I live in North East Ohio (more specifically Canal Fulton) and I'm wandering if anyone knows of any good moving companies in the area that could help load a U-haul so I can take them to a charity convention in Michigan come February. the 3 most awkward machines are a Flamin Finger merchandiser...
At my day job today I had a client with one of these machines and when I asked about it they said it had stopped working after their son had bumped into it.
I asked if I could take a look and opened it up and turned it on. All of the lights including the voltage lights came on, the carousel...
Most older redemption machines are mostly mechanical with a PCB that mostly just controls the motors. And switches. You can find older ticket games for sub $300USD pretty easily on Facebook marketplace.
Hammer DX is a fun one its like a digital whack-a-mole that can either dispense tickets or prizes. It's a little wider than a traditional cab but it's short and on wheels so moving it around is easy.
Fun-E-Ball is a little on the tall side but it's skinny and also can do tickets and prizes...
Glad you got it fixed! I had one up until a few months ago but it wasn't making enough for charities to justify taking it to events. The voice chip in mine was going bad so it sounded haunted and I thought it was funny when they gave it the nickname Annabelle.
Pretty sure that exactly who it's for but ill double check. I have a buddy who is good friends with him. He actually recently took his cool gunman there for people to play on as well as a few other units.
Carnival queen only has 2 buttons for right and left movement of the magic screen driven by a single motor. It automatically tells you the position when the left or right button is pressed. the button on the right is the redemption button that is only pressed at the end on the game to award...
I Keep fixing my units so far other than the ones I haven't deep dived into the only unit that is giving me any real troubles is my Pixy Prize unit and I will just continue to beat my head against a wall until I eventually figure out what's wrong with it.