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cpi1d ago
2 more issues up! Slowly but surely we're archiving the primary sources of the Japanese arcade industry.
scans: Monthly Coin Journal 1998-07 1998-10
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/05/scans-monthly-coin-journal-1998-07-1998.html
#retroarcade #coinjournal #scans #japan
cpi4d ago
scans: Monthly Coin Journal 1998-02 1998-06 1998-11 1999-02
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/05/scans-monthly-coin-journal-1998-02-1998.html
scanning by hubz
#retroarcade #eremeka #japan #videogames #coinjournal
cpi4d ago
cpiMay 7
Gom Jabbar pain box except you put a carrot in and it peels it for you
cpiMay 10
photo: シグマ (Sigma) bingo pinball at ビンゴイン池袋 (Bingo Inn Ikebukuro), circa late 1980s
https://earlyarcadesjapan.blogspot.com/2026/05/photo-sigma-bingo-pinball-at-bingo-inn.html
#eremeka #bingopinball #pinball #japan #showa #retroarcade
photo: シグマ (Sigma) bingo pinball at ビンゴイン池袋 (Bingo Inn Ikebukuro), circa late 1980s

The following photograph was shared by @PokerSintra in cooperation with @kiwilovelove . ( archive ) ビンゴイン池袋 (Bingo Inn Ikebukuro) They com...

cpiMay 9
scans: Sega pinball flyers (part 5)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/05/scans-sega-pinball-flyers-part-5.html
#eremeka #pinball #sega #japan
cpiMay 7
Gom Jabbar pain box except you put a carrot in and it peels it for you
cpiMay 6
Show threadMatt McIrvinMay 6

@cpi holy cow, that "Metaphaser" poster might be the most 1970s thing I have ever seen.

Yeah, the Quasar robot hoax is one of those "the more things change, the more they stay the same" things... sketchy tech companies are STILL promising robot servants for the home any day now and promoting them with rigged demos.

cpiMay 6
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Bear Figure in Robe - Vintage Matchbox Label
cpiMay 6

@mattmcirvin Hi would you like to talk about a livejournal post you wrote 19 years ago?
I'm sure you do!
https://mmcirvin.livejournal.com/402286.html

I wanted to let you know that I have uploaded a scan of a quasar robots flyer
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/05/scans-some-very-obscure-arcade-flyers.html

Beep boop to you sir

cpiMay 5
Show threadcpiMay 5
Raccoon Holding Bottle and Paper - Vintage Matchbox Label