthy enough either and they get yanked, too. :down: I did see an later USS-64 in use here while back. It was in a hair salon. Apparently, Coca Cola still maintains and stocks it. Who'da thunk, right? |