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« on: September 13, 2013, 07:31:05 pm »

Hey everyone, All of my cabs are set to token operation, so I thought it might be fun to have custom tokens made up for my arcade, usually I just collect a few every time I go to an arcade or operator's shop, but personalized ones just seem like they really cool to have, and I was thinking of giving some to visitors as well.
Anybody have thoughts on this? or maybe actually done it?
I was thinking of having it done next spring when I buy my project cabs.
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« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2013, 12:03:37 am »

Working on my business Ive toyed with the idea of ghost tokens. I know there's company's out there that do it. However your going to need to know what size and weight tokens your going to need. For instance if you get a token the size of a but the weight of a dime it's not going to work in your coin mech.

I am by no means trying to discourage you

http://www.tokensdirect.com/FASTtoken_materials.htm

A quick Google search came up with this site to help you get an idea of what your looking into.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09J4fO1yC8w

This will give you an idea how to adjust your coin mechs.

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« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2013, 07:56:06 pm »

Hey everyone, All of my cabs are set to token operation, so I thought it might be fun to have custom tokens made up for my arcade, usually I just collect a few every time I go to an arcade or operator's shop, but personalized ones just seem like they really cool to have, and I was thinking of giving some to visitors as well.
Anybody have thoughts on this? or maybe actually done it?
I was thinking of having it done next spring when I buy my project cabs.


i'm sure you can come up with a design and have them made for you.
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2013, 05:27:57 pm »

We get our tokens made at hoffman mint. http://www.hoffmanmint.com cost depends on token size and material. custom dies are extra
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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2013, 05:57:53 pm »

We get our tokens made at hoffman mint. http://www.hoffmanmint.com cost depends on token size and material. custom dies are extra

I'm bookmarking that right on the front page it has a few good reasons to use tokens.
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