@@rwj137 I never had any interest in selling anything in my life... But sometimes someone makes an offer you can't refuse! 😂

Depends on how it is implied. A true Carney would be a compliment... A typical Carney would be derogatory.

@@deniseboldea1624 I would not like doing it, and he was not young

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He said "he's RIGHT, they're wrong"

@@anthonyotoole8737 lol... Ah, yes... 😂 That's friends for ya!

What about when Walter said, "He (Randy), was in Keansburg, couldn't make it, he was in Seaside, couldn't make it." & what about hired help & working alone. Randy presses a button & it plays, "If I only had a brain?" imagine what that does to a kid? 🤔

@guthc not sure what you mean; what about when...? I started in Keansburg, low volume park, little money, but I learned at age 18 with my first Fascination! Had the Kentucky Derby and a Skilo which we made an arcade! Was hit by 2 boardwalk fires December, and then June... Ended Keansburg for me. Went and worked for Walt Disney World. Came back buying Lucky's Fascination in Seaside. Operated 87 to 95, added ice cream store and candy game... Lost location lease end of 95, and came to Wildwood... Not sure what his point in what he said actually was other than to imply negativity... The Florimonts (Walter and brother Ed), started in Coney Island, had Fascination in Coney Island, and then long Beach NY,then Olympic Park, then Palisades Park, then Seaside, then Wildwood... Had a one point 30 or so various game stands and 2 Fascinationsvin Wildwood, and at the time of interview, only had the Fascination and games in that 1/2 concentration... Sold out the business just after the interview, and sold out the property about 13 years after that.... These are only historical facts of life in the business... Not a reflection on anyone as circumstances vary with each location and operation. Walter was fortunate that he was in the amusement business before I was born, when money flew in with crowds of patrons at Boardwalks, and cheap rent of the period... Boardwalks were already in decline when I started 1979, and rents were high. A fundamental difference between us was that I was never all about money, and my operations reflected that then, and still today... Walter however, was not in love with running the games, it was a business, and he wanted to go on vacation during winter while I worked doing creations for my games... This is only a difference in purpose. Walter says in another video on the subject "he, (referring to Randy), loves the game,... He, (Walter),vresoects the game as he made a lot of money, but fascination is his, (Randy's) life. Walter actually understood that important difference. He knew me well... The problem was always that he didn't want me as competition. That's what it was all about. It was a business to Walter, but it was my love.

@@MainStreetRANDYLAND It's nice to never have to worry about $ & being profitable. 👍

@@willsparks7062 you can use any bell you like and work around voltage requirements. I have used many different types over the last 50 years, and I have worn out plenty of them too.

@@billysmidway7032 I love them! Being on the open boardwalk you get a good amount of people who do not appreciate anything, but those who do appreciate are the ones I do it for!

@ Much the same for me. I have people who can suck the joy out of me in seconds but I keep my head up and just wait a little while for the dozens of people who appreciate what I do and why I do it. Those are our people. They are the reason I try so hard and get out of bed each day.

@billysmidway7032 I think I get the most joy suckers because of being in an open boardwalk. But most who come in and proclaim they are "a collector", suck more joy than the average people who walk in. Most people who "collect" are NOT there to have fun playing. Their motives and reasons are to look at your stuff, pay themselves in the back talking about their collection, take pictures, and maybe see if they can get you to sell them some expend machine for 50 bucks. So much better that they never set foot in your door. Families with kids old enough to understand, but not too old to not have fun... They are the best... And that is a might small market.

@ I definitely understand that too. Collectors are always asking if I’m selling. No, sir; I’m keeping these so I have games to swap around for maintenance and to keep the collection fresh for the regulars. Fortunately, I see the collectors less than the players. I love seeing people playing games with a big smile after I worked hard to repair them. My 1969 Williams Fast Ball gets played more often than many newer games. Pitch & bat games are lots of fun, especially when you can play 2 against each other.

@billysmidway7032 fast ball... Wide body pitch and bat with catchers which pop up to catch the ball in the outfield/infield... In the 70s the big arcade I played at had a row of them... Over 6 for sure... I don't recall them getting the heavy play they the ones from the 50s and 60s got in that arcade back in the 70s... I ended up with most of those years later... And I have no idea where I have them...

@@doctoroctos I was Main Street Operations, and we controlled operations for the Penny Arcade under our umbrella... I will say the penny machines did NOT get the play that other machines did... Cranking handles to see moving pictures is not novel as it was in 1920. The football was looked upon as a 2 player game, and while it got more play than picture machines, the baseball and gun games were number 1.

@@FadkinsDiet I think stronger then plain lead or would have broken long ago

@@andrewcalcagno8272 Disney owned all the machines in the penny arcade to my knowledge. I don't remember seeing any orchestration type of machine in the train station running at any time. Sadie Mae was nice but it was something being enclosed in that giant wooden cabinet they built. I have three band organs, made by Wurlitzer, and two piano type orchestrations but I have not gotten around to restoring the piano ones.

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@@LyonsArcade they had lights in homes in 1924, so I see no reason to believe they wouldn't have been able to have a light bulb in this originally. If you watched my recent video about the old Fascination game, consider that this football machine was made in 1924, and in 4 years, they made the first Fascination system of interconnected machines running bingo in lights! It is really quite astounding

@@MainStreetRANDYLAND I did watch those Fascination videos... that was.... FASCINATING!!!! Thank you for filming all this stuff.

@@bigbensynthony3956 I remember a version of play football that had a rack score system almost like billiards when you move the discs across on the rod. Probably a leader edition or maybe somebody even added it. But I remember seeing it. Disney how to play golf, add the play to Derby both of which are more rare as the football was the popular version. The football is the only Chester Poland I own

@@MainStreetRANDYLAND Funnily enough, that mention of Disney lines roughly up with MY memory of Play Golf, not the US location (I've never been to the US), but the Japan location. Tokyo Disneyland had a Play Golf, though I suspect is was custom built because it had indicator lights for the various events (Hole in/Out of Bounds), this was in the Tokyo Disneyland penny arcade... in January 2020. Granted that's 5 years ago but considering the fact that Tokyo Disneyland is choosing to keep Splash Mountain, I have hopes that it's still there.

@bigbensynthony3956 they likely made it. At Walt Disney World, they made baseball and gun games. They were computer run as compared to the originals which were electro mechanical. I purchased 7 survivors of those custom made ones from there just because they were from there. It was very difficult to get them running as they made them mid 1970s, and parts were hard to find, but I did it, and I ran them in my last place about 10 years ago. Been in storage now 7 years

@@buserror1 there were no chain arcades back then... Only independent operators who sometimes have more than 1 place. Playland was a generic name used by various people... Rockaway had playland, Coney Island, belmar... Kinda common like "Penny Arcade"... I remember in Keansburg was the first time I saw an arcade called "Sportland"... I thought it an odd take off... But in Wildwood was Sportland Pier... Hi figure. Many places had Casino... And a Casino Pier... Not related to each other. Just a commonly recognized name especially during that period. I played at Playland for 10 years before I knew it want called Freddie's, as everyone knew it as such because the owner was Freddie Skarpa... I remember when someone told me it was Playland, and directed me to the sign, and I had actually NEVER EVEN LOOKED AT THAT SIGNED! 😂

We Californians will never forget San Francisco's Playland along the Great Highway, formally known as Playland at the Beach. There was a Playland in Seattle as well. Part of San Francisco's Playland is shown at the ending of the Orson Welles movie "The Lady From Shanghai."

@MainStreetRANDYLAND Perfect! Thanks, man!

@@infinite_vortex yes. Original

@@ChristopherMasullo 😂 That's every year!

@@cindyrichards1118 sorry... The gorilla water game will remain in the retro arcade

@@chrisbrady-t1u should have been a quarter especially in times square. I ran them at 50 cents in the mid 80s Should be 10 bucks in today's world to have gone up with everything else!

@@deniseboldea1624 local historical society hasn't ever lifted a finger to help anything in my circle. I might suspect my place opening would be perceived as a threat to their profits, even though they are a "non profit organization".