Friday, December 12, 2025

scans: Automatic World 1936-01 1936-02 1936-03 1936-05 1936-06

5 more issues of Automatic World from the first half of 1936.  Enjoy!

Automatic World 1936-01
Automatic World 1936-02
Automatic World 1936-03
Automatic World 1936-05
Automatic World 1936-06


Automatic World 1936-01


Automatic World 1936-02

Automatic World 1936-03




    


 

so many 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, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans existence to be child abuse.

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 Anti-Trans Playbook by Paisley Currah 

Please read: Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent by Jaimie Veale

Please read: Trump team cancels funding for World AIDS Day commemorations after 37 years by Ariana Baio

Please read: (UK) Trans girls banned from joining Girlguiding by Jessica Murray

Please read: (UK) Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April by Alexandra Topping



Saturday, November 22, 2025

scan: 1985 Directory of Amusement Machines & Amusement Park Equipment [遊戯機械総合年鑑]

I am delighted that I can present another extremely rare annual directory game machines in Japan!  These are incredibly rare directories that cost us quite a bit to acquire so I am happy to help make them widely accessible. Scan done by Detchibe.

If you scroll through the 遊戯機械総合年鑑 tag you'll also find 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1987.

85 Directory of Amusement Machines & Amusement Park Equipment [遊戯機械総合年鑑] (600DPI)

 

 some of what is inside:











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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, banning trans people from bathrooms, and declaring trans existence to be child abuse.

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: Forced Detransitions ‘Nearly Toppled’ Medical Unit in Georgia Prison During Care Ban

Please read: Harming trans kids – Using art to capture the impacts of the Sussex ICB investigation


 

Friday, November 21, 2025

scans: Computopia 1968-02 & Canadian Vending Magazine 1961-05

2 very different types of scans, but they're both from the 1960s and they both have some very interesting images from niche industries. Computopia were part of a stack that a kind person at Pinball Expo helped us acquire with a surprise donation. Canadian Vending Magazine was a gift from my friend Sparky.

Computopia [コンピュートピア] (February 1968) (600DPI)

a few of the images I liked:

本社コンピュータ室 (head office computer room)

地球上での自然および人間技術の発達史年表,GM年表 (A timeline of the development of natural and human technologies on Earth, GM Timeline)

六本足のロボット GAWALK (Six-legged robot GAWALK)

Computer City

 

 

Canadian Vending Magazine 1961-05

As far the content goes, check out this incredible fold-out, scanned brilliantly with 18,000 pixels of splendor.


This is a goldmine for automat enthusiasts.
 

 

Cigarette machines and candy machines used to look very much alike.



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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, banning trans people from bathrooms, and 
declaring trans existence to be child abuse.

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: U.S. bishops officially ban gender-affirming care at Catholic hospitals by The Associated Press

Please read: Trump Admin Quietly Changes State Department Page To Indicate It May Invalidate Trans Passports by Erin Reed