[PSYCH BUT FASHION] Hi everyone, I'm back with some more shopping research:) In this post, I draw parallels between casinos and retail stores - they both use similar tricks to keep you inside for as long as possible. Enjoy the read!
1. THE GRAND PRINCIPLE OF 'PLAYGROUND' CASINOS
Have you ever wondered why casinos are so spacious and grand? New ones built in the early 2000s are constructed according to the 'playground' (luxurious resort-like) principle. It aims to create a festive holiday feeling with entertainment, installations, art, high ceilings etc. This makes you enjoy the experience even beyond playing games so you don't want to leave - it increases the chance that you will eventually place a bet somewhere (Finlay, Marmurek, Kanetkar & Londerville, 2010).
Modern shopping malls use a similar idea to keep you inside - think Harrods, Dubai Mall, Mall of Emirates. Airy, spacious, full of art, installations, and entertainment. It makes you reluctant to leave. More time spent inside = more chance of buying.
2. LAYOUT
You will notice that in casinos, roulette tables and slot machines take up the prime space in the building - they're always the most visible because those are the most profitable games for the casino. You will find poker rooms hidden in the farthest corner of the building because poker is played against other players and not against the house. Apart from small fees, casinos do not make much money out of it because the money is circulating among the players.
In the retail world, poker rooms are sales sections. They will make you go through multiple new collections in order to reach sale - just in case a more expensive item catches your eye and you decide to buy it.
3. LACK OF TIME CUES
Casinos do everything so you lose the track of time, keep having fun and gambling. There are no clocks or windows, the doors are tinted, and the atmosphere is exactly the same regardless of what time of the day it is (Sykes, Gaffney, Sykes & Posner, 2012).
There's also quiet and ambient music - it gets overwhelmed by slot machine sounds and chips clinking together. The music is kept quiet and transitions seamlessly - the reason being that separate songs can provide time cues, which might make you realise how long you've spent inside. Casinos keep the music for atmospheric purposes but make sure you don't focus on it (Noseworthy & Finlay, 2009).
Windows are common in malls to add to the 'grand' feeling; moreover, malls are usually open during the day only anyway so they have less incentive to keep the light out. You will rarely see a clock in a mall though, and separate stores are often windowless to eliminate time cues. Stores also use quiet, ambient, seamlessly transitioning music. Research shows that loud music drives people out of the store so they spend less time inside and buy less often (fun fact: small stores play loud music inside to avoid overcrowding) (Michel, Baumann & Gayer, 2017).
4. SCENT
Casinos often have a signature scent. Fresh, pleasant smell adds to the atmosphere and leaves you wanting to spend more time inside. A study showed that people gambled on slots significantly more when the area was scented compared to when it was unscented (Hirsch, 1992).
Stores use it too - research says that ambient smell increases customer satisfaction, buying, and willingness to return (Gulas & Bloch, 1995).
5. ALCOHOL
Casinos often offer free alcohol. It adds to the feeling of hospitality but the main reason is that alcohol reduces inhibition which leads to riskier gambling (Baron & Dickerson, 1999).
[personal interpretation alert]
Luxury boutiques often offer you free champagne; however, it is less common in the retail industry. It also feels more oriented towards hospitality and luxurious experience rather than control inhibition because the context of a retail store is not particularly congruent with alcohol consumption. Regardless, even small amounts of alcohol can reduce inhibition which potentially increases how much we buy so a glass of champagne could well be a strategic trick. What do you think?
***
I hope you enjoyed the read! I regularly create content around fashion psychology (Psych But Fashion) - if you're interested to learn more, visit my profile where I have links to my social media accounts.
Thank you for reading,

BEA

REFERENCE LIST
Baron, E., & Dickerson, M. (1999). Alcohol consumption and self-control of gambling behaviour. Journal of Gambling Studies, 15(1), 3-15.
Finlay, K., Marmurek, H. H., Kanetkar, V., & Londerville, J. (2010). Casino décor effects on gambling emotions and intentions. Environment and Behavior, 42(4), 524-545.
Gulas, C. S., & Bloch, P. H. (1995). Right under our noses: Ambient scent and consumer responses. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10(1), 87-98.
Hirsch, A. R. (1992). Effect of an ambient odor on slot.machine usage in a Las Vegas casino. Unpublished report: Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, Ltd.
Michel, A., Baumann, C., & Gayer, L. (2017). Thank you for the music–or not? The effects of in-store music in service settings. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 36, 21-32.
Noseworthy, T. J., & Finlay, K. (2009). A comparison of ambient casino sound and music: Effects on dissociation and on perceptions of elapsed time while playing slot machines. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(3), 331-342.
Sykes, K., Gaffney, C., Sykes, T., & Posner, I. (2012). Sustainability in casino design and operation:“Green” is good for the bottom line. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development.

Hi everyone, I'm back with some more shopping research:) In this post, I draw parallels between casinos and retail stores - they both use similar tricks to keep you inside for as long as possible. Enjoy the read!
1. THE GRAND PRINCIPLE OF 'PLAYGROUND' CASINOS
Have you ever wondered why casinos are so spacious and grand? New ones built in the early 2000s are constructed according to the 'playground' (luxurious resort-like) principle. It aims to create a festive holiday feeling with entertainment, installations, art, high ceilings etc. This makes you enjoy the experience even beyond playing games so you don't want to leave - it increases the chance that you will eventually place a bet somewhere (Finlay, Marmurek, Kanetkar & Londerville, 2010).
Modern shopping malls use a similar idea to keep you inside - think Harrods, Dubai Mall, Mall of Emirates. Airy, spacious, full of art, installations, and entertainment. It makes you reluctant to leave. More time spent inside = more chance of buying.
2. LAYOUT
You will notice that in casinos, roulette tables and slot machines take up the prime space in the building - they're always the most visible because those are the most profitable games for the casino. You will find poker rooms hidden in the farthest corner of the building because poker is played against other players and not against the house. Apart from small fees, casinos do not make much money out of it because the money is circulating among the players.
In the retail world, poker rooms are sales sections. They will make you go through multiple new collections in order to reach sale - just in case a more expensive item catches your eye and you decide to buy it.
3. LACK OF TIME CUES
Casinos do everything so you lose the track of time, keep having fun and gambling. There are no clocks or windows, the doors are tinted, and the atmosphere is exactly the same regardless of what time of the day it is (Sykes, Gaffney, Sykes & Posner, 2012).
There's also quiet and ambient music - it gets overwhelmed by slot machine sounds and chips clinking together. The music is kept quiet and transitions seamlessly - the reason being that separate songs can provide time cues, which might make you realise how long you've spent inside. Casinos keep the music for atmospheric purposes but make sure you don't focus on it (Noseworthy & Finlay, 2009).
Windows are common in malls to add to the 'grand' feeling; moreover, malls are usually open during the day only anyway so they have less incentive to keep the light out. You will rarely see a clock in a mall though, and separate stores are often windowless to eliminate time cues. Stores also use quiet, ambient, seamlessly transitioning music. Research shows that loud music drives people out of the store so they spend less time inside and buy less often (fun fact: small stores play loud music inside to avoid overcrowding) (Michel, Baumann & Gayer, 2017).
4. SCENT
Casinos often have a signature scent. Fresh, pleasant smell adds to the atmosphere and leaves you wanting to spend more time inside. A study showed that people gambled on slots significantly more when the area was scented compared to when it was unscented (Hirsch, 1992).
Stores use it too - research says that ambient smell increases customer satisfaction, buying, and willingness to return (Gulas & Bloch, 1995).
5. ALCOHOL
Casinos often offer free alcohol. It adds to the feeling of hospitality but the main reason is that alcohol reduces inhibition which leads to riskier gambling (Baron & Dickerson, 1999).
[personal interpretation alert]
Luxury boutiques often offer you free champagne; however, it is less common in the retail industry. It also feels more oriented towards hospitality and luxurious experience rather than control inhibition because the context of a retail store is not particularly congruent with alcohol consumption. Regardless, even small amounts of alcohol can reduce inhibition which potentially increases how much we buy so a glass of champagne could well be a strategic trick. What do you think?
***
I hope you enjoyed the read! I regularly create content around fashion psychology (Psych But Fashion) - if you're interested to learn more, visit my profile where I have links to my social media accounts.
Thank you for reading,
BEA
REFERENCE LIST
Baron, E., & Dickerson, M. (1999). Alcohol consumption and self-control of gambling behaviour. Journal of Gambling Studies, 15(1), 3-15.
Finlay, K., Marmurek, H. H., Kanetkar, V., & Londerville, J. (2010). Casino décor effects on gambling emotions and intentions. Environment and Behavior, 42(4), 524-545.
Gulas, C. S., & Bloch, P. H. (1995). Right under our noses: Ambient scent and consumer responses. Journal of Business and Psychology, 10(1), 87-98.
Hirsch, A. R. (1992). Effect of an ambient odor on slot.machine usage in a Las Vegas casino. Unpublished report: Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation, Ltd.
Michel, A., Baumann, C., & Gayer, L. (2017). Thank you for the music–or not? The effects of in-store music in service settings. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 36, 21-32.
Noseworthy, T. J., & Finlay, K. (2009). A comparison of ambient casino sound and music: Effects on dissociation and on perceptions of elapsed time while playing slot machines. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(3), 331-342.
Sykes, K., Gaffney, C., Sykes, T., & Posner, I. (2012). Sustainability in casino design and operation:“Green” is good for the bottom line. World Journal of Science, Technology and Sustainable Development.

Going through old issues of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter and posting highlights in my own words, continuing in the footsteps of daprice82. For anyone interested, I highly recommend signing up for the actual site at f4wonline and checking out the full archives.
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1987
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The Complete Observer Rewind Archive by daprice82


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The Bunkhouse Stampede Finals and Royal Rumble are in the books, and as a head-to-head it’s best described as a stalemate. Neither show is what Dave would consider among the best cards he’s ever seen, and from the perspective of a tv viewer they were about what you’d expect. No strong overall lineup for either, and what was delivered wasn’t spectacular either. WWF had the edge in glitz, but not as much as usual because of the live factor meaning they couldn’t rely on post-production editing tricks. Here’s a sentence that describes a typical Raw today: “The three-hour show had too many replays and looked like it may have dragged in spots if you were there live.” Dave’s gotten some word from people who were there for the Bunkhouse finals live, and all rated it terribly as a live experience. From the tv viewer perspective, though, it was better than Starrcade despite some major issues (Dave says they owe the audience an explanation for why the Rock & Roll Express and Steve Williams were absent, as well as for the lack of Mike Rotunda vs. Sting which was pushed on WTBS half an hour before the show).
Dave’s tired of writing a lot of the same complaints about NWA, but they do seem to be responding to fans. They’re going to start showing the finishes to matches that go off the air on the following week’s show and have made changes to the announce desk. Jim Ross did a great job on ppv and toned back on calling every match an all-time classic like he did at Starrcade. But there were eight no-shows among the wrestlers and on Thursday night they had a terrible show in Los Angeles. Most of the no-shows were guys they pulled from the card to save money on flights. The Bunkhouse Finals were advertised with a 7 pm start time, but many of the tickets had 8 pm printed on them, and the show itself actually started at 6:35. Pm and ended at 9 pm, so those arriving at 8 missed most of the show. Not all the no-shows can be blamed on the promotion (Mighty Wilbur got injured, Rock & Roll Express appear to have up and quit), but some kind of explanation needs to be made for the fans. Between all that, getting chants of “Refund” after the Stampede and Dusty getting booed (which fans watching on tv heard) when he won the finals, NWA has significantly hurt its position in two of the biggest markets in the country in LA and New York. They’re making changes, slowly, but some changes need to be made or they’re going to sink. NWA fans come for action, but you can’t get the kind of action the fans want with the schedule they’re running (contrast to WWF which can get by with less action because their guys are seen as stars and the fans want to see the stars). Doing cross-country double shots on weekends is killing NWA, and they need to make new stars. Turning Flair face, since he’s more popular than almost anyone else, isn’t even something to do right now because Luger’s turn is in full throttle and they don’t have a heel to take up the slack. They could turn Dusty heel and have him feud with the Road Warriors, but they won’t.
In the past few weeks, NWA has managed to lose several guys they really shouldn’t have. Terry Taylor is gone apparently because the office had it in for him because of when he left the promotion in 1985. Big Bubba Rogers had become a good worker and had a great gimmick going, but WWF poached him. Rock and Roll Express apparently quit because they were unhappy about their push (though Dave thinks despite their ability and work, they’ve been on borrowed time for nine months now). Dave gives Steve Williams 50/50 odds of coming back and just kind of gestures to UWF as explanation. Sean Royal quit, and Chris Champion, Eddie Gilbert, and Brad Armstrong are all but disappeared. And more are looking to get out. Dave hates writing all this stuff about what Crockett’s doing wrong on the front page, especially when he’s been talking about it for months, and especially because he’s a fan of the NWA. He wouldn’t classify himself as a fan of WWF, but they’ve earned his respect with what they’ve done to take the business to another level and in the next two months he expects them to blow the whole wrestling business wide open. But WWF’s success isn’t the reason for NWA’s problems. WWF doing counterprogramming has made Crockett earn less money than he would have unopposed, and Dusty probably books himself the way he does because he knows WWF won’t steal him (spoilers: WWF gets Dusty in just over a year) and it’s hard to leave the limelight, but WWF isn’t the reason for most of Crockett’s issues.
According to the newspapers this morning, Wrestlemania IV will take place in Atlantic City’s Convention Center. Capacity is 16,000. There were rumblings of Vince being close to a deal in Vegas for either UNLV Gym or Caesar’s Palace, so Atlantic City’s a surprise. Wrestlemania is going to be more focused on ppv than closed-circuit this year, apparently. But most of the audience can’t get ppv, so they’ll still need closed-circuit in major cities.
Two weeks after Wrestlemania will be the Crockett Cup. Place is to be announced, and Dave thinks it’s high time Crockett re-establishes working relationships with at least one or two other North American promotions in order to help make the Cup a big event. They just don’t have the talent roster this year to get away with doing otherwise.
A correction on Starrcade: Dave reported a 6.6 percent buy-rate, but the reality was a 3.3 percent buy-rate. Dave heard they got 20,000 buys and just assumed it was of the 300,000 homes available on cable, but forgot to factor in the 300,000 homes it was also available in via satellite. Dave’s received reports that there were 6 million potential homes for the Bunkhouse finals, but that seems high to him. Even matching the buyrate of Starrcade at that number would mean over $3 million in gross revenue, and Dave doesn’t think they were remotely close to that.

- Anyway, Dave goes through the Bunkhouse finals. An estimated 7,000 were in the arena, and the dark match was Sting and Jimmy Garvin beating the Sheepherders by DQ. Nikita Koloff retained the NWA TV title against Bobby Eaton in a 20 minute draw. -2 stars. Larry Zbyszko beat Barry Windham for the Western States Title, with the match starting slow and getting very good in the last ten minutes. 3.5 stars. Road Warrior Hawk beat Ric Flair by DQ in the NWA World Title match. 3.75 stars. Dusty Rhodes won the Bunkhouse Stampede finals. Lots of blood, a lot of guys going the distance you wouldn’t expect to have the stamina to do so (the match was 26 minutes long), and it was exactly what was promised and was good stuff. 3 stars.

Watch: a brief clip of the bunkhouse finals

- As for the Royal Rumble, the crowd appeared to be nearly sold out with almost 18,000 in attendance. Ricky Steamboat beat Rick Rude by DQ. Heavy with rest holds and stalling before the final two minutes had them trading near falls constantly and getting good heat from it. 2 stars. The Jumping Bomb Angels won the WWF Women’s Tag Titles from the Glamour Girls in a 2/3 falls match. They started behind with Judy Martin getting the first fall, then the Angels won two straight falls with each Angel pinning Judy Martin (sunset flip and double missile dropkicks, respectively). It was a good match, but not great - the Angels missed a lot of moves and seemed to be out of shape. 3 stars. Jum Duggan won the Royal Rumble, last eliminating One Man Gang. The match was much better than Dave anticipated, and the match went on roughly at the same time as the Bunkhouse finals match. Better camera work in it, and Dave notes that WWF seems to have fudged the two minute intervals after a bit. 3.5 stars. The Islanders beat the Young Stallions (Paul Roma and Jim Powers; Dave’s nickname for them is The Barbie Dolls) in two straight falls. He makes a weird joke about a submission actually working on a pushed guy (Haku submitted Roma with a Boston crab) making him go out for “Oriental food” afterwards because it was so surprising. I’m too confused to even know what to make of the line. 2.5 stars.

Watch: the finish to the 1988 Royal Rumble match

Outside the matches, Royal Rumble had some other stuff. Andre and Hogan had a contract signing for the Main Event, where Andre slammed Hogan’s head into the table and pushed the table onto him. Dave’s amazed people buy Hogan as a face, because there’s just something naturally dislikable about people who act the way Hogan does and he thinks Vince could probably get Lee Harvey Oswald over as a face. Dino Bravo attempted to set a world bench press record. Of course, the weights were as legit as the half a million dollars Dusty supposedly won, but Bravo’s supposedly able to bench over 600 lbs legit. Jesse Ventura helped him with “715 lbs” and then claimed he didn’t help at all (the Road Warriors are scheduled to bench on the 30th and were originally planned to use legit weights, but they’ll have to use bogus weights to keep from looking weak next to WWF’s monsters now). Anyway, now they’ll bill Bravo as unofficial bench record holder, and that should get him heat because of the obvious cheating.
Next up then for WWF is The Main Event on February 5. Dave’s told not to worry about Andre, because his back is in much better shape than last year. He and Hogan are practicing daily and have worked out the gist of the match. Dave says you can be sure to expect Ted DiBiase to interfere somehow on the 5th.
Stampede is continuing to do good business and nearly selling out all their big shows. Chris Benoit and Great Gama get 4 stars (from Trent Walters, who I guess submitted the reports for the matches in Edmonton) for their Commonwealth Title match from January 9 in Edmonton.
[Stampede] Jason the Terrible has been made an “honorary member” of Bad Company, Bruce Hart and Brian Pillman’s tag team. So now in addition to the hockey mask he’s also got sunglasses over the hockey mask and a bandana and a black leather jacket. The whole getup is hilarious.
Do you remember Central States? Mike George won the WWA World Title tournament on January 23. They had 800 fans. Match ended on blood stoppage.
Speaking of blood, Keiji Mutoh is headed to Puerto Rico.
Tatsumi Fujinami and Kengo Kimura won the IWGP World Tag Titles from Yoshiaki Fujiwara and Kazuo Yamazaki on January 18. Riki Choshu and Super Strong Machine were originally slated to face the tag champs, but Choshu injured his knee and had to miss the match. Dave expects Choshu and Machine to face Fujinami and Kimura on February 7. He then goes on about how bad Choshu’s luck has been lately. Dave thinks he was supposed to win the tournament, except the Maeda shoot happened, and he was definitely supposed to win the tag titles (the match was scheduled for his hometown and New Japan actually does nice things for wrestlers in front of their home audiences). And with all the work they’ve put into getting Choshu on tv, it’s surprising they’ve phased him down the card so much from where he was.
Lots of stuff about Vader’s look in New Japan. On December 27 he wore long tights and had Road Warrior Hawk’s hair, and it didn’t get him over at all. On January 4 he had a mask and full bodysuit to hide his size. January 11 saw him ditch the bodysuit and keep the mask. The evolution of a mastodon, I guess.
Antonio Inoki began negotiations with Fuji TV after TV Asahi scheduled NJPW tv to move to midnight Mondays, and TV Asahi caved. They’ll now be on a 5 pm Saturday time slot. It’s not as good as their old Monday evening slot, but it’s not a death slot like midnight Monday.
Akira Maeda turned down NJPW’s plan to have him go to the U.S. Also, he and NJPW are fighting over his contract. They offered him a new contract for 1988 with a 15% pay cut and he’s not willing to sign it.
There are rumors that Inoki will wrestle Koji Kitao (the sumo wrestler mentioned a few weeks back) at the Tokyo Dome in April. Kitao is 24 years old and 6’5.5”, weighing 345 lbs. The story of his exit from Sumo is he apparently lost his temper and started kicking one of his sponsors (who is 92 years old) and the knocked his stable master’s wife through a sliding door. Dave’s been told if this match does happen, it could draw very big. Kitao is denying he’s going into wrestling (nope). Kitao was made a yokozuna in 1986, just before he turned 23, because the sumo hierarchy felt they needed a new young star to create interest in the younger generation of fans. But Kitao liked the party lifestyle and didn’t care for tradition, and sumo does not tolerate that. But you can’t demote a yokozuna, and that made him controversial (it would turn out that most of this was made up because Kitao’s stablemaster didn’t like him and felt he was underperforming and wanted him out - more on Kitao’s sumo years here if you want to read it). Turns out sumo is kind of worked too, though not as much as pro wrestling.
All Japan is promoting a “Martial Arts Olympic” show on April 2 at Sumo Hall, to feature all kinds of stuff. Tiger Mask II and Giant Baba will team against some foreigners, Japan Women’s Pro Wrestling (the group running against AJW) will have two matches on the show (Miss A vs. Harley Saito and Rumi Kazama vs. Xochitl Hamada). There will be boxing, kick boxing, the original Tiger Mask Satoru Sayama’s “shooting” sport he invented, shoot boxing (boxing + wrestling with gloves), and more. The whole show is being billed as a memorial service to Ikki Kajiwara, who created the Tiger Mask cartoon and comic.
When baseball season starts, All Japan’s tv will be moved to 10:30-11:30 pm Sunday nights. Usually they get moved to Saturday afternoon during baseball season, and this shift will lose Baba lots of money and viewers.
While Crockett and McMahon ran big shows on January 24, Giant Baba met with their rivals in Las Vegas. Baba’s plan in the U.S. is to send his guys, as well as Bruiser Brody, Abdullah the Butcher, Jimmy Snuka, Stan Hansen, and Terry Gordy to smaller promotions to help them fight against the big two.
Dave finally saw Hennig vs. Tiger Mask II. Not terrible, but no heat and little action, he thinks. Meanwhile, John Tenta’s improving well, and Baba seems high on Akira Taue, though he’s so new it’s hard to guess what kind of future he has.
[AJW] Yukai Omori’s retirement show will be on February 15. This was announced after her January 15 world title match with Chigusa Nagayo, where she said if she couldn’t win the title she was ending her career. They went 32 minutes to a double count out in the ring after both collapsed.
[Memphis] Lawler vs. Hennig for the AWA Title on January 18 had Lawler’s ring on the line as well. Hennig promised to give his dad the ring if he won, and Larry Hennig was there. The Axe helped Curt win, and Curt gave him the ring, but Lalwer stole it back.
Memphis local prelim wrestler Jerry Bryant has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease.
Global Wrestling in Florida somehow turned what was an awful live show on January 22 into a good tv show. They taped on Friday night and by Sunday had it polished up into a good looking product. The miracles of post-production. Issues with the live show included starting 30 minutes late, long delays between matches, the ring mic not working, and bad wrestlers. What they lack in wrestling talent, though, they make up for in knowing how to make a tv show that’s on the level of World Class and better than Crockett or AWA.
Continental (Alabama) did a bench press contest between Lord Humongous (not Sid, but Gary Nation) and Doug Furnas. They fudged the weights here, as Humongous did 645 lbs and then Furnas did it twice (his best in competition has been 600) before Humongous pushed the bar down on Furnas and “injured his ribs.”
Apparently the Observer was mentioned positively in the Detroit News by Justice B. Hill in the January 17 issue.
Since Dave started writing this issue, he’s been flooded with fans writing about the Bunkhouse finals. The reaction he’s gotten has largely been negative, with those there live being extra negative about it. Crockett really needs to reserve three hours for the next time they do ppv - going too short pisses the fans off, and ppv viewers expected the show to last past 9 pm. Another difference between WWF and NWA is that WWF always gets their hottest acts on the mic at some point during ppvs and big live specials (twice in the case of Hogan and DiBiase at Royal Rumble), while at Starrcade they didn’t have Flair, Dusty, or Cornette talk once. Instead Jim Garvin gave the worst promo of his career, Michael Hayes was quiet for the first time ever, and they shoved Steve Williams and Nikita Koloff on the mic for some reason. At the Bunkhouse Finals they had no interviews, and getting mic time for Flair or Dusty or Luger while they set up the cage would have been a big help. More of Dave wondering when Crockett will realize they’ve killed the credibility of their world champion and thus killed the drawing power of the belt.
Michael Hayes has apparently quit Crockett and everyone expects him to go back to World Class. And if Steve Williams doesn’t come back, they’ll probably just forget about the UWF Title entirely rather than doing a unification match.
A couple letters this week requesting that Dave keep up the coverage of wrestling in Japan. Another couple letters praising how good Stampede has been lately. Canada and Japan, bringing us the best in wrestling.
Another letter writer asks Dave to realize how offensive it is to refer to a wrestling match as “a total abortion” and to consider that he’s probably offended many female readers of the newsletter. Dave apologizes and says he’ll stop using the term, before doing a “well, actually” bit. It’s a kind of weird response. Judge it for yourselves.

I apologize for that one and will quit using the term. Actually the term abortion for a bad match is a business term just like jobber, mark, babyface and the rest. But there are a few business terms (mainly for ethnic wrestlers and ethnic fans) which are in bad taste that I don’t use, so I’ll add that one to the list.

Tickets for Wrestlemania IV go on sale January 30. The best 2000 seats in the Convention Center are being reserved as freebies for casino high rollers. And as a heads up, this is the location it does take place at. They called it Trump Plaza Hotel and Casino during the show, but it’s the same building. More on that as we get to Wrestlemania.
If Dave can find the space next week, he’s going to talk about whether or not “30 minute matches which ‘tell a story’” work for today’s fans. He really enjoyed the Windham/Blanchard match on tv but there was no crowd reaction, so he’s beginning to wonder if this is even a style that resonates anymore.
Everyone’s asking Dave for predictions about Hogan vs. Andre. So here’s his prediction (and he is way off on many parts of this):

DiBiase will interfere and Andre will pin Hogan on 2/5, however Jack Tunney will prove he can’t be bought and hold the title up so Ted doesn’t get the title, and order a rematch in a cage at WM4 so Ted can’t interfere (and also so Andre can lose without doing a job). Hulk will win on a fluke, and they’ll run Hulk vs. Andre over the summer in your local cities after Hulk gets back from playing Hulk Hogan in the movies.

”There was a clip in Detroit about Hogan, saying that ‘he’s nice[r] than Kirk Gibson, but not by much.’” Gibson’s reputation is of being a total asshole to fans, especially kids.
Crockett is billing FlaiAnderson vs. LugeWindham on Feb. 6 as the first time Flair goes against Lex anywhere. It’s forgivable to forget Lex’s Florida days, but they’ve got FlaiBlanchard vs. LugeRhodes booked for February 2.
Apparently Road Warrior Hawk’s neo-nazi line is just a quote from The Breakfast Club. Okay. So I guess the first letter writer was mishearing him and he’s saying “Neo-maxi-zoom dweebie”? TVtropes gives us this, from the October 3, 1987 episode of NWA World Championship Wrestling: HAWK: "WELL, Tony Schiavone, There Are Two Kinds Of People, as far as me and Animal are concerned. Clamheads and Neo-Maxi Zoom Dweebies." (the Road Warriors consider themselves the latter). And corroborating with the WWE Network, yeah, the line comes through pretty clear. Network 4 minutes in, and yeah, he’s not calling himself a neo-nazi. Definitely an error by that letter writer, and what a weird line for Hawk of all people to utter.

THURSDAY: WWF’s Big Four are born; The Main Event; Rock & Roll Express, Michael Hayes, and Steve Williams update; Tenryu wins all the awards in Japan; and more

Below is a collection of notices & comments from Nextdoor, etc.
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From Wyandotte County Administrator's Office, Public Information Officer Unified Government
June 3, 2020
Woodlands Property For Sale. Las Vegas casino owner Phil Ruffin has put the former Woodlands racetrack facility up for sale.
Ruffin bought the several hundred-acre property near Leavenworth Road and I-435 five years ago with plans to reopen the horse track and add a facility with slot machines.
The Unified Government supported those efforts for the past several years, but the Kansas Legislature did not approve needed changes to the Kansas gaming law which would have made reopening the facility profitable.
Ruffin is tentatively selling the land to Scannell Properties which proposes building a one-million square foot warehouse distribution facility and office park with retail development on the corner of the former racetrack land.
Scannell Properties, based in Indianapolis, is a private real estate development firm with more than 300 development projects totaling more than 63-million square feet in 44 states and Canadian provinces.
When the sale is completed, Scannell plans to demolish the crumbling horse and dog tracks later this summer, with the new distribution center opening next year. The distribution facility is expected to create 1,000 new jobs.
70 acres between the new facility and Wyandotte County Lake will be reserved for green space and public walking trails.
The project plans are being reviewed by the Unified Government, State of Kansas, and Army Corps of Engineers. Advancement of the proposed plans will require a local public hearing and approval action by the Unified Government.
http://wyandottedaily.com/corps-of-engineers-kdhe-taking-public-comments-on-woodlands-project/
Here’s how you get a copy of the notice and who you direct those comments to:

Brian Donahue [email protected] (816) 389-3703 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City Regulatory Office 635 Federal Building 601 East 12th Street Kansas City, Missouri, 64106

It asks to reference permit application No. NWK-2020-348 in all comments and/or inquiries relating to this project.
Public Notice is just to fill the 2.34 acres of emergent wetland within the project area (to prep for the construction of a 1+ million square foot commercial warehouse facility, etc), not for the whole project.
Either way, I'm not sure we should fill the wetlands before we've had our voices heard about the overall project, so I'll still be requesting a public hearing.
https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll7/id/14409
to get approval for the water quality certification to move forward with the project. Petitioning against it may not mean they abandon the project but I think it’s worth it to have a public hearing. At the very least the citizens of the county should have a voice in what goes there if it threatens water quality and water run off.
To request one, we must write to Brian and outline our specific concerns regarding filling the 2.34 acres of emergent wetland within the project area. While they do take into account public interest, their focus (as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) is to determine the environmental impacts of filling the wetlands.
They will grant a public hearing if they think they can learn new things about the environmental impact from the community.
In typical WYCO fashion there is no effort to openly inform the citizens. This has obviously been in action for a long time and we're finding out 2 weeks before the meeting and that info wasn't disclosed in yesterday's public information release it had to be tracked down by a private concerned citizen. Pathetic way to do things but if you're doing things not in the best interest of the people then not informing us untill after is the way WYCO does it.
Bennett Lake feeds Bennett Creek that flows past the old Ranger Station and into the Wyco Lake. Will this dry up the creek? Lots of folks fish in the creek.
Remember they've been wanting to build at the lake and you watch they will sneak it in. 30 years ago "Friends of the Lake" was formed to fight the county who tried to sneak in commercial development. It was almost needed to be reformed last year when the UG began opening plats up for sale. Now, it seems the time has come.
From what I understand they have already plotted the lots out at the lake. My neighbors got the letter letting them know.. it is already happening.. forsale signs will be popping up shortly.
A warehouse and trucking operation in the middle of residential and the lake.
WYCO has a warehouse district. It's called Fairfax -- With lots of empty places to use.
We need more green space. Too many office buildings are vacant, taking up to much space everywhere.. just sitting there empty. I'm sure this will all become another burden to the taxpayers of WYCO.
Run-off from the Legends already negatively affects properties in Edwardsville.
The creeks in Edwardsville have widened and deepened because of the extra run-off. Homes have been affected and businesses have closed on 98th street.
It is currently under contract for 20 million dollars. On the bright side, at least something is happening. The bad side, it’s a trucking warehouse. As a realtor, I worry about the the home values in the area. Nothing is finalized and it could all fall through. Nothing is signed right now. Me suggestion to homeowners is try to sell your house now while the market is hot. The surrounding neighborhoods will take a hit if a trucking warehouse goes in, in my opinion.
WYCO does not need any more failures ie Schlitterbahn which was not even 1/10th the development promised, T-bones stadium mismanaged and allowed to fall into debt and bankruptcy, Land of Oz - That was a big scam Bpu big shots pulled over on us while they made money.
Private pockets get lined every time something is proposed or built. Anyone who believes that our elected officials are doing anything to benefit the people needs to start researching every negative fact based article ever written starting soon after they refused GM from building. Elected representatives need to spend their time serving the people and not naming streets and community centers after themselves.
businesses at Legends didn't have to pay taxes for a couple years. That's why new places move in to Legends and couple years later move out when they have to start paying taxes
Even though elsewhere more commercial real estate lowers residential real estate taxes, doesn't work that way in Wyco the property taxes keep going up. The only ones who benefit are the businesses/companies that get all kinds of financial rewards and decades-long tax breaks to come here and then leave when they have gotten all they can get and of course the "good old boys" who make it happen. Meanwhile our taxes go up every year.
Put something there as long as there isn't any type of incentives given. It's getting ridiculous giving a bunch of money to companies to get them to develop here or anywhere for that matter.
The property cannot be fixed up for gaming as the state wanted more profit than what the facility needed to keep it running, and they refused to open it up fairly to gaming like other facilities in the state were allowed. It was a shame when Woodlands closed but it is much worse driving by property and seeing the decay it had become. A 1,000 jobs would help our community by bringing in tax money.
However, I do not have confidence on follow through with agreements with UGWYCO. Remember Schlitterbahn? Was supposed to use local people to build and operate. Our Laborers had to strike and still UGWYCO allowed construction to proceed, delivering nothing like what was promised.

Naima
She was going to buy diapers. They were having a sale at Kroger and she was woefully unprepared for how expensive they were, how expensive everything to do with babies was. Mary had her first, and as of now, only child just six months ago. It might as well have been six years at this point. The rumors were true, any hope of sleep was abandoned long ago. Maurice did what he could to help out, he loved feeding their little girl and didn’t mind when she spontaneously vomited on his shirt, or if he did he never showed it.
They named the girl Naima, after Maurice’s grandmaw who passed away the day her namesake came into the world. Naima made it to her grandmaw’s funeral where she screamed and cried every second of the service. Mary however was absent. Everyone understood. Her labor wasn’t easy, a grueling sixteen hours of push and breathe, sweat running down her arms and legs in rivulets. They all agreed that a funeral was no place for a woman to be after giving birth just four days ago. But at Easter, Mary was certain they all looked at her a bit different now, like she had failed an important exam and her commitment to the family was thrown into question.
The parking lot was nearly deserted, it being almost 10 o'clock at night. She had meant to go earlier in the day, had even set an alarm on her phone to remind herself, but Naima was sick. Mary thought she was sick. She was mostly sure she was sick. She hadn’t eaten anything that day except for a few brown lumps of applesauce that later came out the other end virtually the same. Mary wasn’t scared yet but the anxiety, the vision of rushing to her family doctor only to be told once again that “this is normal Mrs. Hader, happens all the time, she just needs a bit of rest,” was ever present on her mind. She hated that place, hated the smell of it. When she herself was a little girl the atmospheres of hospitals, clinics, dentist offices, all revolted her. The snarky look of the woman behind the counter, watching another new mother panic over a little diarrhea, it was all a bit too much to bear. She tossed an Ativan quickly into her mouth and locked the car door.
She checked her phone. No texts from Maurice. He would be working late tonight, they’d been giving him the night shift at the hospital for months now. Even when he got off early he would head to the gun range to “get his aim ready for the apocalypse.” The baby was taking a strain on him. He held up well, remarkably well, better than she had. Naima was the love of her life, as well as the bottomless well where she tossed in every waking hour of her day. Sure she could maybe leave her alone here and there, she was six months after all, but she knew that within ten minutes the screaming and crying would start and there’d she be, holding the squirming mass to her breast.
She squinted at the glaring white lights of the store and swung her grocery bag from side to side, not thinking about where she was going as she walked towards the Personal Care aisle. She passed colorful packages of tissues, toothpaste, and tampons, and studied the boxes of diapers, selecting what she gathered was the medium tier.
Down the aisle there was a young man looking at conditioner. He was rubbing his mouth and kept looking back and forth from his phone to the bottles.
“Having trouble?” she said
“I guess so. I’m supposed to get something with coconut oil, but there’s like five of them with that.”
“Do what I do.”
“What’s that?” She picked up a nondescript bottle and put it in his hands.
“Get the cheapest,” she said.
He laughed a little at this, “I like the way you think. Who are those for?” he said, pointing to the box in her hand.
“Naima- or uh, my daughter.”
“Bit late to be running out for that.” She didn’t quite like that, but he gave her a quick sympathetic smile that she returned.
“Yeah I was going to earlier but you know how it is,” she started walking back down the aisle.
“I can help you,” the man said, his voice even.
She stopped and turned back to him. He was still looking at her nicely enough, his eyes almost seemed to be scanning her.
“Excuse me, I have to go.”
She turned and started walking back again. Suddenly much more aware of how empty the store was at this time. She didn’t hear him follow, just the sound of her own flip flops hitting the floor a bit faster than normal. She cast a glance over at the two employees by the service kiosk who were chatting away, hardly even noticing her. She wanted to be through self check out and back in her car as quickly as possible. Would she tell Maurice about it? No, probably not. He’d get worried, and he already had so much to deal with.
The self checkout machine blared out to her in its automated voice, asking if she had a membership card. She cursed it silently and quickly scanned the box of diapers, leaving well before the receipt was curling out of the slot. In the black reflection of the plate glass windows of the store she saw the man calmly scanning the bottle of conditioner. Her heart beat a little louder in her ears, she hadn’t even heard him walking up. She kept her eyes fixed on his reflection as she walked out the sliding doors.
The night air was humid and hung still. Across the parking lot a car sat by a stop sign, its red brake lights casting a faint glow on her face. Her little Hyundai was parked thirty yards away. She put her phone up to her ear and pretended to be talking to someone, a trick she had learned in college. This soothed her anxiety a bit, not as much as the Atavil would when she got back into her car, but enough for now. She crossed the lane in front of the store and her footsteps echoed across the empty lot. Twenty yards away. Behind her she heard the sliding door open again, and she began to walk a little faster. Fifteen yards now. She thought she heard someone behind her but she couldn’t be sure, she was too afraid to look. At ten yards her heart was racing in her chest, it was hard to hear anything else. She took out her keys, gripping them tightly in her hands, trying to calm herself down. Her legs felt rubbery and weak, her eyes were hot. She made herself turn.
He was standing ten feet away, silhouetted by the dim yellow street light just above and behind him. He looked bigger, much bigger than he did in the store, and he wasn’t moving. Her mind tried to project a face, an identity onto the dark human cut-out before her. She could feel his eyes staring back at her, all over her. He moved towards her. She was yanking at the handle of the driver side door. She didn’t remember moving to get there. The handle pulled but with no click of the opening latch, she forgot to unlock the car. A quiet moan escaped her as she looked up into the reflection of the window and saw that dark figure raise its hand to the back of her head and with sudden force, thrust her head against the side of the door frame.
The first thing she noticed was that she was on her back. There was something covering her eyes, it felt soft but was wrapped tight around her head which made the aching pain in her forehead protest even louder. Worse than the pain was the smell. Wherever she was the air smelled cold and closed in, damp, stale. It smelled like overripe cucumbers. She could feel something crawling up her calf and tried to shake it off but her legs were bound tight to what felt like a cold metal table. She went to move her hand to brush it off but her arms were trapped just as her legs, with straps like the ones they used to restrain mentally ill patients.
Naima. The word flashed in her head like a big red neon sign outside a Las Vegas casino. The baby, my baby, she’s all alone. God I only left her for ten minutes. Hot tears wet the cloth over her eyes and ran down the side of her face. She thought about screaming but she was too upset, too scared, too confused to do so. Instead she started hyperventilating. She could hear herself gasping, the pressure building up inside here like a crescendo of panic and fear. Her mind flashed to the prescription bottle of Ativan in her car. God, where was her car? Where was she? What was crawling up her leg?
“You need to relax,” a voice said, and this time she did scream.
“Where’s my baby?!”
“Wherever you left- it?”
“Oh Jesus, what are you doing? Let me go, please let me go let me go let me go let me-”
“It was easy to get you here,” said the voice that she could hear slowly orbiting around her. “Dark parking lot in the middle of the night. You should know better. You weren’t even carrying pepper spray, I know, I checked your bag.”
Mary strained against the straps, against the pain in her head, and against the creeping thing that was now marching slowly up her thigh. She began to sob.
“Your head must be killing you,” said the voice in a quiet, comforting way. “I’m sorry I had to do… what I did. I was scared you would get away.”
“Why are you doing this,” Mary said in between sobs, almost screaming. “What the fuck do you want!?”
“You. I want you.” The voice was quiet for a time. The crawling thing was onto her canvas shorts now but she didn’t notice. “I think you’re beautiful, so beautiful, almost perfect. I want to help you become... immaculate. You’re so close. I don’t want you to worry about your head, you’ll never see a scar, I’m good at what I do. You’ll never see.”
Before she could respond her phone erupted somewhere distant in the room. It must have been sitting on a table because she could hear a loud buzzing sound. The voice growled in rage and rushed away, a moment later she heard a loud crack that must have been her phone flung shattering against the floor. Her mind tried to gauge how long she had been down here. She could feel the dried blood pulling on the skin of her forehead, maybe a couple hours at the most. Maurice would be home soon, he could take care of the baby, Naima must be screaming loud enough for the whole neighborhood to hear. Somewhere in the back of her head she thought she could hear her infant child wailing in the distance. Almost as if he read her mind, the man said:
“Please don’t try to scream. No one can hear you down here, it’s just you and I now. But you won’t be down here long. I won’t leave you down here with all these nasty little things.”
She heard a quiet crushing sound, like stepping on a pine cone, and the cucumber smell increased. She was much more aware of the creeping crawling sensation that by now was exploring her exposed midriff. Suddenly his hands were on her, one of them resting gently on her thigh, the other plucking up what was just over her navel. In the darkness under her blindfold she could feel the air being displaced as his hand moved it towards her mouth.
“Kiss?”
And she could feel its antennae frantically probing her lips, its spindly legs scratching them, it released it’s pheromones and the stench made her gag, making a gurgling sound that contrasted sickeningly with the tittering laughter of the man still holding the bug to her face. She would scream but she was afraid if she opened her mouth he would drop it in. The smell was everywhere, in her mouth, in her nose, in her brain. She didn’t sense his hand pull away. She had concentrated every ounce of her being into not throwing up and only distantly heard the sound of the man crushing the insect between his fingers. Then he was back, squeezing her jaw with more force than she thought he possessed and said quietly:
“I will help you.”
He took off the blindfold.
The light that shown in her eyes was blinding but in time she was able to focus on the large mechanical arm, like the ones dentists used, that beamed light down into her face. She gagged again when she saw three stink bugs crawling lazily across its surface, had they been crawling all along her when she was unconscious? She peered around the room. Everything else was bathed in darkness, the vague outline of a shelf, a washing machine, and what looked like a set of ancient narrow stairs leading up out of the basement. To her right she heard the clinking silverware sound and she could see the man hunched over a long metal table.
“I’m sorry for the delay, I just want to make sure everything is done correctly. Co-rrect-ly. You’ll be happy to know I use anaesthetic now. It’s much quieter, easier for both of us.”
“Wh-what?”
“I am going to fix you. Make you what you’re meant to be. I want you to understand I do this all out of love, out of love for your beauty, for what you will become.”
He turned around and her eyes grew wide and white with terror at the syringe in his hand. At this she finally screamed, screamed as loud as she could, louder than Naima screamed when she woke her up at 5 AM that morning, standing in her crib and howling. Mary’s arms and legs writhed against the straps and for a split second she thought she felt a give until he slapped her hard across the face. In stunned silence the tears fell freely down her cheeks, she was whimpering. The syringe needle entered just under her left cheekbone.
“Local aesthetic, I’d put you under if I thought I could bring you back out.”
She strained at the leather strap across her forehead, the back of her head now aching against the cold metal table top. Soon though she could feel her face going numb, a bitter taste in her mouth seemed to flow from there and then down throughout her body, into her arms and legs which laid like lead against her sides. She couldn’t tell if she even had a body anymore, she could feel nothing, not even her own breathing.
The man placed the syringe back on the table and in its place appeared a small scalpel. In her mind she was leaping off the table and up those rickety stairs, out of the black nothingness, but still she lay motionless. Near the spot where he injected the paralyzing liquid, the man made what must have been a small circular cut. She could feel a vague pressure on her cheek. She remembered being nineteen, the summer before her sophomore year at WSU, getting her wisdom teeth taken out, the sound of metal scraping against bone, ripping flesh.
She could see his fingers maneuvering little metal instruments like chopsticks, covered in crimson blood. He wasn’t wearing gloves. After what could have been an hour or five minutes, the pressure moved from her left cheek to the right, then the center of her face. Soon she wasn’t able to breathe out of her nose, she could feel something oozing into the back of her throat and tried to cough but couldn’t. In some far away corner of her mind she prayed that her gag reflex wouldn’t kick in, fearing she would choke and die on this table. The man yanked hard on her nose, the pressure mounting until with a pop he fell back, holding a white sliver of bone in his hand. More blood oozed down her throat. With equal force he pressed something down hard on her face, whatever was left of it at least, so hard that she could see stars forming in her vision. When he released she could not breathe through her nose at all, stopped up tighter than the worst cold of her life.
Apparently satisfied with his work he gave a small chuckle and plugged something into a wall socket behind her head, then she heard the buzzing whine of an electric razor. She heard him unstrap the leather bindings across her forehead and cradled her head in his hand and began to shave her hair off. Stray strands fell into her eyes and she tried to blink them away. The numbing effect was less potent near the back of her head and she could feel the razor travelling across her scalp. A rustling sound and she felt him placing something on her shaved head, a wig. It fit tight, pulling the skin above her eyebrows taut and making it nearly impossible to close her eyes.
Letting her head fall back down loudly on the metal table, he restrapped the leather bindings and pried her mouth open, fitting in a metal wire brace to hold it in place. Somewhere in the numb unconscious of her mind her gag reflex finally won her over.
With a sickening gurgle she vomited, but it became stuck in her throat and quickly the air was completely cut off. Alarms screamed inside her head but she still could not move, her eyes darted around their sockets. The man, whose face she still couldn’t make out due to the bright light directly above his head, only stared back at her silently. He yanked the wire brace out of her mouth, taking a few teeth with it, and then he kicked the table over on its side. The dark room lurched before her eyes as she slammed into the concrete floor, the heavy metal table bearing down on her from above. She vomited again but could now feel air roaring back into her burning lungs. Rasps escaped her and just as violently as she was flung down the man heaved the table back up into place and secured the straps. The feeling was beginning to return into her legs, she felt a wetness around her crotch.
“You’ll learn to keep it down now won’t you? God you stink, not much left to do.”
He opened her mouth, put the brace back in, and soon she felt immense pressure on her top gums, a yank, and a sound like a wine cork being pulled. He held up one of her incisors, gripped by his pliers, in front of her eyes. Tossing it aside, he fit the pliers around her other incisor, the pressure came, and then suddenly a hideous cracking, like a branch being snapped. Her tooth had shattered.
“Don’t worry I have new ones for you. Not too big, bright and shiny.”
Her fingertips were coming to life then, she could feel the cold air of the basement again and with horror she began to imagine the pain that would engulf her entire mind when the aesthetic wore off. The pain would blot out the world, would blot out the terror, would even blot out Naima. She wished for death.
“Darren, son you need to go to bed it’s late.”
The black figure snapped into attention like a deer in the headlights at the sound of feeble voice calling from far away, somewhere above their heads.
“I’ll be up soon momma, you just go on to bed now.”
His voice when he had spoken to her sounded frantic, monotone, inhuman. Now when he replied to that voice from above he affected a submissive whine. Sensation was reentering her body faster and faster by now. She could feel the raw skin of her wrists where she had pulled against the straps, and then her arms. She had to escape before the pain hit and blinded every sensibility. The black figure named Darren was back at his instrument table muttering soft curses to his mother who by now must have shuffled back into whatever stale bedroom she came from. Without really planning it, the thought entered her head. She began rocking back and forth on the table. The leather straps creaked a bit and the loose bolts holding the legs to the table squeaked but not enough for Darren to notice. She rocked harder and harder, urging against the leg straps that were looser than they should have been, he had neglected to secure them after knocking her over before. The table groaned as two of its legs were now leaving the ground at a time. Darren whipped around, the light finally catching his face. He was handsome, young, but that disarming grin he gave her in the supermarket was replaced by the bared teeth and all-white eyes of a man enraged. He lept up to catch her but the table fell again.
The strap holding her head down snapped and her forehead hit the concrete with a hollow sounding thud. The room went black before her eyes. Vaguely she felt her body dry heaving. The numbness was gone but the pain was distant, she was detached now from her body. Hovering in the air of the basement she saw her torso half laying out of the leather restraints of the table, her body violently spasming. Darren was pacing frantically beside her bleeding head, the area just above her left eye a red mass of flesh and blood already pasting strands of the bad blonde wig to her forehead. His nerve broke.
“Oh fuckfuckfuck I’m sorry. I wanted to help you, I did, I promise I wanted to make you better, I-. I’m going to let you go, but you can’t tell anyone, you can’t. You don’t know me.”
Inarticulate groans came out of her mouth, her tongue lazily exploring the gap where her two front teeth had been. He knelt down beside her and began undoing the straps, her eyes focused on a stink bug crawling slowly through the puddle of blood that her head had left. Red on green. The bug became two, then four, and then her vision fractalled out of existence. When it returned she woke up on the cold dewey grass of a front lawn.
She could hear automatic sprinklers chirping off somewhere distant. Her head was a mountain of pain, every pulse of her heart beat like a drum that throbbed and pushed even more agony than she thought could exist into consciousness. She pulled herself into a ball, groaning with each tiny muscle movement. She could not move her face, it felt like a mask. Her eyes burned and her vision was foggy, she peered out through blades of finely cut grass to a small one story house. Her house.
Naima.
In an instant pain was replaced by a bottomless fear for her baby. She was on her feet. A distant place in her brain informed her that her left leg had been broken somewhere below her knee, and there was a crunching grinding sound as she walked. The motion sensing lights went on and cast a crooked shadow behind her. Her sticky hands felt behind her and by some miracle produced her house keys. She fumbled with the lock, it was hard as her vision kept blurring in and out of focus. Her head, God her head was killing her. She slid through the door and headed down past the kitchen to Naima’s room.
Maurice got off early that night and he was driving home. His floor had been quiet, just watchinng the clock spin. He wanted to go to the range but he hadn’t really seen Mary in three days. She worked hard for that child, every day of maternity leave from the school was spent in dedication to their little Naima. So he decided to surprise her, turn the engine off and coast into the driveway in neutral like he had done when they were in highschool while sneaking out. About a block away he flicked away a half smoked cigarette out the window. He promised her and himself that he’d quit soon. Lung cancer got his grandmother. He’d do it for Naima. But with these back to back shifts at the hospital, a man needed something to take the edge off, and when he couldn’t go to the shooting range a camel or two would do the trick.
The car rolled silently into the driveway. He got out and walked to the door, not noticing the droplets of blood on the grass or the red bricks of their walkway. He’d get into bed with her, pull her close to him, and if the baby was quiet, they’d sleep the whole night through for the first time in months. Then he caught sight of the bloody smudges around the lock and his heart stopped, it froze then and there in time. He saw his eyes in the reflection of the glass door, they were recessed now, drawn back into his face and alert. He moved to his car, never looking away from the house. Opening the passenger door as quietly as he could he felt under the seat for his .38, the one his dad got him for Christmas that year. He was back at the front door.
He held the gun tightly in his right hand and pushed on the doorknob, feeling it give, it was unlocked. His breath came slow, he could feel streams of sweat pouring cold down from his armpits. He stared into the darkness of the living room. Framed family pictures, not even as old as Naima, stared at him in amazement, at the man in scrubs carrying a gun. It was still and quiet save for his hissing breath, until he heard the baby begin to scream. His legs lost their strength and his whole body, an impressive 190 pounds of bulk and muscle began to shake. As quietly and as quickly as he could he moved down the carpeted hall to Naima’s room. The light was on, he could see a tall shadow swaying across the bedroom wall, the smiling faces of Winnie the Pooh and Piglet juxtaposed against his own, covered in beads of sweat.
He entered the doorway, the gun held firmly with both hands, hammer cocked back and finger on the trigger. His eyes were wide open. Over by Naima’s crib there was a woman. She was bent over, peering down at his infant daughter who was screaming louder than he had ever heard. Blonde hair hung limp from her head, and he could see blood seeping out of her scalp and falling into the crib. The woman’s body was shaking in waves, as if she were crying, or laughing. He heard his voice yell to get away and she lifted her head up to see him. Her eyes were wide open in a look of shock, they were bloodshot and he thought he could see a grey film of dust over them. Her eyebrows arched grotesquely high and far to the sides of her face, a face that was red and puffy. Her nose was impossibly thin and crooked on her face. Both her lips were pulled back in a hideous oval around the few teeth she had, they were bloodstained, a large gap right front and center. He was sure of nothing in that moment other than that he was staring straight at a monster. He aimed, held his breath, and pulled the trigger.
Dead center, her forehead exploded in red. Her body jumped a little and then slid over onto the crib, for a moment he was worried it would collapse under the weight but she slumped off of it and onto the carpeted floor, her filmy eyes staring up at the ceiling that he and Mary had pasted glow in the dark stars to the summer before.
He ran over to the crib and picked up Naima whose little blue singlet was speckled in blood and viscera. She was no longer crying, but Maurice was. He cradled his daughter, trying to keep her face away from that dead woman on the floor. He called out for Mary and collapsed to the floor of the hallway, holding Naima in his arms, until the police came.
They got him out of the house fast and took him in for questioning, he couldn’t understand why. They weren’t telling him anything, they wouldn’t let Mary see him. They even brought in a public attorney who just looked at him in sad confusion. He was sitting on a metal chair in an interrogation room, just like the ones he saw all the time on TV. He looked at the wall-length mirror and wondered who was behind it. A deputy came in and sat down across from him, he looked uncomfortable, wouldn’t make eye contact. He held up a manilla folder and slid it across the table to Maurice. Looking down at his hands the deputy spoke.
“Uh, sir, we’re having trouble identifying the victim, and we-”
“What do you mean victim? Victim my ass, that.. thing, that thing was in my house. I was protecting my daughter.”
“Yes sir, we understand it’s just, can you look at these photos please.”
“I want to know where my daughter is being kept first, I want to know where Mary is.”
The deputy rubbed his eyes. It was late, probably close to 4:30 in the morning.
“Your daughter, Mr. Hader, is with social services right now. We’ve contacted your wife’s mother who should be there to pick her up soon.”
“And Mary?”
“We’re looking for your wife now.”
Maurice let out a long moan that filled the interrogation room. He still had blood on his scrubs and his shoes. The deputy pushed the file towards him and sat back in his chair, eyes locked on his hands. Maurice opened the first page which held photographs taken in his little girl’s room. He had to look away and shut his eyes tight so he wouldn’t scream. Most of the woman’s head was gone above the nose. Blood and brains were covering the flower print carpet in Naima’s room. He quickly flipped the photo over. The next shot was of the woman’s torso, one arm crossed over a shirt so caked in blood you couldn’t read what was on the design. He almost flipped that photo over too, until he recognized the ring on his wife’s finger.

Looking to make some swaps! I have 80 confirmed trades. Also, fair warning, these lists are long, I have a lot of stuff for trade! Looking to do fair value but where I have an item that is worn / in poor shape I value that lower than eBay averages due to condition.
p.s. "CIB" means including all the booklets and such that were supposed to come in there, otherwise I will clarify what is included. "NIB" means New In Box, aka sealed, "brand new," in the shrink, etc.

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Switch games and accessories

Celeste CE - NIB, hard trade
Danmaku Unlimited 3 - NIB with card
Downwell - NIB
Gekido Kintaro’s Revenge - CIB
Helmut the Badass from Hell - NIB
Rive - SRG trading pack only
Snake Pass - SRG trading pack only
The Darkside Detective - NIB with sealed cards, hard trade
PowerA Premium Game Card Case red Super Mario M - NIB and authentic
PowerA game card case black Zelda Z - loose, knock-off :(

Wii U

Assassin's Creed III - NIB
NintendoLand - box, manual and booklets only
Runbow Deluxe Edition - NIB or CIB (willing to trade one of these)
Shovel Knight - NIB, hard trade

Wii games and accessories

ABC Wipeout 2 - CIB
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 - NIB
Gallop and Ride! - CIB
Game Party - CIB
Ghost Squad - CIB
Ghostbusters the Video Game - NIB
Hello Kitty Seasons - CIB
Link's Crossbow Training - disc and manual in cardboard sleeve
M. Knight Shamalayan's The Last Airbender - CIB
MLB Power Pros 2008 - CIB
NCIS - CIB
PBR Out of the Chute - CIB
Petz Horse Club - CIB
Petz Sports - CIB
Press Your Luck 2010 Edition - CIB
Shaun White Snowboarding Road Trip - CIB
Vegas Party - CIB
Victorious Boxers Revolution - CIB
Walk it Out! - NIB
Wii Fit Plus - CIB (no balance board)
Zhu Zhu Pets Featuring the Wild Bunch - CIB
Big Town Shootout 2 Blasters big box - NIB (game download no longer works) (these blasters are attachments for Wiimotes to make them into pistols, great accessory IMO)

GameCube games and accessories

Army Men Air Combat The Elite Missions - game and manual only
Hunter the Reckoning - CIB, hard trade
Lego Star Wars - CIB
Lego Star Wars II - CIB
NBA Courtside 2002 - CIB, has wear
NCAA Football 2003 - CIB
Robotech Battlecry - CIB
Scooby Doo Mystery Mayhem - CIB, hard trade
Superman Shadow of Apokolips - CIB, also have a Nintendo Power poster to go with it
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - manual only
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - CIB
Action Replay - manual only

N64 booklets
Most of these have wear

1080 Snowboarding - manual and operations card
Army Men Air Combat - manual
Banjo Kazooie - manual (wrinkled)
Banjo Tooie - manual
Battletanx Global Assault - manual (wrinkled)
Bomberman 64 - manual
Buck Bumble - manual
Diddy Kong Racing - manual, operations card
Donkey Kong 64 - manual
Extreme-G - manual
Goldeneye 007 - manual
Kirby 64 - manual
Mario Kart 64 - manual, operations card and player's guide offer booklet
Mario Party 2 - manual
Mario Tennis - manual
Rugrats Scavenger Hunt - manual
Star Wars Episode 1 Battle for Naboo - manual (has marker on top right)
Super Mario 64 - manual
Yoshi's Story - manual and operations card
Zelda Ocarina of Time - manual

NES games and accessories
Pictures of most items here

Original game pad
Original orange zapper
RC Pro Am - game only
Super Mario Bros / Duck Hunt - game only
Tiger Heli - game only

3DS games and accessories

Brain Age Concentration Training - box, manual (cover art has a small tear on back)
Legend of Legacy big box launch edition - CIB, hard trade
Legend of Zelda Triforce Heroes - NIB
Poochy and Yoshi's Woolly World EU region big box only (can hold both game and Poochy amiibo)
Sonic Lost World - CIB, has a small hole on front cover
Tomodachi Life - manual
Operations manual and other inserts (no AR cards) for launch model 3DS in bag
2DS XL quick start guide
Nyko Game Boost power attachment for launch model 3DS - NIB, some box damage

DS games and more

Chrono Trigger - box, manual, all inserts including the poster
Dragon Quest Heroes Rocket Slime - box, manual, all inserts
Fossil League Dino Tournament Championship - CIB
Hamsterz Life - CIB
Go Diego Go Great Dinosaur Rescue - CIB
Junior Brain Trainer - CIB
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games - manual, all inserts
Metroid Prime Pinball - box, manual, health and safety insert (cover art says Rumble Pak included but there is no Rumble Pak)
Rune Factory - box, manual, all inserts
Scribblenauts Unlimited - manual only
Spongebob Squarepants Atlantis Squarepantis - NIB
Star Fox Command - box, manual, all inserts
Warioware DIY - box, manual, all inserts
Yoshi's Island DS - box, manual, health and safety insert
EMS NDS Adapter - CIB (Not the newest version, works best with Windows XP)
Operations manual and other inserts for black DSi in bag
Instruction booklet for launch model DS
I also have some health and safety precautions booklets and one WiFi connection booklet

GBA

3rd party charger - looks like an OEM charger but isn't
An American Tail Fievel's Gold Rush - CIB
Atari Anniversary Advance - CIB
Backyard Basketball - game only
Backyard Football - game only
~~Candy Land / Chutes and Ladders / Memory~~ - CIB
Connect Four / Perfection / Trouble - CIB
Crash Bandicoot the Huge Adventure - game only
Disney's Monsters Inc. / Finding Nemo - game only
Ecks vs Sever - game only
Ed Edd n Eddy the Mis-Edventures - game only
F-14 Tomcat - game only
~~Garfield the Search for Pooky~~ - CIB
~~Golden Nugget Casino / Texas Hold 'Em Poker 2 in 1 value~~ - CIB
Madden 2003 - game only
Mario Pinball Land - CIB
~~Mario Tennis Power Tour~~ - game only
Medabots Rokusho Version - game only
Monster Trucks - game only
Muppet Pinball Mayhem - game only
Need for Speed Underground - game only
~~Pac Man Collection~~ - game only
Pac Man World - game only
Pocket Dogs - CIB
Rayman Advance - game only
Road Trip Shifting Gears - CIB
Rugrats I Gotta Go Party - game only
Sonic Advance 2 - game only
Spongebob Squarepants Battle for Bikini Bottom - game only
Spongebob Squarepants Lights Camera Pants - game only
Spongebob Squarepants Revenge of the Flying Dutchman - game only
Spyro 2 Season of Flame - CIB
Super Mario Advance 2: Super Mario World - game only
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 - game only
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell - game only
~~Uno / Skip Bo - game only~~
Yoshi's Topsy Turvy - CIB

GBA Video sealed titles
Pictures here

Dragon Ball GT Volume 1
Nickelodeon Rugrats All Grown Up! Volume 1
~~Nicktoons Collection Volume 2~~

GBC games and more

Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 3 - game and manual
Game and Watch Gallery 2 - box, manual and game with repro tray
The Legend of the River King - game only
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater - game only
Wings of Fury - CIB
GameShark Pro - box, manual (no tray)

GB games and more

Mint condition Game Boy Pocket silver launch model with booklets
4 in 1 Funpak Volume II - game only
Baseball - box, game with repro tray
Battleship - box, game, registration card, poster with repro tray
Bo Jackson Hit and Run - game and manual
Centipede and Millipede - box, tray, game, manual
Desert Strike - box, manual, game, inserts with repro tray
Dr Mario - box and game with repro tray
Face Ball 2000 - game only
Game and Watch Gallery - box and manual with repro tray
Ghostbusters II - game only
Golf Player's Choice - box, manual and game with repro tray
Hyper Lode Runner - game only
James Bond 007 - game only
Kirby's Pinball Land - game only
Kwirk - game only
Mickey's Dangerous Chase player's choice - game only
Mole Mania - game only
Nemesis - game only
Paperboy - game only
Penguin Wars - CIB
Shanghai - game only
Super Mario Land - Box, game, manual, with repro tray, game label has some wear
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Fall of the Foot Clan - game only
The Chessmaster - box, game, inserts with repro tray (no manual)
The Smurfs - game only
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? - game only
WWF Superstars 2 - box, game, manual, all inserts with repro tray
Nuby Worm Light safety instructions booklet only

SEGA Genesis games

Madden NFL '94 - CIB
Mike Ditka Power Football - Cardboard box and game, box has a lot of wear
Pat Riley Basketball - CIB, has wear
Sports Talk Baseball - CIB, has wear
Super Battleship - CIB
Triple Play 96 - CIB, has wear
Unnecessary Roughness 95 - CIB, has wear
World Series Baseball 96 - CIB, in cardboard box with registration card, has wear

PS3 games

Battleship - NIB
Burnout Paradise greatest hits - CIB
Killzone 3 - NIB
Mini Ninjas - CIB
Uncharted 3 Drake's Deception - NIB
WWE 12 - CIB

PS2 games
Pictures of most games here

Ace Combat 04 greatest hits - CIB
Alter Echo - CIB
American Idol - CIB
Blade II - CIB, poor condition
Crash and Burn - CIB
Dead to Rights - CIB, poor condition
Dropship: United Peace Force - Box and disc
FIFA Soccer 2003 - CIB
Final Fantasy XI Online - CIB (I have two copies, one is a double disc version)
Gadget Racers - CIB
Gauntlet Dark Legacy - CIB
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire - CIB
IndyCar Series - CIB
LA Rush - Box and disc, no bonus disc, case is a rental case
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit 2 - CIB but disc is red label
Pirates Legend of the Black Buccaneer - box and disc
Pryzm Chapter One: The Dark Unicorn - CIB, poor condition
R-Type Final - disc only
RTX Red Rock - CIB, poor condition
Rumble Racing - CIB, hard trade
Rune: Viking Warlord - CIB
Savage Skies - Box and disc, poor condition
Sky Odyssey - CIB, hard trade
Star Wars Battlefront greatest hits red label - CIB
SOCOM II: US Navy Seals - manual only
Supercar Street Challenge - CIB
The Mummy Tomb of the Dragon Emperor - CIB with a bonus loose DVD disc of the film
UFC Throwdown - CIB
Wrath Unleashed - CIB, poor condition
WWE Crush Hour - Box and disc
Yanya Caballista City Skater - CIB, poor condition

PSX games
Pictures of most games here

007 Tomorrow Never Dies - Case, manual (no disc)
Crash Bandicoot 2 Cortex Strikes Back - Box, back cover art, disc (missing manual)
Jeopardy! - CIB
Need for Speed Hot Pursuit greatest hits green label - CIB
Star Wars Rebel Assault II - CIB
Tetris Plus greatest hits green label - CIB
Wheel of Fortune greatest hits green label - CIB

IBM Tandy

Mario Teaches Typing big box - NIB

PC

Cubix: Robots for Everyone - NIB
Jimmy Neutron vs Jimmy Negatron - manual only
Oil Tycoon - NIB

Strategy guides and gaming magazines
Pictures of most guides here

Pokemon Black White
Pokemon Black White Version 2 CE Hardcover
Pokemon Ruby Sapphire
Super Smash Bros Brawl
Conflict Desert Storm II (Prima)
Mario 64 Unauthorized guide (missing front cover)
Game Informer (Magic Legends Cover)
Game Informer (Pokemon Sword Shield cover, the style with legendaries on front and back)
PC Gamer (Star Trek Online)
EGM (Year of the Portables), missing back cover

Collectibles and posters

Ni No Kuni II Figpin "Evan" - still in box
Hatsune Miku Funko Pop - NIB
Club Nintendo Super Mario Children's Book JP Exclusive - New
2003 Nintendo Duck Hunt Patch - New
Poster: Monster Hunter 3 Tri 20x27"
Poster: Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games 40x14"
Poster: New Super Mario Bros Wii / Zelda Spirit Tracks 12x17"
Poster set: Bravoman and Bravoman x Wonder-Momo 11x15"
Poster: Superman Shadow of Apokolips (from Nintendo Power)

Comic Books

Marvel - Toys R Us Limited Edition X-Men #1
Marvel - X-Men: The Ultra Collection Jan Book 2 of 5
Marvel - Wolverine #109
Marvel - Wolverine #111
Marvel - X-Force #27
Marvel - X-Force #28
Marvel - The Invincible Iron Man #1
Marvel - Original Human Torch #3
Marvel - The Thing #16
Marvel - Daredevil #362
Marvel - The Beast #3
Marvel - Cable #34
Marvel - The Secret Defenders #15
Marvel Fanfare #2
Marvel - X-Factor #\71
Marvel - Wonder Man #1
Marvel - Inhumanoids #1
Marvel - Inhumanoids #2
Marvel - Inhumanoids #3
Marvel - Steelgrip Starkey #6
Marvel - Kickers Inc #1
Marvel - Justice 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10
Marvel - The 'Nam #14
Marvel - The Punisher Armory #9
Marvel - Spider-Man Storm and Power Man Battle Smokescreen!
Marvel - Spider-Man Battles the Myth Monster
Marvel - Spider-Man Magazine for Kids - Summer 1996, Fall 1996
DC - Steel #1
DC - Batman #509
DC - Catwoman (93 Series) #4
DC - The Green Lantern Corps #206
DC - Hawkman #2
DC - Tales of the Legion of Super Heroes #5
Dark Horse - Predator Big Game #1
Dark Horse - Jonny Quest The Real Adventures 1, 2, 3
image - The Savage Dragon #11
Star Wars X-Wing Rogue Squadron The Phantom Affair (book)
Officer Snook #1

Random Stuff

White Verizon iPhone 5S with protective case and charger
Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note 2 - Pretty sure this is unlocked, but will not work on Verizon, comes with Cyanogen OS, charging cable and dock
GameKlip controller mount NIB - Would work great with the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, requires a PS3 (aka DS3) controller, learn more here
Ledger Nano S Whitepaper Edition NIB
Micro Machines Star Wars Tie Starfighter Sealed
Holy Ghost - Static on the Wire Vinyl Like New
ABSRDST- Boss Beats CD sealed (An EP of Mega Man remixes)
Speed Racer: The Movie VHS CIB
Adventure Time: Jake vs Me-Mow DVD + Finn Hat CIB
Regular Show: The Best DVD in the Universe
AMC Walking Dead playing cards NIB (NY Comic Con promo)
Avengers: Infinity War Moviebill
2x Madonna CDs
Trial of the Clone - A modern CYOA style book
Three Word Phrase Volume One
Little Red Book Complete Street Guide to New York City
2 1932 Olympic stamps
Dolce and Gabanna Intenso leather bag new, open box
Vintage Academy Broadway Duffel Bag
Mark McGwire 62nd Home Run Gold card

WANT

Would really like to pick up a Super Mario Maker 2DS console either CIB or loose with stylus
I also need cover art and manual for The Messenger on Switch, in case anyone snagged the cover art and manual extras that were on sale from SLG recently.
Pre-order bonuses

ACNH GameStop Poster
ACNH Target Journal
Fire Emblem 3 Houses pin set
Link’s Awakening HD GameStop Poster
Link’s Awakening HD Pin Set
Puyo Puyo Tetris Target exclusive decals
Yoshi’s Crafted World frame

AC Amiibo Cards

#107 Katie

Mario Sports Amiibo Cards

Peach Golf
Bowser Jr. Soccer
Rosalina Soccer
Rosalina Baseball
Rosalina Horse Racing

Amiibo

Poochy (loose)
Goomba (loose)
Boo (loose)

LRG Cards
Cards for Flinthook, Dust, Slime San, Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, ToeJam and Earl, Golf Story, Dragon's Lair Trilogy, PixelJunk Monsters 2, Lumines Remastered, Yooka-Laylee, Blazing Chrome, Battle Chef, Windjammers, The Escapists and Saturday Morning RPG
Limited Print Switch Games (prefer CIB but also fine with NIB)

Bridge Constructor Portal
Bud Spencer and Terence Hill: Slaps and Beans
Dimension Drive (LE or standard)
Duck Game
Fox n Forests
Furi
Gorogoa
Gris
Ms. Splosion Man
Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid
Puyo Puyo Tetris big box contents with target exclusive decals or CIB
RXN Raijin
The Messenger cover art and manual or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer copy)
Timespinner
Transistor

Other Switch Games (looking for CIB and clean)

1-2 Switch
Astral Chain
PENDING Atari Flashback Classics
Axiom Verge
Disgaea 1 Complete
Dusk Diver Day 1 Edition
Hollow Knight box or CIB (already have but looking for a nicer box)
I am Setsuna
Little Town Hero Big Idea Edition
Mario and Sonic at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Moonlighter
Ninja Saviors
Octopath Traveler
Overcooked Special Edition or double pack
Phoenix Wright Trilogy (JP)
Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl Gold
Space Invaders Invincible Collection (JP)
Super Mario Maker 2 stylus
Under Night In-Birth Exe: Late[Cl-R]
Xenoblade Chronicles 2: Torna the Golden Country with unused DLC code or NIB
Yooka Laylee and the Impossible Lair
Yoshi's Crafted World
WRC 8

3DS Games

Beyblade Collector's Edition - CIB or NIB
Bravely Default - CIB
Cooking Mama 5 - CIB
Cooking Mama Sweet Shop - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Untold soundtrack bundle - CIB
Etrian Odyssey Nexus launch edition - CIB
Frogger 3D - CIB big box version with cover plates
LEGO Chima Laval's Journey - CIB big box with minifigure
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - CIB
Radiant Historia Perfect Chronology launch edition - big box with contents or CIB
Style Savvy Fashion Forward - CIB

DS

Bomberman Land Touch 2 - CIB
Elektroplankton - Nintendo Power booklet
Infinite Space - loose
Jewel Time Deluxe - box, manual
Korg DS10+ JP Limited Edition - CIB
Korg M01 JP - Club Nintendo insert
Nanostray - CIB
Phantasy Star 0 - CIB
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney games (except Trials and Tribulations) - CIB
Shepherd's Crossing 2 - CIB
Space Invaders Extreme - CIB

GBA

Car Battler Joe - manual
Drill Dozer - A Girl and Her Dozer Mini Comic (the one I have is ripped)
Fire Emblem - CIB
Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - CIB

GBC

Metal Gear Solid - box, manual, inserts
Shantae - CIB
The Legend of the River King 2 - CIB
The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Seasons and Ages - CIB

GB

Kirby's Dreamland 2 - CIB
Mario's Picross - manual

Wii

Babysitting Mama - CIB or NIB bassinet bundle
Metroid Prime 3: Corruption - CIB
The Last Story - soundtrack in sleeve

GameCube

Army Men Air Combat the Elite Missions - box
Baten Kaitos Origins - CIB
Doshin the Giant (PAL) - CIB
Mega Man Network Transmission - CIB
Mega Man X Command Mission - CIB with trading card
Phantasy Star Online Episode 1 and 2 Plus - CIB
Smashing Drive - CIB
Smuggler's Run War Zones - CIB
Viewtiful Joe Red Hot Rumble - CIB

N64

N64 Expansion Pack with tool to open expansion slot, or Donkey Kong 64 box, tray, manual, etc with expansion pack included
Hey You Pikachu! - box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have the game, mic and voice unit)
Star Fox 64 box, tray, manual, etc. (I already have game and rumble pack)

PS3

Boku no Natsuyasumi 3 (JP) - CIB
Disgaea D2: A Brighter Darkness - disc
Railfan: Taiwan High Speed Rail Asian version with English subtitles - CIB

PS2

Godzilla Save the Earth - CIB
Gradius 3 and 4 - CIB
Naval Ops Warship Gunner - manual
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 - black label disc
River King a Wonderful Journey - disc

PSX

Army Men: World War - disc only
Konami Justifier Lightgun(s)
Official mouse - loose or CIB

NGPC
If anyone has a Neo Geo Pocket Color and/or games for it, I'm interested...
Strategy Guides

Gotcha Force
The Legend of Zelda Oracle of Ages / Seasons Nintendo Power

I'm also happy to look at lists, but these are my priority wants.

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Guess what? Games with mechanical reels are computerized, too. What you see on the reels is just what the game's random number generator tells the game to present, equally as what you see on the display of a video screen is what the RNG tells the game to present there. The games are heavily controlled as well as should experience gaming labs to have their randomness validated. Or, are they? Are they actually? Think what, I have some intriguing news for you!
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Without me making any kind of complaints climate incorrect or true, and also furthermore, ensuring any type of monetary MONEY benefits, we have MANY consumers coming to our site looking for the very same slot machine they have actually been dipping into the casinos. And from this, since they can use their very own money and also get in back, they have all day and all night to play the slot machines repetitively, thus, keeping an eye on acquainted patterns. What I suggest is, probably they see a Bally, an IGT, or a WMS slot machine that tends to pay back jackpots after every 20 or 30 rotates. Or, perhaps one would observe every time they (the gamer) presses the ticket switch, therefor, squandering, the slot machine seems to pay-back less than it did before cashing out their hard-earned jackpots. Currently, probably this is rubbish, or, probably it is not. But, having you slot machine can definitely be a large amount of enjoyable and excitement in the comfort of your very own office or home.
Here is a partial checklist of our incredibly popular slot machines.
Bally video slot machines:
Davinci Diamonds SLOT MACHINE, Cleopatra 2 IGT Slot Machine
Bally electro-mechanical slot machines:
Stars and also Pubs Quick Hits Bally Slot Machine, Bally Quickhits Wild Red 777 Slot Machine, Dime Craze Bally Slot Machine.
IGT Video Slot machines:
Davinci Diamonds SLOT MACHINE, Lucky Larry's Lobstermania 2 IGT Slot Machine, Game King IGT Slot Machine.
Williams Video Slot machines:
Excellent Eagle 2 Williams Slot machine, Invaders from the Planet Moolah Williams Slot machine
Additionally, all the slot machines we offer consist of money acceptors that approve all U.S currency and also pay back by hand or pay back a ticket vouchers, same as the casinos. Likewise, you can purchase a slot machine stand, and the slot machines are completely shopped, ensured functioning to your complete satisfaction!
Some would certainly even declare by exercising day and night playing their slot machine, they had the ability to go back to the casino, play the exact same exact slot machine, and win enough money to spend for the slot machine they had actually acquired! WOW, just how cool would that be? Again, these are insurance claims. Additionally, even if I recognized the reality, possibly I should maintain it a trick? I am uncertain. However, here is a list of items we sell at IN THE NEW AGE!
Game room products:
Casino slot machines, casino video poker machines, keno machines, arcade machines that include over 4,000+ famous arcade games like; Pacman, Dual Dragon, Street Fighters, Metal Slug, Area Invaders, Asteroids and also 1,000'
But do not fret, we did not forget about you pinball machine gamers. We market a digital pinball machine (video pinball) that includes over 2,000 famous pinball tables like: Street Fighters, Batman, Spiderman, 8 Ball Deluxe, Pinbot, Wickedness Knievel, Comet and other! Additionally, the Vpin additionally plays arcade games like Pacman, Galaxian and also even more!
As for jukeboxes, we sell Rock-Ola jukeboxes. And yes, these are the classic timeless bubbles that were popular in the 1950's. Rock-Ola makes CD jukeboxes, vinyl-45 jukeboxes, as well as digital downloadable Songs center jukebox!
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Slot machines are superseded by new and also improved versions at a nearly yearly price. Game-makers are frequently drawing out fresh designs that either assistance extra video games or use up less area on the casino flooring-- in some cases both. Throw in the video games that did not catch on with players as well as you are liable to find much of in 2014's slot supply gathering dust in the basement of the casino parking garage.
Yet where do they go from there? Ideally not into the hands of the economic sector. Afterall, if someone were able to play the very same slot machines for free for several hrs each day, there's a chance they may be able to find out the slot machines weak points, by learning its patterns, referring to a video slot machine certainly!
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According to the Board of Enforcement of the Nevada Gaming Control Panel, "Old machines may be destroyed with regional recycling facilities or removed for components and used on various other slots. Non-restricted areas that hold a supplier's license are not needed to notify the Board of this method. Nevertheless, records of destruction/sales have to be preserved for bookkeeping functions. Non-Restricted/Restricted places without a representative's permit are called for to submit in writing to the Board a request for approval to ruin gaming tools and also include their supply checklist.
" Slot machines may be sold, per Gaming Guideline 14.180 & 14.330 (readily available on the GCB website) as well as the kinds are submitted to the Board appropriately."
But there's life for slots after Las Vegas and also Atlantic City, as Scientific Gamings' Director of Sales Dwayne Dawson tells us. "We have actually seen recently that some larger drivers will shift older slots to second- or third-tier buildings within their portfolio-- for instance, moving a five-year-old slot machine from Las Vegas to one more market that may not draw the clients the Las Vegas building commands.
" For slot machines that we have, such as wide-area progressives, when they no longer come to be an asset we can deploy, we market these to the second market. They might utilize them for spare components or relocate them to an additional part of the world where an older item, to us, could be a newer product for that market.
" As well as occasionally," Dawson concludes, "we ditch the slot machine when there's no market ideal. The game could be so one-of-a-kind or an accredited item that we can not redeploy it, so ditching is one of the most feasible option. We deal with companies that specialize in junking to make sure all applicable laws are followed in the disposal. That is, we just don't toss them in the dumpster."
Boyd Gaming Director of Communications David Straw confirms this. "In many cases, we market 'retired' machines to wholesalers who normally resell them to overseas gaming operators. Also, there are numerous online suppliers are accredited to market our old supply like Bally slot machines, IGT slot machines, and WMS slot machines. One such business is called THE NEW AGE. Other times, we make use of the machines as a trade-in toward the purchase of new units. And in a few instances, we will make use of the machine for extra parts for older versions.
" If we are not able to market or trade in the machine, there is a regulator-approved process in each territory for destroying it, however obviously, we attempt to wear down other alternatives first. The one thing we do not is sell machines directly to various other drivers or enthusiasts-- we constantly work through straight game room business like IN THE NEW AGE, nonetheless there is a contract that has to be performed. The agreement specifies the seller will assure to sell the slot machines for the objective of entertainment usage only!
Includes MGM Resorts International principal spokesman Alan Feldman, "I believe they're all rented [machines] now. The adjustments in the machines are coming so quick that I believe it is the only way to not be stuck with old technology. As soon as the machines return to the producer, I presume they're either re-leased or offered outright to what I would certainly call the secondary market: smaller sized casinos in the U.S., global casinos, and raciness in the U.S., to name a few."
So old slot machines never ever die; they just function their method down the food cycle. Below the casino market are machines offered to the general public. Google "used slot machines" and also you will certainly create lots of websites mostly some of the larger slot machine sellers like IN THE NEW AGE and a few others.
See an authorized slot machine dealer such as IN THE NEW AGE! IN THE NEW AGE offers several game room items including but not limited to: Slot machines, video casino poker machines, arcade machines, arcade games, pinball machines, game tables, jukeboxes and more!
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Slot machines are superseded by new and enhanced variations at a virtually annual rate. Game-makers are regularly bringing out fresh versions that either assistance more video games or use up less area on the casino floor-- sometimes both. Include the video games that did not catch on with players and you are reliant discover much of in 2014's slot inventory gathering dust in the cellar of the casino parking lot.
But where do they go from there? Ideally not right into the hands of the economic sector. Afterall, if somebody had the ability to play the exact same slot machines free of cost for numerous hours daily, there's a chance they might have the ability to determine the slot machines weak points, by discovering its patterns, referring to a video slot machine certainly!
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According to the Board of Enforcement of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, "Old machines may be ruined with local recycling facilities or removed for components and used on other slots. Non-restricted locations that hold a distributor's license are not required to notify the Board of this method. Nevertheless, documents of destruction/sales have to be maintained for auditing functions. Non-Restricted/Restricted locations without a distributor's license are required to send in writing to the Board a request for authorization to damage gaming tools and include their supply list.
" Slot machines might be sold, per Gaming Regulation 14.180 & 14.330 (offered on the GCB internet site) and the kinds are submitted to the Board accordingly."
Yet there's life for slots after Las Vegas and Atlantic City, as Scientific Games' Supervisor of Sales Dwayne Dawson tells us. "We've seen recently that some larger operators will transition older slots to second- or third-tier residential or commercial properties within their profile-- for example, moving a five-year-old slot machine from Las Vegas to one more market that may not attract the consumers the Las Vegas property commands.
" For slot machines that we have, such as wide-area progressives, when they no more become an asset we can deploy, we market these to the secondary market. They might utilize them for spare parts or move them to another part of the world where an older product, to us, could be a newer item for that market.
" And sometimes," Dawson concludes, "we junk the slot machine when there's no market ideal. The game might be so unique or a qualified item that we can not redeploy it, so junking is one of the most viable choice. We deal with business that concentrate on ditching to ensure all relevant legislations are complied with in the disposal. That is, we just don't toss them in the dumpster."
Boyd Gaming Supervisor of Communications David Straw verifies this. "In most cases, we offer 'retired' machines to dealers who typically market them to overseas gaming drivers. Additionally, there are numerous on-line representatives are authorized to offer our old inventory like Bally slot machines, IGT slot machines, and WMS slot machines. One such company is hired THE NEW AGE. Various other times, we use the machines as a trade-in toward the purchase of new devices. And also in a few cases, we will certainly utilize the machine for extra parts for older models.
" If we are not able to offer or trade in the machine, there is a regulator-approved procedure in each jurisdiction for damaging it, but certainly, we attempt to tire other alternatives first. The one thing we do not is sell machines straight to various other operators or collection agencies-- we constantly work through straight game room companies like IN THE NEW AGE, nonetheless there is an arrangement that must be executed. The agreement mentions the seller will assure to sell the slot machines for the function of recreational use just!
Adds MGM Resorts International chief representative Alan Feldman, "I assume they're all rented [machines] now. The modifications in the machines are coming so fast that I think it is the only way to not be stuck to old modern technology. When the machines return to the manufacturer, I think they're either re-leased or offered outright to what I would call the second market: smaller casinos in the U.S., global casinos, and also raciness in the UNITED STATE, among others."
So old slot machines never pass away; they simply work their way down the food cycle. Below the casino industry are machines sold to the public. Google "used slot machines" as well as you will create a lot of internet sites primarily some of the bigger slot machine sellers like IN THE NEW AGE and also a couple of others.
Check out an authorized slot machine dealer such as IN THE NEW AGE! IN THE NEW AGE markets a number of game room products consisting of yet not restricted to: Slot machines, video poker machines, arcade machines, arcade games, pinball machines, game tables, jukeboxes and even more!
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Slot machines are superseded by new and also improved versions at an almost yearly price. Game-makers are regularly drawing out fresh designs that either assistance much more games or take up much less space on the casino flooring-- occasionally both. Include the games that did not catch on with players and you are liable to find much of last year's slot supply gathering dust in the cellar of the casino parking garage.
Yet where do they go from there? With any luck not right into the hands of the economic sector. Afterall, if a person were able to play the same slot machines for free for a number of hours daily, there's an opportunity they may have the ability to identify the slot machines weak points, by learning its patterns, referring to a video slot machine naturally!
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According to the Board of Enforcement of the Nevada Gaming Control Panel, "Old machines may be destroyed with local recycling facilities or stripped for parts and also used on various other slots. Non-restricted areas that hold a representative's permit are not called for to educate the Board of this method. However, documents of destruction/sales should be preserved for bookkeeping objectives. Non-Restricted/Restricted places without a supplier's certificate are required to send in writing to the Board a request for authorization to damage gaming devices and also include their stock list.
" Slot machines might be sold, per Gaming Policy 14.180 & 14.330 (offered on the GCB internet site) and the types are submitted to the Board appropriately."
However there's life for slots after Las Vegas and also Atlantic City, as Scientific Games' Supervisor of Sales Dwayne Dawson informs us. "We've seen recently that some larger operators will transition older slots to second- or third-tier residential properties within their profile-- for instance, moving a five-year-old slot machine from Las Vegas to an additional market that may not attract the clients the Las Vegas building commands.
" For slot machines that we possess, such as wide-area progressives, when they no more come to be a possession we can deploy, we offer these to the second market. They might use them for spare components or move them to another part of the globe where an older product, to us, could be a newer item for that market.
" As well as sometimes," Dawson ends, "we junk the slot machine when there's no market suitable. The game might be so distinct or a licensed product that we can not redeploy it, so scrapping is one of the most sensible choice. We collaborate with business that specialize in ditching to ensure all relevant regulations are complied with in the disposal. That is, we just don't toss them in the dumpster."
Boyd Gaming Supervisor of Communications David Straw validates this. "In many cases, we offer 'retired' machines to wholesalers that generally resell them to abroad gaming drivers. Likewise, there are a number of online suppliers are accredited to market our old stock like Bally slot machines, IGT slot machines, as well as WMS slot machines. One such firm is called THE NEW AGE. Other times, we use the machines as a trade-in towards the acquisition of new systems. And in a few instances, we will certainly make use of the machine for spare parts for older models.
" If we are not able to offer or trade in the machine, there is a regulator-approved process in each jurisdiction for destroying it, yet certainly, we attempt to tire various other alternatives first. The one point we do not is sell machines directly to other operators or enthusiasts-- we constantly resolve straight game room business like IN THE NEW AGE, however there is an arrangement that must be carried out. The contract states the retailer will assure to offer the slot machines for the function of recreational use just!
Adds MGM Resorts International chief representative Alan Feldman, "I think they're all leased [machines] now. The adjustments in the machines are coming so quick that I believe it is the only method to not be stuck with old modern technology. When the machines go back to the manufacturer, I believe they're either re-leased or marketed outright to what I would certainly call the additional market: smaller casinos in the U.S., international casinos, and also raciness in the U.S., to name a few."
So old slot machines never pass away; they simply function their means down the food chain. Below the casino industry are machines offered to the general public. Google "used slot machines" and you will develop plenty of sites primarily a few of the bigger slot machine stores like IN THE NEW AGE as well as a couple of others.
Visit a certified slot machine dealer such as IN THE NEW AGE! IN THE NEW AGE markets several game room products consisting of but not restricted to: Slot machines, video poker machines, arcade machines, arcade games, pinball machines, game tables, jukeboxes and also even more!
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Ok, so if your like me, you matured as a teenager during the 1980's, indicating you were born sometime during the very early to mid-1960's, consequently, you remember the days of going to a neighborhood arcade and playing arcade games like Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Vermin, Asteroids, Area Invaders, Protector and also mor on one solitary arcade game cabinet. However, let us state you were like my kid Jimmy, he was birthed 1982, as a result, he matured playing video arcade games like Double Dragon, Road Fighter, Teen Mutant Ninja Turtles, Temporal Kombat as well as lots of others. Nonetheless, now that we are all well right into our adult years, me someplace in my mid 50's, and also my son a boy 37-years of age, we still think of experiencing again the glory days of the arcade games we played after institution ever before day. Yet, if you take a look around at some regional game room shop that offers these old used timeless arcade games, they set you back around $2,000, right? And, for just one solitary arcade game. Ok visualize this situation.
So currently, you are board to fatality due to the fact that you are informed by the Guv of your state NOT TO LEAVE your home unless you definitely need to. In addition, also after the Covid-19 pandemic has leveled out, or mysteriously vanished, for years, travel and also vacationing will never be the same as it was pre-covid-19 am I right? So currently, maybe you aspire or prefer to construct a man cavern, family members cavern, or as we like to call it at IN THE NEW AGE, a "Staycation," (In the house holiday.) So, currently you start looking around for some arcade games, a pinball machine, an actual however used casino slot machine, as well as even a jukebox. Wow, would not that make an outstanding family-cave in your home? Nonetheless, by the time you build up even 2 or 3 arcade games, allow us state, Ms. Pacman, Donkey Kong, and also Road Competitor, you would be spending at least $5,000 for some rebuilt used arcade games. Nonetheless, regardless of what the local game room individual informs you, or that E-bay site without any means to speak to the vendor by telephone informs you, you are still purchasing as well as arcade game that goes to the very least 20-30 years of ages, am I deal with? As well as, what does that mean? It LEADS TO TROUBLES! PREVIOUSLY!
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We at IN THE NEW AGE, sell an entire line of multigame arcade machines called the "Classic Arcade System." With is this line of arcade game machines, we provide 4 various cabinet designs. We provide the full-size stand-up arcade games with a huge 32" LCD check, and also smaller sized stand-up arcade games with 22"-- 26" LCD screens. However, if you like the sit-down arcade cabinets, we sell possibly the world's only cocktail sit-down came with a 32" LCD screen. Likewise, we sell pub-style arcade games, and also arcade games inside wine barrels. Now, just how amazing is that? BUT DELAY! All these different style arcade games currently consist of 4,000+ traditional arcade games like Pacman, Ms. Pacman, Donkey Kong, Road Fighter, Dual Dragon, Steel Slug, Mortal Kombat, TMT Turtles, NBA Jam, and some many more.
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Do not stress, I did not ignore you pinball individuals. We market a virtual pinball machine that includes over 2,000 timeless pinball games like Pinbot, Eight Sphere Deluxe, Avengers, Road Fighters Batman, Comet, Blackhole, and also more. In addition, our online, or additionally referred to as, video pinball machines also consist of almost 1,000 classic arcade games like Pacman, Galaxian as well as a lot more. So, just how do you play arcade games on a pinball machine? It is straightforward, due to the fact that our video pinball machine consists of much more that flipper switches and a round plunger. Our virtual pinball also includes 2 joysticks, WOW! No, I ask you, how awesome is that? Yet, do not worry, I know a few of you like to attempt your good luck at the casino am I right?
Slot machines: #slot #machines
We sell actual slot machine like Bally slots, WMS slot machines, as well as IGT slot machines. The slot machines we market were actual slot machines used, as well as even used today in the casinos on the Las Vegas strip like the Stratosphere hotel casino, the MGM casino, Caesars Palace Las Vegas Hotel & Casino, and also others.
Jukeboxes: #jukeboxes
Do not your jukebox lover fear, we did not forget about you. Afterall, what would certainly an at home game room be without some music right? We market the worlds best and also just UNITED STATES made jukebox, and I am speaking of Rock-Ola jukeboxes.
Rock-Ola jukebox business builds 3 various sorts of jukeboxes. The make the uncommon and tough to discover vinyl-45 record playing jukebox, CD jukeboxes, and also the well-known Rock-Ola Music Facility digital downloadable jukebox. However hey, do not stress, despite the fact that these are all new jukeboxes, they are the genuine nostalgic bubbler jukeboxes that were so preferred back in the 1940's, the 1950, s and beyond.
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It's official, we at IN THE NEW AGE have acquired a straight distributorship to sell actual #slotmachines that were utilized in some of Las Vegas most preferred casino sites, consisting of yet not restricted to; Caesars Royal Residence, The Stratosphere Casino Site, Binions, The Palmsion's casino, New York-New York, The Mirage, Treasure Island, the Acid rock gambling establishment hotel, Mandalay Bay, and last however far from the very least the world popular Bellagio!
In addition, a lot of the casino slots we market have originated from a few of one of the most well-known Indian country gambling enterprises including but not limited to; WinStar Globe Gambling Enterprise and also Hotel, Foxwoods Resort Gambling Enterprise, Mohegan Sun, Seminole Acid Rock Online Casino, San Manuel Indian Casino Site, Pechanga Resort & Online Casino, Choctaw Gambling Enterprise Resort.
So, if you think this seems exciting right? I imply, to be able to own your really own gambling enterprise video game like a Ballys one-armed bandit, and IGT slot machine, or a Williams (WMS) slots, right? Nonetheless, in addition to the slotmachines, we also offer multi game casino machines like the globe famous IGT Game king, or the IGT Heaxbreaker!
Currently, for a visibly list of our most popular selling one-armed bandit we currently provide yet not restricted to.
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Williams (WMS) one-armed bandit:
The Williams Multigame video online poker, video clip keno, and also video fruit machine, the Williams Woman Godiva, and below is a good one, try pronouncing the one Invaders from the World Moolah slots!
Certainly, what would certainly a genuine Las Vegas vending machine be if you could not make use of real cash to play is, and also naturally would not you want to have your buddies, family, and also next-door neighbors over for casino evening? Naturally, you would certainly right! For that reason, each slot machine we sell consists of a new upgraded currency acceptor that accepts all United States dollar bills consisting of fifty as well as one hundred-dollar costs! Yet do not worry, I did not forget the winnings. This is what every one-armed bandit includes either a "hand-pay" alternative, or the most usual pay-selection, as well as actual "Ticket-printer," that publishes out a voucher indicator the amount of winning points.
Ok, don't worry, I know what you are thinking. You are asking yourself where to put your one-armed bandit as well as to establish it down on what right? Yet worry not! You can purchase a genuine vending machine stand to position your new gambling establishment vending machine on. But wait, what would certainly an in the house online casino lack a couple of even more fund video games to play, am I right? So, check this out!
In addition to our Las Vegas casino site slots, we sell actual full-size stand-up, and cocktail sit-down video game video games that consist of in between 400-3,500 timeless game video games done in one gallery game machine. The game games consist of yet not at all restricted to; Pac-man, Ms. Pac-man, Galaga, Dig Dig, Hamburger Time, Frogger, Tempest, Karate Champ, Q-birt, Asteroids, Space Invaders and also much more! Ok, I know, so you like pinball, right?
In addition to the fruit machine and the game video games, we market one of the most innovative digital pinball machine on the marketplace, it is called the Vpin!
The Vpin consists of a large 42" LCD table-screen and also consists of over 2,000 pinball video games and computer game such as yet not limited to; Pinbot, 8 Sphere Deluxe, Comet, Space Capsule, Batman, Avengers, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pacman, Galaxian therefore several ore. Also, in case you are asking yourself exactly how can a pinball machine play gallery games also, it's due to the fact that the Vpin video clip pinball machines consists of 2-sets of flipper switches, 2-joystickes, and also shed of buttons for un restricted video arcade game play! But, don't worry, we really did not fail to remember a solution for some songs!
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Keep in mind those grey location cherry master and also 8-liner video game machine?
I bear in mind back in the mid 1990's I would drive throughout the streets of Chicago trying to find place to area or gallery video games in as well as make money from them.
The game games I am speaking of were the 80's classics like Ms. Pacman, Donkey Kong and also others. This is what I started mt amusement tool business with. Yet then, I started discovering a new type of enjoyment gadget, as well as they were described as cherry masters, cherry master machines, cherry master games as well as 8-line computer game.
The majority of these supposed cherry master video game machines were typically put in bars, taverns, bars and also bowling lane. As well as furthermore, these video gaming devices looked specifically like video slots one would certainly see in Las Vegas, Atlantic City, Indian reservation casinos as well as the gambling watercrafts.
The company that owned the cherry master machines would position the video games in an area and also divided the cash it took in with the owner of the establishment. However, consumers would certainly insert currency, such as five-dollar expenses, twenty-dollar costs and also up. After that, the credit scores on the machine the gamer would certainly place his/her bet, press spin, as well as watch the video port reels spin wishing you would certainly win. And after the player is ended up playing the game, bench attendant, or that ever before worked at the establishment would privately pay the gamer cash under the table. Was this prohibited, you wager. Nevertheless, until one day, the business I made use of to benefit started placing ticket dispensers on the cherry master, video clip texas hold'em and 8-line machines. After that, rather than privately paying patrons cash money, the client would certainly retrieve the tickets from the machine toward whatever it was they offered in the story, such as beverages, food, groceries in it was in a mini mart, cigarettes, and also some locations also paid you with gift cards.
So, my manager started soliciting Mimi marts and gasoline station that had an excellent lottery organisation. The means he sent it was where there are lottery players, there are casino players.
After that, BAM! We had shop locations that were making $5,000, $10,000 per week and also in some cases much more. Furthermore, after a typical payment of allow's say 40%, the tickets retrieved to the shop, the store generated income from the retrieved tickets, also, the web profits were split 50/50.
Were these the great old days? INDEED! Yet these days are still active and also really profitable.
We at IN THE NEW Age sell 100's of various video gaming gadgets consisting of cherry master games, cherry master machines, video texas hold'em machines, and also the all new and also obtaining very popular electronic coin pushers.
Currently, besides offering 8-line computer game, we additionally market 10-liner, as well as 20-liner video clip gaming machines.
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