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« on: November 14, 2012, 08:52:19 am »

Good morning everyone,

I see a lot of machines on my local CL that are identical to this one.  Can I safely assume these are repops, or is there just an unusually large number of this particular vintage gumball machine in my area?

 

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« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2012, 09:06:43 am »

I got one brand new in the box about 15 years ago, and they are at my local Big Lots right now.
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« Reply #2 on: November 14, 2012, 09:11:24 am »

Thanks Tim - I strongly suspected there was a source for these "new".   Surprised they use a glass globe, I would have expected plastic for something new.
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« Reply #3 on: November 14, 2012, 09:33:49 am »

I gave mine away to Pat

And yest, people still claim they are old. if the 1980's can be old....
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 08:45:08 am »

"Carousel" is the name of the machine. I have also found that when searching places like Craigslist that this is the #1 hit when searching for "antique gumball machines". They are super common but once again, quite a few folks don't know that so they list 'em priced like they were featured on Pawn Stars, American Pickers or that "restoration" show......
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