New Dandy Vender

[Frank]

I'm going thru a Groetchen "New Dandy Vender" that I've had for some time. There is a small glass window on the front of the machine just to the right of the award card. What is it for? It is not the last coin played window which is similar but on the side of the machine.

[cpdretired]

On page 134 of the Vintage Trade Stimulator book it is shown with a penny in the window.

[SLOT DYNASTY]

That little window on the lower right, is just to display a coin. I first noticed this, in an original advertisement, years ago.
The machine shown on page 134 is mine, which I restored back in the mid 80's. The penny in the window, is a 1932, which
is the year of production for this variation. There is a small bracket that holds the coin in place, which is often missing.
There were several small changes made to this machine, since it was first introduced in 1930. The main noticeable change,
was in the upper left casting, where the Dandy Vender name is. Some have a glass window, with a printed card behind.
The one pictured, has the raised lettering as part of the entire casting. There is also a variation, which has a removable
cast name-plate, that screws on. The award card & gumball window card, are incorrect repro's, which is all I had when I
restored it. Since then, I have done the correct ones, but never got around to changing them. However, the reel strips
are excellent originals, which would be hard to believe, if you seen this disaster when I acquired it. It had a broken handle,
which someone had welded a goofy-looking long end, which went upward. The entire case had been painted silver, and I
assume when the paint was still wet, they sprinkled gold glitter all over it. The back door was also missing, of which I had
later picked up an original. This was quite a challenge at the time, getting it back to looking original. This was the first
one of this model that I had ever done.