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I recently converted my games to take tokens based on Funspot tokens. What's the best place to get more tokens? Anyone have any experience with custom tokens?

I like the look of the Flynn's Arcade tokens they had at Disneyland!
 
I ordered custom tokens a few weeks ago and they should be here in about a week. It aint cheap since you have a minimum to order. If you use stock designs then it will be much cheaper since there is a much smaller minimum at most token manufacturers.

I'm going to start my own thread about this when I receive my tokens.

I will say this to you first. The size token that Flynn's used will NOT fit in some older games, mainly Midway's 80's games, without physically altering the slot. They are a bit bigger than a quarter and the slot was designed for a quarter. I went with .900 which is what Alladin's Castle used among others.
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On a side note I have 19 .882 token mechs available if anyone is interested...
 
Info? I just took the acceptor apart, then hooked up 2 wires to a switch that is pressed when you push in the tray. Ran that wire thru the tray to the pcb where the main wiring loom hooks to the acceptor and soldered it to the wire that sends the signal to dispense tokens. I'm sure you can search for Ardac manual and find a wiring diagram. i didn't need one it was pretty simple. I suppose if you can't figure it out I can pull my acceptor unit out and take pics of what i did.

I just recently acquired an Ardac change machine. It's not the exact same model, but it's the same push in dollar tray. Where did you find info on rigging it to dispense without a bill?
 
Info? I just took the acceptor apart, then hooked up 2 wires to a switch that is pressed when you push in the tray. Ran that wire thru the tray to the pcb where the main wiring loom hooks to the acceptor and soldered it to the wire that sends the signal to dispense tokens. I'm sure you can search for Ardac manual and find a wiring diagram. i didn't need one it was pretty simple. I suppose if you can't figure it out I can pull my acceptor unit out and take pics of what i did.

I haven't looked for the wiring diagrams yet since I only got it a few days ago. Haven't even plugged it in yet.

Sounds simple enough. I should be able to figure it out.

Thanks!
 
I haven't looked for the wiring diagrams yet since I only got it a few days ago. Haven't even plugged it in yet.

Sounds simple enough. I should be able to figure it out.

Thanks!

Yeah all I did was unplugged the connector for the acceptor. used a jumper to figure out which 2 wires together made it dispense. Then took the acceptor apart and wired up an internal switch that was already there so when you push in the tray it completed the circuit to dispense tokens. If you want to change how many tokens it kicks out at a time and don't have the little circuit cards you use to change the payout let me know i can mail you whichever one you need. I have 3 or 4 of them and have no use for them. I also have an extra acceptor unit that I don't need.
 
I ordered custom tokens a few weeks ago and they should be here in about a week. It aint cheap since you have a minimum to order. If you use stock designs then it will be much cheaper since there is a much smaller minimum at most token manufacturers.

I'm going to start my own thread about this when I receive my tokens.

I will say this to you first. The size token that Flynn's used will NOT fit in some older games, mainly Midway's 80's games, without physically altering the slot. They are a bit bigger than a quarter and the slot was designed for a quarter. I went with .900 which is what Alladin's Castle used among others.
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On a side note I have 19 .882 token mechs available if anyone is interested...

I think Aladdin's castle tokens are a lot smaller than .900 I have like 3000 of them. I have never got them to work in a .900 mech. What size are fun spot tokens? I still have a big stash of arcade tokens sitting around in lots of sizes.

I also have a huge assortment of car wash tokens if people don't care what the tokens say.
 
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Yeah all I did was unplugged the connector for the acceptor. used a jumper to figure out which 2 wires together made it dispense. Then took the acceptor apart and wired up an internal switch that was already there so when you push in the tray it completed the circuit to dispense tokens. If you want to change how many tokens it kicks out at a time and don't have the little circuit cards you use to change the payout let me know i can mail you whichever one you need. I have 3 or 4 of them and have no use for them. I also have an extra acceptor unit that I don't need.

How many do your cards make it kick out? I think I would be interested in those. I may be interested in the acceptor as well once I get in there to see what I need to do to get it going.

I'll shoot you a PM.

Thanks again!
 
Going to be doing a run of my own soon as well, .900's in brass with my new company logo's front and back.

Getting a lot more than I need, more than willing to sell the excess if anybody is interested.

-Hans
 
I think Aladdin's castle tokens are a lot smaller than .900 I have like 3000 of them. I have never got them to work in a .900 mech. What size are fun spot tokens? I still have a big stash of arcade tokens sitting around in lots of sizes.

I also have a huge assortment of car wash tokens if people don't care what the tokens say.

The Funspot tokens look like 0.900 to me. I'd be interested in some tokens. What do you have lying around? Do you have any pictures of the styles?
 
Going to be doing a run of my own soon as well, .900's in brass with my new company logo's front and back.

Getting a lot more than I need, more than willing to sell the excess if anybody is interested.

-Hans

Wanna trade some tokens? 100 or so? I'll have mine in a week or so.
 
does anyone have tokens they'd be willing to part with? I'd be more than willing to pay.

a nice collection of classic venues would be cool to start, maybe Showbiz Pizza and Tilt.

or, does anyone live near Funspot who could pick up some tokens and ship them to me?

that would be awesome
 
How about at funspot?

If your going to CAX I can bring some out. Just tell me how many.

Too bad you went with the .900 and not the .984's I've got about 3000 that I need to get rid of sometime.
 
i buy em from noice wheneer i need some. IT can be a random guess as to what he has at the moment in time when you buy but its cool nonetheless. I dont care if they say big gay als fart centre on them. Tokens are tokens :D
 
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