Another Museum to open on the Jersey Shore????
Mike in Maryland
arcade museum which is hidden inside a former Woolworth's 5 & 10 cent
Department Store where his massive collection of Amusement Machines
and varied artifacts fill the floors, walls and ceiling. I have had
the opportunity of exploring his future museum in Wildwood NJ with all
its' hidden treasures and I wish him the best in getting the museum up
and running. He currently has an auction on ebay for a private tour
of his treasure trove.....Mike
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140382864323&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT
RideEngineer
history and so many classis machines and devices.
I wish him well and look forward to exploding the museum again.
Steve
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140382864323&ssPag...
Les Manley
Everyone on the klov forums think that guy is a whack job. Apparently
he ripped off a member there and he has a nasty habit of leaving
negative feedback for most of his eBay transactions.
Les Manley
Here is the original thread about him where he did a paypal complaint
because a seller shipped a game in 5 days instead of 3. It is a long
read, but worth it. :)
http://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=110746&highlight=tilly
Hugh
I've changed my Avatar over there in his honor!
Hugh
Les Manley
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I saw that. Classic.
pinrayhji
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I have a summer home in the Wildwoods, and Randy was kind enough to
give me a tour of the building. This was about 10 years ago. I
would love to see this arcade before I leave this earth, but he had
the same goal a decade ago without any success. In his defense, the
politics of these communities is old school, corrupt, and stagnant.
Harry Irvin
Macungie, PA and West Wildwood
Les Manley
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True. I don't have a horse in the race so it doesn't matter much to
me. Just thought it was interesting seeing the two polar opposite
reviews of him on the two different forums.
Brian P
Either he has had reeeaaalllly bad luck or he is a giant J.O. and the
reason that the Ebay feedback system doesn't work.
Ron, (Boatcat)
I got the tour this past fall. Definately
some 1-of-a-kind stuff in there! It was great
seeing the original "Hell Hole" Sign, which was a
very cool amusement ride I remember from the
late '60's. The whole place is filled with stuff like
this, along with approx 100 pins, 25 gun games,
all kinds of other EM arcade stuff off of the
Boardwalk.
My transactions with Randy have all
been good. I wouldn't hesitate dealing with him
in the future.
funrudy
<32f86333-b29b-4dc0...@u19g2000prh.googlegroups.com>,
RideEngineer <steven...@cox.net> wrote:
I met Randy well over 14 years ago. 1996!
His collection is truly AMAZING!
He started years ago in Keansburg with Fascination, a boardwalk game and
continued to move south with it. I think he even has patents for it. His
Fascination game was setup on the WW boardwalk is really quite
interesting. He knows the boardwalk halking business inside and out.
He had a place on the Wildwood boardwalk about 14 years ago (if not
more). He was forced out by the landlord (roof issues I think)and then
moved to the WW building and has been trying to get it going ever since.
Local politics do play a large part of his battle.
As for Randy, he is a very unique person. No one knows EM's better and
he always was in the right place at the right time over the last 30
years when a shore op needed to move old games. From what I remember, he
said he had trailers filled with his finds from over the years.
I posted a small collection of my photos from then:
http://www.seehere.com/funrudy/Randy
Steve Engle told me a story about how Randy was able to fix a broke EM
pin in about 2 mins with nothing more then a match for light and maybe a
paperclip, in the dark. I may have forgotten some of the details over
the years.
Overall, Randy, like Robert at Silverball, and Kirk at the Castle, are
true New Jersey Gems!!
Edd
Mark Clayton
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLJI-Z67ac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHeZzVPO60w
-Mark
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http://pinballpal.com
John Inc
news:064478d6-65cf-4153...@p23g2000vbl.googlegroups.com:
> He currently has an auction on ebay for a private tour
> of his treasure trove.....Mike
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Wow, a guilded tour. Do you get to keep the gold?
--
John
chuckster
Snookie, Greasy Tony, The Sopranos and others..... I have always said
Randy is one reason the NJ Board Walk is a "Unique Place"...... Just
take a walk on the NJ Board Walk and you will never forget the people,
lights, smells and sounds that make this place so special and Randy is
the King of the Fascination Parlor doing his "One Man Show".
TAKE A MINUTE and Look at the You Tube videos of Randy that Mark
posted the links to...... This is why NJ is cool.
On Feb 13, 1:38 am, Mark Clayton <spamuser1...@i87.com> wrote:
> Here are a couple videos of Randy on YouTube:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVLJI-Z67ac
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHeZzVPO60w
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> -Mark
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Wildwood Days
chuckster says...
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>Randy is a New Jersey Rare Gem right up there with Under Dog Lady,
>Snookie, Greasy Tony, The Sopranos and others..... I have always said
>Randy is one reason the NJ Board Walk is a "Unique Place"...... Just
>take a walk on the NJ Board Walk and you will never forget the people,
>lights, smells and sounds that make this place so special and Randy is
>the King of the Fascination Parlor doing his "One Man Show".
>TAKE A MINUTE and Look at the You Tube videos of Randy that Mark
>posted the links to...... This is why NJ is cool.
But when you realize that EVERYTHING Randy gets involved with (be it eBay
dealings, the town of Wildwood, etc.) seems to become a vast conspiracy against
him, do YOU really want to be the person involved?
The ebay feedback he leaves for others is a big fat red flag - how come he
always seems to be involved with bad deals? Why him? Or - IS IT HIM?
His rant against the town of Wildwood: