roboz Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Video of completed machine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Way cool, Oz! Thanks for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 I like when Ozzy says, I was really good the other day. Aint it the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andyman Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 28 minutes ago, robothut said: I like when Ozzy says, I was really good the other day. Aint it the truth. I'm always awesome yesterday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinluver2 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Looking GREAT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Brilliant vertical pinball. Demonstrates decaying orbits while providing entertainment. The Mechanics wow me. Fantastic restoration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K-9 Posted August 21, 2020 Share Posted August 21, 2020 Oz, very cool to see your beautifully restored machine in action - thanks for sharing the video! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted August 22, 2020 Share Posted August 22, 2020 Thanks everyone , plan to find more vintage space related machines !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted August 22, 2020 Author Share Posted August 22, 2020 I'm old enough to remember playing for hours on these machines. The space theme makes them that extra bit special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 That's interesting Brian, Never entertained the thought of Someone actually playing these vintage games In the late 60's the local amusement park still had fortune tellers, Mutoscopes etc so guess they lingered for quite a while This isn't space related but sent my 1939 panoram out for repair , Turned out quite nice That may be ella fitzgerald . The machine also had a light finish rejuvenation but everything kept 100% Original Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Few pics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted August 29, 2020 Author Share Posted August 29, 2020 Beautiful, Oz. I've never seen one before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Beautiful restorations, all, Oz. Here's an Atomic Jet rocket ride pictured in an article from a January 1953 issue pf Playthings magazine: The recently ended listing: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-PAPER-AD-4-PG-Article-Cleveland-Christmas-Department-Store-Toy-Halle-Higbee-/312216 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golddalek Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 I never seen one either, amazing looking projector..the mechanics is cool. .In the 1980's Ghatti's Pizza played projection screen, I watched cartoons on. Kind of a precursor that machine of yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roboz Posted August 29, 2020 Share Posted August 29, 2020 Thanks Gents Here's a description cribbed from Wikedpedia Panoram was the trademark name of a visual jukebox that played music accompanied by a synched, filmed image (the effect being the equivalent of 1980s music videos) popular within the United States during the 1940s. The device consisted of a jukebox playing a closed-loop 16mm film reel projected onto a glass screen. The Panoram is now best known for the vast library of short, three-minute music videos that were created for it. Called soundies, these films featured most of the great musical stars of the period, including Duke Ellington, Count Basie, and Cab Calloway. Many of the filmed interludes survive and are considered a priceless archive. The Panoram was priced more than $10,000 in 2006 dollars. It was generally seen in bars, cafes, and upscale dancing establishments where they ran as a curiosity. Following World War II, the device never recovered its previous popularity due to competition from television. The Soundies were printed backwards (mirror image) so that they would appear in a correct orientation when played in a Panoram machine. A Panoram was the size of a refrigerator and employed a series of mirrors to reflect the image from a projector onto a 27-inch, rear-projection, etched-glass screen in a tight, enclosed cabinet. The popular machines were first produced in 1939 by the Mills Novelty Company of Chicago, Illinois, (which also made art-deco, fancy slot machines) and found their way into countless soda shops, taverns, bus and train stations and other public places across the nation. The specially made 16mm films ran in a continuous loop and stopped when a notch cut in the film allowed a micro switch to engage a step-back relay at the end of a Soundie. The patron then put another dime in the machine to run the series of eight 2- to 3-minute films again. The Panoram mechanics were housed in an Art Deco, high quality wood cabinet, the Soundies being 3½ minute films that typically showed jazz and other musicians of the day, as well as dance troupes and other acts. With the beginning of World War II, production of the Soundies and Panoram machines was drastically reduced due to a wartime raw material shortage and the Mills Panoram's 1940 success quickly faded. In the early 1940s, Al Donahue Band made 7 or 8 of the first "Soundies" at Radio City Music Hall, some of which are available on YouTube. The basic concept behind the Panoram would be revived in the early 1960s with the Scopitone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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