Tornadoboy
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I hear they've re-released the game and updated it for modern TSA standards, it now grabs your crotch.
What is this creepy thing?
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bungy
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Tornadoboy
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You mean this thing?
Ugh, looks like something out of a Poltergeist inspired nightmare.
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Well I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks it is hideous. Seriously, that thing has a look that makes babies cry.
The one in the picture that modessitt posted appears to be smiling with his teeth showing and is still creepy, but not as creepy as the one on the icon. The one on the icon appears to be clown white with a closed mouth red-lipped freak show look on its face.
trickman
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Well, no offense to anyone running this, but it doesn't surprise me, as design has never been a focus of these forums. These are vBulletin 3.X default colors. No modified forum style at all. Everything here is as basic as it can be.
Yet, I don't come here for design. I come to interact with a community of collectors.
I'm still wondering if there's a default name to call these forums... its it VAPS? KLOV? IAM? Something else?
Yet, I don't come here for design. I come to interact with a community of collectors.
I'm still wondering if there's a default name to call these forums... its it VAPS? KLOV? IAM? Something else?
JamesJH
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I was just about to ask about this and decided I better do a search first as I bet someone has already asked about it. It pays to search first. The guy reminds me of what it would look like if Johnny Depp played Uncle Sam in a movie.
Before reading these posts I would have guessed it was one of those "shocker" games that would give you a shock if you shook his hand.
Before reading these posts I would have guessed it was one of those "shocker" games that would give you a shock if you shook his hand.
That machine has a long history.
The first version was created by a company called F.J. Howard of Boston in 1904.
FJ Howard was founded by Frank J Howard, who got started in the coin-op business around 1894. The company originally made films for Edison Kinetoscopes.
The 1904 version looks almost the same as the later version, except that I don't think it had the marquee with the name over it (the original was called "The Hand-shake" - though the register dial said "Shake with your Uncle Sam").
It was a grip tester.
New York Export Company came out with their own version (called "Uncle Sam") later in 1904. The Caille Brothers (of Detroit) and Mills Novelty (of Chicago) - the two giants of the early 20th century coin-op industry - also copied it as did Exhibit Supply (in the 1920s) and Mechanical Antiques & Amusements Company (in the 1970s)
Howard also made a card dispenser calle "Love Letter" that Mills copied as the popular "Cupid's Post Office". Caille copied that one too.
Keith Smith
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/
The first version was created by a company called F.J. Howard of Boston in 1904.
FJ Howard was founded by Frank J Howard, who got started in the coin-op business around 1894. The company originally made films for Edison Kinetoscopes.
The 1904 version looks almost the same as the later version, except that I don't think it had the marquee with the name over it (the original was called "The Hand-shake" - though the register dial said "Shake with your Uncle Sam").
It was a grip tester.
New York Export Company came out with their own version (called "Uncle Sam") later in 1904. The Caille Brothers (of Detroit) and Mills Novelty (of Chicago) - the two giants of the early 20th century coin-op industry - also copied it as did Exhibit Supply (in the 1920s) and Mechanical Antiques & Amusements Company (in the 1970s)
Howard also made a card dispenser calle "Love Letter" that Mills copied as the popular "Cupid's Post Office". Caille copied that one too.
Keith Smith
http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/
I saw one of these at the Musee Mecanique last week (San Francisco).
Creepy!
Creepy!
