Metal Typer
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.avif)
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| Type | Arcades and Attractions |
| Dates | 1938 – 1985 |
| Tags | Pizza Time Theatre |
| Contributors | sudo-trans-pony |
Metal Typer was a mechanical arcade produced by Standard Metal Typer, Inc. which was used in early Pizza Time Theatre's. The machine allowed customers to stamp a metal disc with letters.[1]
Gameplay
Metal Typers came in multiple denominations of coins over the years, with Pizza Time Theatre's likely being the 25c or multi-quarter/token variant.[2] Customers would insert a token and the machine would allow them to stamp 32 characters (including spaces) onto the circular rim of a metal disk. [1]
The disk itself was aluminum and came in either a variety of colors or just silver (it is unclear which batch Pizza Time Theatre ordered). The disk as far as is known was the generic Metal Typer disk and not a Pizza Time Theatre variant, as no PTT branded disks have been found. The disks either had "Good Luck" stamped in the middle with a horseshoe or four-leaf clover, or "Lucky" with a star. Pre-stamped disks would be shown in the display, but the customer wouldn't know which color they would recieve if it was a variety pack inside.
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manufacturer |
Standard Metal Typer, Inc. |
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Imported from Cheese-E-Pedia at source revision 274f085c7132d784f81b7a4cbd96e7a0922db854. Source material is provided under CC BY-SA 4.0.