LED Lights Increasing Revenue
We have known for over 100 years that flashing lights attract people. With the availability of low price bright and flashing multi-colored LED lights, there are many new opportunities for us to use this new technology to make our games more attractive.
Here are four of examples of games that Jason Franicevich, Laser Tag & Games, Metarie, LA, had added LED lights to (Cyclone, GalacTix, X-Prize, and Skeeball). Each game required a $16 power supply and the LED lights cost $20 for a strip 18 feet long or just a little more than $1/foot. Early results show an almost doubling of Cyclone and GalacTix revenues when first full week after upgrade was adjusted to compare with week before upgrade. X-Prize and Skeeballs results will be in the next TRR.
Mighty Mini Prizes
We are always on the lookout for popular prizes to put into the Might Mini Crane. Adding 100 bundles of tickets (in the shape shown) inside the game mixed in with the current toy mix has resulted in a revenue increase of the Mighty Mini from the lowest earning crane to consistently beating the 2 Toy Soldiers and Plush Bus cranes. This number and configuration of tickets results in a 25% win %. The idea came from Chris Martin, Alpha-Omega Technician.
Elaut Mega Crane 2 Pl – Prize Idea
Recently Alpha Tech Stave Camarota set up one bay with the number one new toy prize, ‘Despicable Me’ and added 500 strips and rolls of tickets plus great signage. See picture.
Monster Drop Problem Solved
Problem: The monster jackpot was displaying different figures. Then the regular jackpot began to show 9999. After speaking with the Alpha Techs and Benchmark service, we solved the mystery jackpot problems. But now the playfields were moving extremely slow. Benchmark thought this to be a Quad Stepper Board problem so one was ordered and received. After the Board was installed, the playfields were still moving very slow. All voltages from the power supply were checked and they were accurate. Power at the Quad Stepper Board had been checked also. Both dip switches are set to the OFF position.
Solution: There is a wheel speed adjustment. It goes from 0 to 5 with 5 being the quickest speed. This solved the problem and Monster Drop is now operating correctly. Now we have an extra Quad Stepper Board.
