Here’s the Ticket!

The key to making money in this industry is to have prizes that the public wants and have high perceived values. Choosing the right prizes (and displaying them properly) takes guidance from people who spend full time in this sector and enjoy staying on top of the latest trends. The other key is to purchase these top prizes at fair prices.

Rhode Island Novelty

New 5″ Vinyl Balls for Your Choice

Ninja Turtle Balls for the Movie release in early August…NT-VINBA @ $.41 each
SB-CAMOU, the popular camou design balls @ $.40 each.

Our top sellers for Redemption Balls continue to be:

SB-KNO18….18” Knobby Balls to top off your backwall display and offer a large, colorful winnable prize. $1.50 each
SB-FUN18…..18” Funny Face Ball ( see photo) for your back wall display or Trade up Prize…….$1.54 each
SB-KNH36…..36” Knobby Ball with Handle…..super popular, a WOW prize….@ $7.40 each
SB-KNOB3….3” inflated knobby ball, popular basket display or bin display ball….@ $.18 each

5 Favorite, Top Sellers for counter display prizes. All below 100 tickets!!!!

DO-DOLL4….4” Doll…..$.31 each
GA-DICFO….1.5” Foam Dice…..$.06 each
PA-UNIC3….3” Plastic Unicorn….$.20 each
SL-GRABB…5.5” Mini Arm Grabber….$.10 each
SL-HANCL…3” Plastic Hand Clapper….$.03 each

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HMS Monaco

HMS is offering two lines of merchandise that are especially popular this summer, producing significant revenues for operators.

First is licensed plush and novelties based on Disney’s movie Frozen, the top grossing movie of the year. Frozen has become a cult favorite just like Nemo and Aladdin are. Kids are going crazy for our 8″ Frozen talking plush, 15″ Dolls, Backpacks, Pop Figures, Magnets, LCD watches, etc.

Our second line of hot product is for Minecraft, the wildly popular video game that kids find addictive. Played on computers, smart phones, and home game systems, Minecraft is a challenging game where players test their skills gathering resources, crafting, exploring and engaging in combat. HMS is offering an extensive line of Minecraft plush, vinyl figures, buttons, key chains, stickers, etc.

For both Frozen and Minecraft, HMS additionally offers prize kits for cranes and other popular coin op games including Key Master, Stacker, Barber Cut, and Road Trip.

For more information, please call us at 800-777-0901 or visit www.hmsmonaco.com

Sureshot Redemption

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – “Heroes in A Half Shell”

Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello, and Raphael are coming to the big screen August 8th and they have already arrived at Sureshot Redemption! Choose from several licensed merchandise for your redemption counter. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles bank (#25728) is available in an assortment of the four Ninja Turtle characters. The banks have arms and are 7.25-inches in height. The Ninja Turtles are also available in the popular Pop Vinyl figures. Collect all four – Leonardo (#33588), Raphael (#33589), Donatello (#33590), and Michelangelo (#33591).

Who’s your favorite Ninja Turtle, friends or villains? If you can’t decide, collect them all with the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Friends and Villains Figure Assortment (#33675). Each action figure comes with their weapons. The “heroes in a half shell” also come in a 5-piece stationery set (#25771). The stationery set includes 1 dry erase notepad (with 10 wipe-off note pages), 3 wipe-off markers, and 1 wipe-off cloth. All Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles merchandise is in-stock and ready to be shipped.

For more information, visit www.sureshot.folandgroup.com.

Here’s the Ticket!

The Top 50 Redemption & Merchandiser Combined List is put together from actual collections from games owned and operated by Alpha-Omega Amusements at two locations so I know that the data is correct and is not changed in any way. The purpose of the List is for you to see where your current games place or rank and see where other games that you do not have would rank in your facility.

We test many of the new games and you can see where they rank among the Top 50 and see earnings and Ticket Payout % from the 4 weeks comparison in the Test Game Spreadsheet. Additional games that are scheduled for testing are:

• Pop IT & Win – Benchmark

Analysis of Top 50 Redemption & Merchandise Combined

These are the best new games that have had steady top earnings over the past several months:

Wizard of Oz 6 Pl (Elaut), is the current #1 ranking game. During regular weeks it usually earns slightly more than Monster Drop Extreme but during peak weeks it earns 75% more than Monster Drop Extreme because the Wizard of Oz has 6 player positions. When this is taken into account, Wizard of Oz is my overall #1 pick.

Whack N Win (ICE) with three months of testing has moved up to rank #5 which is very impressive. Earning over $2000 in a peak week and over $1000 in the regular weeks, the only games that earned more are Wizard of Oz 6 Pl, Monster Drop Extreme, and the two Big Bass Wheels. The ticket payout % is right on target averaging 30% over the period.

Candy Crane with Tickets is still the biggest phenomenon (#6 combined ranking & #1 merchandiser ranking) and averaging over $1000/week for now 5 months straight. As reported in the previous TRR #22 and #23, this simple merchandiser with a very high hit frequency and very low maximum prize value of $1.13 proves that players can be attracted to low tech games.

Color Match (LAI) is another amazing game with a #10 combined ranking and the #3 merchandiser ranking. We are working hard to figure out the best Win % settings that have ranged from a low of 2% to a high of 40% and now believe we have figured it out. The average over each 4 week period has been right on target.

Down the Clown A & B (ICE) coming in the combined ranking at #9 & #13 has consistently over the past several months shown that is worthy of a ‘work horse’ position. The ticket payout % is averaging 30% for the past 3 months and we will leave it there as the game is doing so well. As we have two Down the Clowns, it is probable that if we only had one unit, that this unit would gross at least 50% more that would move it up into the #5 ranking. My advice is to get one unit and set it at 30% payout at $1/play.

Ticket Monster (Bay-Tek) has the #7 rank but is very close to #6. It has averaged over $1000/week for the period with an average 25% ticket payout percentage. This game has been a good addition to our 60+ games locations and has not taken revenues away from the Big Bass Wheels as we originally thought it might.