Nickel drop game "traffic signal" game - anyone else remember it?

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Nickel drop game "traffic signal" game - anyone else remember it?

So back in the late 70's or early 80's our skating rink had a small game that hung on the wall. It was probably just like a 1 foot square or something. I don't really remember how big it was.

But you put a nickel (maybe other coins worked too?) into the slot and press a button and it would hold the coin there. Then it had a traffic signal that would change from red to yellow to green but the timing was varied.

When it turned green it would release the coin and you had to press a button as fast as you could to try to catch it. If you caught it you got it back. But if you didn't then they made a nickel.

I think I've asked about this before but nobody else seems to know what I'm talking about. I have never seen one since or heard anyone else mention one.

Does anyone else remember these things?
 
I don't remember getting your nickel back but I do remember a very similar game. It was a "racing" game where it tested your "reaction time" to the green light. The one I remember your pressed something after the green light and it would tell your reaction time in tenths of a second. I think it was a very simple mechanism that would stop the falling coin in a clear cylinder that had time markings on it. The farther it fell before you "stopped" it the slower your reaction time.
 
I don't remember getting your nickel back but I do remember a very similar game. It was a "racing" game where it tested your "reaction time" to the green light. The one I remember your pressed something after the green light and it would tell your reaction time in tenths of a second. I think it was a very simple mechanism that would stop the falling coin in a clear cylinder that had time markings on it. The farther it fell before you "stopped" it the slower your reaction time.

That might be the same one. It sounds very much like it anyway. I could be wrong about getting your coin back. I'd love to see a picture of one again. I don't need to own one though.
 
I remember it in white plastic too and thought it had more lights too. Maybe the US version? Interesting I didn't remember the getting your coin back function, I guess I wasn't very good at it. lol
 
I remember it in white plastic too and thought it had more lights too. Maybe the US version? Interesting I didn't remember the getting your coin back function, I guess I wasn't very good at it. lol

I probably made that part up. I was like 10 and my memory is hazy.
 
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