This Not So BIG Zoltar Fortune Teller Machine Was Less Than $100!

[@cooltoy]

Zoltar Replicade Order Here: sovrn.co/1l9r1ml

[@basshunter2007]

The dust makes it look authentic

[@TiltingT]

Got mine last night and unboxed it.. such a cool machine and I think the best value for the presale price that New Wave has had..ordered ot in 1/20/2023 and was well worth the wait

[@cooltoy]

Yeah I'm still amazed how cheap they sold this bad boy. That original $79.99 pre-order price was amazing

[@8-bit_Informer]

I just received the New Wave Zoltar last night. I placed it on a shelf next to my TV in the living room to surprise my family by putting it on IR (infrared mode). So when they walk by he will talk to them. I just realized I can activate it with my Comcast remote control. I went to turn up the volume on the tv and it kept activating Zoltar’s attract mode.

[@cooltoy]

@@8-bit_Informer ha ha what an odd discovery, enjoy spooking the family!

[@maidiesmith4498]

I've just ordered mine! I have a full size one too, along with all the other Zoltar merchandise that I've ma aged to find over the years. Just love Zoltar❤

[@cooltoy]

@@maidiesmith4498 that’s awesome, it will be really cool to see your new mini Zoltar next to the real deal

[@maidiesmith4498]

@@cooltoy when it arrives I will take photos. My deluxe full size Zoltar houses all of my other Zoltar collection, kind of a Zoltar museum.

[@HitnRunTony]

This is a crazy good replica

[@brendonching7952]

Long Live New Wave Toys!

[@cooltoy]

They keep churning out amazing stuff, hopefully they keep this momentum going.

[@MarquisDeSang]

I want a Laughing Sally automaton mini.

[@sonnyrichards2121]

I would 100% buy this.

[@slitherninja781]

That would be cool, I have a replica doll of laughing Sal and her original audio laugh on CD that Playland not on the beach had made and it’s cool but a automated one would be awesome!

[@MarquisDeSang]

@@slitherninja781 where can I get a replica of that doll?

[@slitherninja781]

@@MarquisDeSang Playland not at the beach has closed but their website is open so maybe try to contact them? If you search on google “laughing Sal replica doll” it shows up as the second link to their website which shows a picture of the doll and a dedicated page to it. The doll run was limited to 250 units and it was done quite awhile ago.

[@slitherninja781]

@@MarquisDeSang search it on google..I tried to reply with more info but it was deleted

[@msingleton]

Excellent review! NWT hit a home run with this. Such an amazing company to make this a reality for those that don’t have $10,000 for a full size.

[@cooltoy]

Couldn't agree more! It's an absolute bargain

[@HarryYT22]

I really like this. I’m based in the UK and we definitely have Zoltar’s everywhere. I just love the amount of detail put into this from the figure to the cabinet itself and plus the official phrases as well. One thing I do specifically like is the movement of the head and mouth I know I like how it’s not in sync gives it a proper old vintage automaton feel to it.

[@_The_Worst_]

This is indeed very heIIa frickin' rad...🤘🏼💯✔️

[@Rob.Coleman]

Mine was delivered last week, absolutely blown away by it. Totally agree with you that this is one of their best releases (so far 😁). I know they had plenty of issues during development so it's great to see the patience rewarded for those that pre-ordered. It's so different and sits perfectly with the other NWT cabs in my collection.

[@cooltoy]

@@Rob.Coleman it’s an amazing work of art and I’m sure was a bit of a technical nightmare for them to get right and produce on a large scale. But I’m so happy they took their time and got all the little details right!

[@Rob.Coleman]

Forgot to add, but this is the only cab where I've actually used the fake power cable, just for that additional bit of spooky authenticity 😁.

[@MikeS-el6vd]

Mine will be here Monday! Look forward to it

[@cooltoy]

@@MikeS-el6vd hope you like it 👍

[@ThorKC]

Mine too…Not sure why they didn’t deliver it yesterday when it arrived in town, but looking forward to Monday!

[@gethinnadin]

It looks ripe for some weathering and customisation! Especially on the clothing and wood effect

[@unorthdoxcleric6953]

Tottaly forgot about this, freaking awesome stuff

[@cooltoy]

it's amazing!

[@fenwickc2274]

5:18 this shot reminds me of small soldiers :)

[@cooltoy]

great movie!

[@25Robbo25]

Wish they did a ‘Big’ Zoltar

[@cooltoy]

That one was just a prop made for that movie, this one is based off a real machine. I'm sure it was much easier for New Wave Toys to license this version rather than the movie prop version, which is likely why they went this route.

[@TXBossgt01]

I got mine on Thursday and it definitely was worth the wait. Even when they were sending out emails of the little issues they were having and if you wanted a refund for not being able to wait. So glad I waited for mine!!

[@cooltoy]

@@TXBossgt01 they always do a great job of communicating with their customers. One of the many reasons I choose to support new wave toys!

[@TXBossgt01]

@@cooltoy that they do.. Excellent job on that.

[@mixedhairless]

Dude, I just got mine Saturday, I’m watching this video and always, it’s fantastic👏. As I’m watching I happen to look down , as I needed to adjust my glasses I noticed I’m wearing a Gem Spa T-Shirt. Gem Spa was the last place In NY that had a working Zoltar cabinet that I played. 🤯

[@cooltoy]

Awesome! I've still got a few of my Zoltar fortune tickets floating around somewhere from my last visit to see Zoltar years ago. Hopefully I can run across another Zoltar in the wild in the future

[@FloridaKeysPirate]

Opened mine today. Great machine. Yes , I'll have to try to clean the dust. But besides that , he's awesome !

[@cooltoy]

It's really quite impressive how well they nailed all the features on this machine in such a small scale.

[@rolfathan]

The dust particles make it seem accurate. Every one of these I've been to have dust on the inside. Haha This is great!

[@cooltoy]

@@rolfathan as I mentioned in the video, the dust particles are going to be unavoidable since there is real cloth fabric inside mixed with moving parts.

[@davidhandley6374]

I missed the preorder unfortunately but will order as soon as they’re available on their website

[@cooltoy]

it's still worth the higher asking price in my opinion, it's such an impressive machine for such a small scale.

[@davidhandley6374]

That’s great to hear, appreciate you letting me know. Even with the eye watering shipping to the UK, I will be ordering as soon as they’re available

[@kjhoskins]

Very cool. I got the notification that mine is on the way. Can't wait. Thanks for the video!

[@cooltoy]

@@kjhoskins my pleasure, enjoy your new machine when it arrives!

[@RichieCavsRetrocade]

Beautiful. Can't wait till mine arrives

[@cooltoy]

@@RichieCavsRetrocade you’re going to love it I’m sure!

[@RedHotBillyPeppers]

If the eyes lit up red it would be an instabuy for me, but as is I’m mulling it over. They cranked up the price a lot to $150. I only expect absolute perfection lol!

[@cooltoy]

@@RedHotBillyPeppers light up eyes was not a feature that the Zoltar machine this was based on had

[@GlensRetroShow]

Great video as always..still waiting for my unit .. hope Tuesday

[@cooltoy]

Hopefully you take this one out of the box!

[@GlensRetroShow]

@@cooltoy well ..of course for the review lol then in a bag 😄

[@cooltoy]

@@GlensRetroShow 😆 poor zoltar is going to suffocate

[@davidh4548]

Awesome review Cooltoy! It would be helpful to see how well it displays beside a QuarterArcade machine!

[@cooltoy]

@@davidh4548 it’s the same height and scale as Dragons Lair and several other new wave toys Replicade machines

[@davidh4548]

Thanks, I have more Numskull cabs than anything but wondered if it would display well with them if I built a riser for it to bring it up in height.

[@Zac-ls6hn]

"there's no crying in baseball" I loved this movie growing up, classic

[@slitherninja781]

I am hoping now that they seen what a great job they did with this version that Characters Unlimited let’s them recreate the version as seen in the movie Big as well. I am so happy with my preorder though of this machine, great review. My only small complaints with the machine is that the order of fortunes resets to the beginning of the cycle every time you switch it off and on (maybe the full size version does the same? 🤷‍♂️) and that the cabinet is made of plastic instead of wood like their other Replicades and the original machine.

[@cooltoy]

@@slitherninja781 characters unlimited isn’t who owns the license for the one seen in the movie BIG. That was a one off movie prop made specifically for that film. New Wave Toys first tried to get the license to make one based on the movie but the licensor denied them. So the back up was to make this characters unlimited version instead.

[@slitherninja781]

@@cooltoy Ahh ok I figured they owned the license because they sell a full size replica ($12k) of the one featured in the movie on their website sans it’s missing the coin in mouth feature….my mistake they must have licensed the rights to make that and sale it from the license holder of that I assume then?

[@RetroStylz]

This is so cool!

[@cooltoy]

I'm so impressed with how well they executed all the moving parts on this machine at such a small scale.

[@MaxPowerHouse23]

Very cool! I hope in the future they will get the BIG license and make a replica of that one. Seems like a missed opportunity but maybe later they will do one if people say they want that one instead, I know I would. Thanks for the share!

[@cooltoy]

@@MaxPowerHouse23 New Wave Toys did try to get the license to make a movie version of Zoltar but they were denied by the license holder

[@MaxPowerHouse23]

@@cooltoy Thanks for the response. Interesting, I would think studios want to make money off their movies. I’m sure there were other reasons in addition to. This is nice though.

[@low_re8094]

First I've heard about this. Really cool! Would be great if the price hadn't nearly doubled. Clicked to check current pricing and realized it's now $150 + shipping. May still order one but seems like a hefty punishment for not even knowing about the pre-order.

[@cooltoy]

@@low_re8094 follow new wave toys on social media so you don’t miss out next time they do early bird preorder pricing on the next cool machine they release

[@nickburse]

King Bong 🦍

[@HarryYT22]

Just received mine in the post today. Unfortunately it has the same issue that you were talking about in the video. Is it easy to open up and fix?

[@cooltoy]

@@HarryYT22 all it takes is a small screw driver to open it up

[@micahmunk]

I received mine last night as well, sadly the free play button does not work on mine but the coin fed option still does. I don't know if I should return for another or attempt getting in back to see if its some small fixable issue. I've got about all their products and only ever had to return 1 other back in a day (a dragon's lair) that had no sound.

[@cooltoy]

I'd say it's worth reaching out to the New Wave Toys customer service people. They have a great reputation for taking care of their customers and making sure everything gets squared away.

[@tuborice4571]

£121 in the UK

[@jayjayshowcaser5859]

It looks cool / but it looks like the eyes don’t light up red / awhile back i seen the prototype version / that prototype version look more like the old arcade / i wish they would have made the old version of it too / hopefully maybe later in the future they will make it / and take it a couple of steps further / because a want that version also / and also add the light up red eyes

[@cooltoy]

The eyes aren't supposed to light up red, the Zoltar machine this is based off didn't have that features. The Zoltar machine from the movie BIG and this machine are two separate things entirely, they simply share the same name.

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

That should be no more then 25 bucks

[@TheMonster83]

a mini working replica of the one from Big with light up red eyes, the opening mouth, the breathing sound effect, and The Zoltar's theme music, yes, but this one no.

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

You have poor taste. Either that or bad parenting. Either way jump on the next clue bus and admire this gem.

[@doubledown8229]

​@@edwardmclaughlin719 Bad parenting? How did you come to that conclusion over his rated-PG opinion? It's not even that offensive.

[@edwardmclaughlin719]

@@doubledown8229 It really wasn't that hard.

[@TheMonster83]

@@edwardmclaughlin719 sadly I don't have any kids. As for my taste, it's impeccable.😂🤣

[@crtcustoms6140]

@@TheMonster83 the machine from the movie big is my only real life experience for this machine I never recall seeing one around my area ever and I’m 39yr who went to arcades frequently most of my life. If they do a second release of this specifically coping the Big version I would be way more into it.

[@rogersmith4363]

$150 now for Pre-Orders...

[@cooltoy]

@@rogersmith4363 price goes up after the early bird preorder closed. Same thing happens with every single New Wave Toys release

[@CBsays_]

$79.99 ??? It's $180 and takes 1 to 3 months to ship!

[@cooltoy]

@@CBsays_ 79.99 was the initial preorder price when the product was first announced. If you missed out on that early bird pricing you have to pay the higher price. That’s how it’s always been with New Wave Toys product releases and that’s why it’s always best to preorder early

[@johnl8118]

Soooo sad I missed this for preorder. I don't think I'll pay what they want full price but would have done the 79$. I love my New Wave Dragons Lair, and this looks awesome! Very cool.

[@neekzz]

It says $150 not less then $100.

[@cooltoy]

@@neekzz I guess you missed the part where I explained the preorder pricing that happened when it was first announced. Also the title of the video clearly says “was less than $100”

[@neekzz]

@@cooltoy sure did but it’s still a miss leading title. I’d have paid $100, not $150.

[@cooltoy]

Nothing miss leading in the title at all, it clearly says "WAS" in the title, meaning past tense, it literally could not be any more plain. I get that you're bummed that the price went up but there is no need to directing that frustration my way.

[@neekzz]

@@cooltoy dude I’m not frustrated was just saying

[@shaggy791]

As a fan of the movie Big, this is not screen accurate enough to warrant a purchase.

[@cooltoy]

it's not supposed to be screen accurate to the one seen in the movie BIG. This is accurate to a different Zoltar fortune telling machine that shares the same name.

[@jmike2039]

The one in the movie is lame compared to the real one. It doesn't have an arm, glass ball, lamp. It's like half a body with no arms