Monday, November 3, 2025

scans: flyers and magazines from Japan

A bit of a grab-bag of scans here.  Thank you to everyone who uploaded them or passed them to me for upload.


Thank you to a friend in Japan that provided me these two Universal slot machine scans.

Perfect Universal Slot Machines [ユニバーサルカタログ] (1982)

 example page:


and this pairs nicely with the 2-sided Jumbo Slot flyer.

Jumbo Slot - ジャンボスロット by ユニバーサル (Universal)
 

 

I thought I had shared this next scan, which I got courtesy Mike Minchew, but it seems I missed it.

This has the North America export flyer as well as the English, German, & Spanish export flyer.

export flyers for Arm Wrestling アーム・レスリング (1980) by 池本車体 (Ikemoto Shatai)

export flyers for Arm Wrestling アーム・レスリング (1980) by 池本車体 (Ikemoto Shatai)
 



Shout out to Internet Archive user データ三昧 who uploaded these next two flyers.  I had seen this Sega flyer for the Rock-Ola 443 Jukebox before and I was quite tempted by it.  I don't typically collect jukebox stuff but the graphic design is just so GOOD.

Rock-Ola 443 Jukebox (Japanese market Sega license) pamphlet

Rock-Ola 443 Jukebox (Japanese market Sega license) pamphlet

Then a 1990 Sega company profile. Notable for me is that it has a 2-page spread on their epic Super Circuit.

Sega Company Profile (1990)

Sega Company Profile (1990)

next up is an AOU newsletter, scanned by Detchibe.

AOU News [AOUニュース] Vol. 2 No. 2 Issue 6 (February 15, 1987) (600DPI)


And then 3 issues of the English language Japan Amusement Monthly, 2 scanned by Arcade Hacker and 1 by Detchibe.

 

Japan Amusement Monthly Vol. 2 No. 2 (October 1992)

Japan Amusement Monthly Vol. 2 No. 4 (December 1992) (600DPI)
 

Japan Amusement Monthly Vol. 3 No. 9 (May 1994)

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Wednesday, October 29, 2025

scans: The Billboard 1936-10-24, 1937-05-29, 1937-07-24, 1940-12-14

Here is another batch of the billboard scans by F-T-BScans. These were all gifted by Mike of The Church Of The Silverball back at Ontario Pinfest.  These are very large, very old, and quite brittle, so I am quite appreciative that we even get the scans. As they are marked on the Internet archive, there is some damage and some pages might be missing. But what is inside is a treasure trove of high resolution coin-op advertisements. Plus, if you are into music and/or circuses. 

The Billboard 1936-10-24
The Billboard 1937-05-29
The Billboard 1937-07-24
The Billboard 1940-12-14

 

The Billboard 1936-10-24

 

 

The Billboard 1937-05-29

 

The Billboard 1937-07-24

 

The Billboard 1940-12-14

 

does anyone want to see highlights?

1936... 





 

 1937...




 


1940...

 






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This blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary school, declaring trans life to be child abuse, and banning trans people from bathrooms.

This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked men and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own people.

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Sunday, October 26, 2025

Scans: Automatic World 1933-02, 1933-11&12, 1934-10

There are so many exciting things within these issues, you just have to dive in!

Automatic World 1933-02
Automatic World 1933-11&12
Automatic World 1934-10

Automatic World 1933-02

Automatic World 1933-11&12


Automatic World 1934-10

a smattering of highlights:

















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This blog stands in protest against the USA's horrific attempts to eliminate trans people from society. Trans people have always existed, in every society, but the administration has embraced a moral panic, declared a war against reality, and says that trans people can no longer be allowed to exist. This includes making their healthcare illegal, censoring books and school curriculum from university level down to elementary school, declaring trans life to be child abuse, and banning trans people from bathrooms.

This blog stands in solidarity with all of the youth who are being terrorized by a fascist president who has declared them to be threats that must be eliminated.

The USA is disappearing random brown people off the streets via unidentified masked men and shipping them off to concentration camps and notorious foreign prisons, all with no due process. Solidarity for all who are in the gaze of this American Nazism terror campaign against its own people. 

Please read: The U.S. Used to Be a Desired Destination for LGBTQ+ Immigrants. Now, Trans Americans Are Fleeing by Solcyré Burga

Please read: Gender Affirming Care for me, Not for Thee by Katelyn Burns