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    Default Getting ready to Demo some machines!

    Our town is having an Independence Day celebration today. I'm taking 6 machines to let the public play for a penny a ball. It's all cleared through mayor, etc, and machines are loaded in the truck!
    All vintage, with 1 early modern. Curious to see what get the most play. I have 1 single shot, 4 regular vintage, and 1 early modern (thunder dragon).
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    Default Re: Getting ready to Demo some machines!

    (superweapons, code name) Thunderdragon...I have one of those. My only early modern...it is more fun than I expected! Bought it on craigslist with about 1500 balls for $50.00! I'm guessing dad got fed up with pachinko balls everywhere and sold it!

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    Default Re: Getting ready to Demo some machines!

    Take pictures and report back!

    100 machines and counting...

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    Default Re: Getting ready to Demo some machines!

    Went well. Raised about $35, so it at least covered buying the extra balls to keep them all going. Kids LOVED it. The other game vendors were slow compared to us. I think I needed to tighten up the machines. Had a couple of kids stand there and play for 30 minutes on 50 balls.

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    Nice to hear it went well and looks like the weather was good for a while. Did you have a steady amount of people that at least stopped by to check things out if not to play? I'd say let the kids win longer, it could increase traffic and stimulate more interest in the hobby.

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    It was very steady. Ran about 4 hours. Some adults played, but lost interest pretty quickly. Had 1 person I thought for sure was going to buy a machine, but never came back. I would certainly do it again. Was a bit of hustle to keep the machines fed ad I only had maybe 2500 balls. I would get another 1000.

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    Pretty cool!!

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    That's so awesome! I love seeing people taking their machines around to let other people discover pachinko~ And $35 from a penny a ball sounds pretty good.
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