What Does Grandma Say?

[franfrobbies]

What were the fortunes?

[tuggytuggyboat]

this is a rare look into a machine whose time has come and gone. there is no more than a handful of these original machines still out there that the public can see and play, nearly all are now in the hands of private collectors, working or otherwise. even the junked, non-working models can reach well over $10,000, that is, when you can find them. nearly all the ones you may see nowadays are fakes and reproductions and lack the carnival creepiness of the old ones.

[arfies]

If you ever get out to Cedar Point, check out the Town Hall Museum, where "Grandma" resides, along with a few other (working!) coin-operated machines. Most don't work anymore, but you can still play the hand-cranked Kentucky Derby.

[BigPUTZ]

zideways

[arfies]

I know- I don't know why it did that.