Not a decal, but when I worked for a route operator from '79 to '85. The company was named SILCO for Steerwell International Leisure Company based in lovely North Bergen, NJ. Besides the NYC metro area route that went by SILCO, they had Joy Amusement Co in Detroit (Allen Park) where I worked and Empire Smokes and Music in Buffalo (Cheektowaga) NY.
Every so often, they would have me go to the Buffalo location to repair a pile of circuit boards that would stack up when their bench tech was out for vacation etc. Here are a few pics from near Christmas, 1979 when I was sent there. As is expected near Buffalo, there is some snow on the ground.
As far as I know, they are still in business and less than a mile away as the location pictured was sold for retail businesses as it was right on Walden Avenue. Now a restaurant stands there.
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Quoted from MrBally:Not a decal, but when I worked for a route operator from '79 to '85. The company was named SILCO for Steerwell International Leisure Company based in lovely North Bergen, NJ.
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Great stuff love seeing those older pics. How “international” were they?
Quoted from EJS:Great stuff love seeing those older pics. How “international” were they?
Other than I would drive through Ontario to get there from Detroit when I did not carry parts or equipment, they should have been named SDLCO...
Back in that time, everyone used the term "International" to sound important. Later I worked for Rockwell International which previously was called North American Rockwell as Rockwell bought out North American Aviation. We always said they should be named "Rockwell Domestic" A buddy of mine at Rockwell worked for Mentis International which was a hole in the wall high speed printer company with one location in Rochester, Michigan. They tried to compete with Centronics....
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Looks like they updated their name sometime between your sticker and 1993, as the sticker on my Scorpion project says 'Rockville Home Amusements'
Also a really nice glamour shot of the showroom on the score card! Looks like its from around 1993, as the most recent pin I can ID is Street Fighter II
apron advert (resized).jpgapron label (resized).jpgThis GTB Atlantis came from Dodge City KS. The guy’s mom bought it from her neighbor, who was the local arcade owner. Said the owner shopped it out and dated the coin box when it was officially taken off route. It was put in his mom’s basement, where it sat ever since. What a family Christmas present in 1979!
If anyone finds games that have this operator sticker on it, then it was from my dads arcade/route biz. I’ll buy the game off you if you ever want to sell it. I collect his old stuff.
Also any that had an inventory sticker from “fun attic, inc.”. Those were his too. He had arcades in malls and shopping centers from Easton PA south through Baltimore back in the day. If anyone remembers space station in Owings mills or machine shop/penny arcade on the block in Baltimore, those were his.
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Also a really nice glamour shot of the showroom on the score card! Looks like its from around 1993, as the most recent pin I can ID is Street Fighter II
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Bought my first pinball from that showroom in 1986. Business sold many years ago and the owner has moved (can't remember if California of Florida) where he still buys and sells arcade stuff as a hobby.
Quoted from Guidotorpedo:If anyone finds games that have this operator sticker on it, then it was from my dads arcade/route biz. I’ll buy the game off you if you ever want to sell it. I collect his old stuff.
Also any that had an inventory sticker from “fun attic, inc.”. Those were his too. He had arcades in malls and shopping centers from Easton PA south through Baltimore back in the day. If anyone remembers space station in Owings mills or machine shop/penny arcade on the block in Baltimore, those were his.[quoted image]
Very cool, I'll look for em!
Quoted from Guidotorpedo:If anyone finds games that have this operator sticker on it, then it was from my dads arcade/route biz. I’ll buy the game off you if you ever want to sell it. I collect his old stuff.
Also any that had an inventory sticker from “fun attic, inc.”. Those were his too. He had arcades in malls and shopping centers from Easton PA south through Baltimore back in the day. If anyone remembers space station in Owings mills or machine shop/penny arcade on the block in Baltimore, those were his.[quoted image]
I have been to the 'block' in Baltimore many times. I used to live in the city and we would buzz in and out after the bars or O's games. The stories I could tell!
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He still fixes pins in northern VA. Seen a few of those recently.
Quoted from Dono:have never seen an old one for service for both Cali and Hawaii![quoted image]
The CA and HI are telephone exchange identifiers. HI is Highland.
Quoted from MrBally:The CA and HI are telephone exchange identifiers.
yep, my bad... it's Columbus Ohio.
My 67 Gunsmoke rode the resort routes out in western Minnesota back in the day.
I was driving thru my neighborhood in 2005 and it was sitting in a driveway with a FREE sign on it
I sat on it and my wife went home and got the truck to bring it home.
Cleaned every last thing that clicked, spun and dinged.
This is not my machine. My neighbor across the street is selling it. I noticed when I took a few pictures of it there was this decal. It is listed for sale on Craigslist under shuffle alley.
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I believe that's Orange County, NY and Sullivan County, NY.
Quoted from jibmums:I believe that's Orange County, NY and Sullivan County, NY.
Ah thank you! I saw CO and made the wrong assumption.
Quoted from miracleman:My Comet had a Unique inspection sticker.....[quoted image]
That is funny!
Quoted from EMsInKC:These were on a Bally Wizard I just restored. I masked them off to save them when I repainted the upper arch.
The top sticker is a Nebraska tax stamp from 1982.[quoted image]
There's a chance I played that game as a kid. Cool stickers. I almost forgot Nebraska abbreviation was Nebr before it changed to NE.
Quoted from Jaeg:There's a chance I played that game as a kid. Cool stickers. I almost forgot Nebraska abbreviation was Nebr before it changed to NE.
Well, if you're ever in the KC area, let me know and I'll be happy to let you play it again.
Quoted from schwism:Not an operator decal but interesting. I’m certainly not going to risk removing it from my Sky Jump.
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What would they want with a tilt panel?
Quoted from jrpinball:What would they want with a tilt panel?
Highly prized component in good condition.
Someone in the trustee’s office put a label on everything that they could staple it onto.
They probably put one on the chewing gum under the desks.
There is one in Indiana. https://www.bbb.org/us/in/merrillville/profile/party-planning/genos-vending-and-amusement-0352-90012040
Another in Washington state.http://www.buzzfile.com/business/Geno!s-Vending-253-852-5222
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