Is there a Mechanical Strength Machine in Your Arcade/ Gameroom?

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Is there a Mechanical Strength Machine in Your Arcade/ Gameroom?

I would love to see pics. I seem to remember a bull-themed one where you tried to push the horns together, and a mechanical arm-wrestling machine? Ring a bell? Anyone have one of these in their game room, want one, or know where to find one? I think it would be a sweet addition, and a hell of a lot cooler than a love tester or a palm reader.
 
There is one at Musee Mechanique that you push two arms together and then pry them apart. Each movement of the arms raises a hammer and when you have given up on moving the arms any more you push a button, the hammer is released, and it slams down on a lever sending a metal ball upwards towards a bell. The bell device is similar to a carnival hammer strength tester. It is a huge machine though, I'd estimate the footprint to be somewhere around 8' by 6'.


They also had an arm wrestling machine and a cool coin operated rock'em sock'em robots...
 
There is one at Musee Mechanique that you push two arms together and then pry them apart. Each movement of the arms raises a hammer and when you have given up on moving the arms any more you push a button, the hammer is released, and it slams down on a lever sending a metal ball upwards towards a bell. The bell device is similar to a carnival hammer strength tester. It is a huge machine though, I'd estimate the footprint to be somewhere around 8' by 6'.


They also had an arm wrestling machine and a cool coin operated rock'em sock'em robots...

I played the first one you mentioned when I was there last year. I saw the rock 'em sock 'em's too. I missed the arm wrestling machine dammit.
 
There was a bell ringer at a family fun plex I visited last year in northern CA. It was cool but really tall so you couldn't fit it in most homes.

There was a modern arm wrestling machine at one of the Flipper McCoy's in Virginia Beach but they shut down that location and I have no idea what happened to the games there.

As for MM, I played the hell out of the Rock'em Sock'em. I played one round on the strength tester, I rang the bell and I was done. I didn't try the arm wrestler, I am left handed (you had to use your right arm) and not very well coordinated...
 
All of my games are strength testers. I unloaded and dragged them all in the house by myself.
 
I have a couple of these. 1947 National GRIPMETER. They are not in my gameroom but in the warehouse. They work great and are fun to play against your friends.


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I have a couple of these. 1947 National GRIPMETER. They are not in my gameroom but in the warehouse. They work great and are fun to play against your friends.


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Cool as hell. My wife gave me custom boxers last Christmas with that same phrase screened over the flap.
 
One of the most memorable strength type machines I can think of was the one at the penny arcade at Disney Land. You would grip two brass handles and a current would run though it. It would gradually increase and the needle would go up to whatever status the longer you held the grips. That thing was crazy. I think I managed to hold it until nearly the end but my hands were shaking like crazy. You could really feel a strong current to the point where the muscles in your arms would spaz out. Every time I went there I would try it and it seemed like they would lower the potential juice every time I tried it again a year or so later. Eventually the machine was gone. I expect it could kill a person that had a pacemaker. LOL! I would love to have one of those machines. I cannot even find a picture of it but I know it was in the penny arcade for decades before it vanished.

I would love to see pics. I seem to remember a bull-themed one where you tried to push the horns together, and a mechanical arm-wrestling machine? Ring a bell? Anyone have one of these in their game room, want one, or know where to find one? I think it would be a sweet addition, and a hell of a lot cooler than a love tester or a palm reader.
 
I forget the name of this machine Ill double check next time im at Pinball Petes but the thing creeps me out!
 

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I used to. I called it "Danger Zone" by Cinematronics. It was metal and weighed 400 lbs. Required much "Physical Strength" to move the damn thing, as my buddy found out when he came to pick it up and almost got stuck under it when it started tipping over and he couldn't stop it...

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One of the most memorable strength type machines I can think of was the one at the penny arcade at Disney Land. You would grip two brass handles and a current would run though it. It would gradually increase and the needle would go up to whatever status the longer you held the grips. That thing was crazy. I think I managed to hold it until nearly the end but my hands were shaking like crazy. You could really feel a strong current to the point where the muscles in your arms would spaz out. Every time I went there I would try it and it seemed like they would lower the potential juice every time I tried it again a year or so later. Eventually the machine was gone. I expect it could kill a person that had a pacemaker. LOL! I would love to have one of those machines. I cannot even find a picture of it but I know it was in the penny arcade for decades before it vanished.

I used to work on a route, and those things aren't really electrical, they just vibrate and it simulates voltage.
 
I used to work on a route, and those things aren't really electrical, they just vibrate and it simulates voltage.

Interesting. If that's a simulation it was fantastic. I mean you felt like you were stuck to it for the first part then I guess you would lose it. Still seemed like an effort just to let go of it.
 
you know, next time i'm at the manitou springs arcade i'm gonna check and see if i can get some pics. i believe they have a strength machine.
 
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