1st May 2023

Pinball Tournaments Bring In Customers. Learn How!

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Hosting a pinball tournament is an excellent way to build foot traffic. This is the type of event that has become much easier with internet products like Stern’s Insider connected. This is something easy to set up for Memorial Day 2023 to test how well this will work for your establishment.

Step 1 – When

Create an event calendar that you can promote two or three events at one time. You may want to have a Golden Tee tournament, a pinball tournament and a dart league in the second half of 2023. Include the idea of quick knowledge or trivia tournaments with your AMI digital music system.

Start with a busy holiday weekend like Memorial Day to get people to sign up for summer leagues.

Step 2 – How

Have you ever wanted to run your own pinball tournament, but not sure how? This is a great way to grow the pinball community at your location and the Stern Army is here to help! We’ll show you how easy it is.

Match Play Events is one of many great resources you can use in organizing and running a tournament – https://matchplay.events/
The International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) is the official source of the World Pinball Player Rankings (WPPR) system. Find tournaments taking place all over the world and become an officially ranked pinball player today! – https://www.ifpapinball.com/calendar/
Who is the Stern Army? https://sternpinball.com/stern-army/
Get connected! http://sternpinball.com/insider
Locate to play – https://sternpinball.com/pinball-loca…
Need fresh pinball games? – GAD

If you are looking to add a Golden Tee tournament, contact us at GAD if you have questions.

AMI digital music systems are easy and quick to set up knowledge or trivia contests to your offerings.

Step 3 – Marketing

The key to any event is awareness marketing.

Promote in your establishment.
Have nice flyers created to distribute –
- In the shopping area around you.
- Post on coffee shop bulletin boards.
- Ask your staff to promote to their influence groups.
- Hand out to your regulars.
Make sure you post your pinball tournament at the IFPA.
Promote on your social media.
Add to event calendars like EventVesta.com.

24th April 2023

Vending Equipment

Adding a Coin Counter is Smart Business

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The fastest, most reliable and highly accurate coin counter machine. Coinmax™ is a self-service coin counting machine which is fast, highly accurate, easy to use and best of all…affordably priced.

Make the most of coin-saving habits and leverage the high demand for coin redemption by adding a coin counting machine to your business.

Financial institutions benefit from increased branch traffic, enhanced customer loyalty and improved teller line efficiencies.
Grocery stores can make more profit as well as improve customer service by adding a reliable and easy-to-use coin counting machine to their storefront.
Gaming establishments can free-up cashiers, generate incremental revenue and recycle coin in-house.

All models feature:

Against the wall or through the wall configurations
DIP card reader for direct deposit options at credit unions or banks
On-screen advertising for promotions and up-selling with sound and video

Features

Bin or bag-style coin collection options:

– Single bin – 70,000 mixed coin capacity

– Dual bin – 140,000 mixed coin capacity

– Bag capture with 8 or 16 sorted bags

– 78,000 coins total in 16 bags

– 36,000 coins total in 8 bags

– Bag capture with 16 mixed bags – 80,000 coins total

Enhanced coin discrimination: suspect coins are uncounted and diverted to a coin-return cup instantly with no interruption to sorting. Accuracy is a critical component in coin processing. When properly operated and maintained Coinmax™’s high-precision coin discrimination technology differentiates coin more precisely, providing more accurate totals.
Advanced debris management: non-coin debris such as paper clips, screws, bolts and bent coin are diverted to a debris cup for easy disposal, preventing interference with coin processing.
Efficient bag management: simpler, more intuitive bag management screens present full bags to the attendant without reaching into the machine for access. Enables faster bag changing making less work for attendant and machine is back in service quickly.
Multiple user fee options: provide multiple levels of consumer-defined user fees. Includes the ability to waive fees for account holders, assess fees for non-account holders and set transaction limit amounts to determine when user fees are applied.
Extensive transaction reporting: allows for the monitoring of tasks performed, transaction histories, usage and machine statistics for management reports.
Multiple languages: allows custom tailoring of language to your consumers.
Customizable transaction receipt: your logo or message can be printed on the top and bottom of the consumer receipt.
Coin program options: flexible coin program options let you buy, lease, rent or place a self-service coin counter in your store, branch, or casino.

Payback Math

While every business has a different payback calculation, this is just an example of what a grocery store could experience. Depending on leasing the coin counting machine or purchasing, expected payback on $2,800 a week in coin volume and a user fee of 11.9%, the years to payback are under 2.1 years.

Coin recycling is also critical. Business’ can reduce their purchased coin spend by recycling what comes through the coin counting machines.

This is the fastest, most reliable and highly accurate coin counter machine around. CoinMax is a self service solution and is fast, highly accurate and affordably priced.

GAD is a certified Crane Coinmax distributor. Our sales team can help you with the best locations for this machine and security tips and tricks.

19th April 2023

New! Galactic Tank Force by American Pinball

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Galactic Tank Force – Your intergalactic adventure awaits!

Get ready for an out-of-this-world Adventure as American Pinball unleashes “Galactic Tank Force”. With live actors, cutting-edge graphics and gripping gameplay, these cosmic exploits guarantee non-stop laughs, thrills, and excitement for pinball fans everywhere!

Story & Setting

Travel to the distant moon of Lumina in the far-off Namdron Galaxy as the newest member of the Galactic Tank Force. Tasked with patrolling and protecting the recently established lunar research base, your mission is to defend it from the ruthless Empress Annoya and her invading forces. Experience challenges and close calls from far, far away as you embark on this incredible journey through space and time!

Features & Gameplay

Take control of the Model 375A Battle Tank and fend off massive enemy tanks, robots, and UFOs, all sent by the evil Empress Annoya to destroy you. Feel the rumble of approaching enemy tanks and prepare to face them head-on with Major Duke Moonwalker guiding and supporting you from the orbiting space station.

Experience the next level of pinball entertainment with Galactic Tank Force! This revolutionary game takes the industry by storm with its groundbreaking live-action performances from four talented actors: Kerri Hoskins, Jeff Hoover, Mitchell Politt, and Clementine Morfoot. Witness the characters come to life on the machine’s display, adding a whole new level of immersion to your gameplay experience. As an American Pinball original theme, we have the freedom to create our own characters and story, making Galactic Tank Force a truly one-of-a-kind adventure. Get ready to dive into the action and enjoy an unforgettable pinball experience like no other!

Invite your friends to join in on the action and receive interactive updates from your fellow squad members. Together, with the encouragement of the brave and beautiful Captain Kyan, protect the lunar research base and its precious cargo of cows from the clutches of Empress Annoya.

Immerse yourself in the rich, creamy goodness of a Galactic Tank Force adventure as you experience zero-gravity ice cream made from the finest outer space ingredients. Built like a TANK, this game guarantees countless hours of family enjoyment!

Get your Galactic Tank Force at GAD!

17th April 2023

Family Friendly Pinball for Home Game Rooms

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Pinball is – and remains – a family friendly game. It promotes timing, skill, strategic thinking and hand-eye coordination. And, with Stern’s Insider Connect system, you can easily keep a running score between family members and/or friends.

Why has it resurged in popularity?

Pinball has found an entirely new audience with Millennials. Having grown up with TV games, this generation is finding playing pinball in the “real world” is a fun and challenging new way to play.

Pinball also has found a new lane with technology.

Stern’s innovative Insider Connected is only one faucet of the new pinball experience.
The play field has improved with computers design assistance.
The music with better with improved speaker systems.
Graphics technology has improved the back screen ability to be programmed with movie clips and other graphics to keep the game interesting.
Improved Code Updates through the internet have provided real time updates to increase the playability of Stern’s pinball games.

Stern’s Home Editions

Stern has introduced a line of pinball games that are designed for home use. These games take all the best Stern has to offer and trim down the bits for a better cost, better game and better price for home game rooms.

There are three games to choose from:

Stern Pinball’s Star Wars™ Home Edition™ is a new stylish, affordable and fun pinball machine designed and engineered for the home. Stern’s new Star Wars™ Home Edition™ immerses players in the dynamic Star Wars™ galaxy. The Home Edition™ is packed with features that provide players with an irresistible game experience including select speech and footage from the original Star Wars™ trilogy, color-changing playfield inserts, a custom sculpted Death Star, and a custom sculpted and interactive TIE fighter.

The easy to setup Star Wars™ Home Edition™ is built to last and engineered with genuine Stern commercial-quality parts. The playfield is housed in a stylish cabinet with dynamic, high definition artwork. The all-LED playfield lighting provides optimal color and brilliant light shows.

“The Star Wars™ Home Edition™ is designed to provide quality family entertainment and bring pinball fun to homes everywhere,” said Gary Stern, Chairman and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. “We are pleased to bring these pinball machines celebrating the Star Wars™ galaxy and adventures to our fans.”

Complementing the immersive theme and exciting gameplay experience, Stern Pinball’s powerful SPIKE™ electronics hardware system enables high-definition graphics and innovative animations. SPIKE™ reduces system complexity and energy usage, resulting in enhanced reliability and simplified servicing.

A Pinball Adventure 65 Million Years in the Making… Stern Pinball Jurassic Park Home Edition™, a new stylish, affordable, and fun pinball machine designed and engineered for the home!

Jurassic Park Home Edition immerses players in a pinball journey 65 million years in the making. Based on the blockbuster film Jurassic Park from Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment, the Jurassic Park Home Edition experience will transport players to Isla Nublar, an amusement park where escaped dinosaurs are running amok! With the volcano on the island erupting and threatening to destroy everything in its path, it is the player’s mission to rescue park staff, evacuate and recapture dinosaurs, and escape before it’s too late! Players will experience heart-pounding excitement right from the start in this action-packed pinball adventure filled with suspense, twists, and turns around every flip.

Jurassic Park Home Edition brings to life the most fearsome predator ever to walk the earth with an interactive, custom sculpted T. rex. Players will battle against the Spinosaurus by bashing a captive ball and corral Raptors in their enclosed pen with precision shooting. Fast flowing metal ramps, lightning quick spinners, and kinetically satisfying physical drop targets will provide players with an adrenalized game experience packed with unmatched action and fun. The all-LED playfield lighting provides dazzling light shows in sync with the iconic Jurassic Park theme music to create an immersive pinball experience.

The easy-to-setup Jurassic Park Home Edition is affordable, reliable, built to last, and engineered with genuine Stern commercial-quality parts. The playfield is housed in a stylish cabinet with dynamic, high definition, hand-drawn artwork. Complementing the iconic theme and exciting gameplay, Stern Pinball’s powerful SPIKE™ electronics hardware system enables high-definition graphics and innovative animations on the LCD display. SPIKE™ also reduces system complexity and energy usage, resulting in enhanced reliability and simplified servicing.

Stern’s Star Wars™ Comic Art Home Edition™ immerses players in the dynamic Star Wars™ galaxy. The Home Edition™ is packed with features that provide players with an irresistible game experience including select speech and footage from the original Star Wars™ trilogy, color-changing playfield inserts, a custom sculpted Death Star, and a custom sculpted and interactive TIE fighter.

Star Wars™ Comic Art Home Edition™ pinball machines feature the artwork of one of today’s most popular artists, Randy Martinez. Randy has been illustrating for over 30 years receiving countless accolades for his work. Randy has been creating cartoons, caricatures, illustrations, paintings, and 3D art for Lucasfilm since 1999.

The easy-to-setup Star Wars™ Comic Art Home Edition™ is reliable, built to last, and engineered with genuine Stern commercial-quality parts. The playfield is housed in a stylish cabinet with dynamic, high definition artwork. The all-LED playfield lighting provides optimal color and brilliant light shows.

“The Star Wars™ Comic Art Home Edition™ is designed to provide quality family entertainment and bring pinball fun to homes everywhere,” said Gary Stern, Chairman and CEO of Stern Pinball, Inc. “We are pleased to bring these pinball machines celebrating the Star Wars™ galaxy and adventures to our fans with beautiful new comic artwork.”

GAD has Star Wars Home Edition and Jurassic Park Home Edition available in stock. We are happy to order Star Wars Comic Art Home Edition and can give you an estimated delivery date.

14th April 2023

Bored with Game Night? Classic Cade can Solve That!

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Before home TV gaming consoles and PCs kept gamers playing in the comfort of their own homes, there used to be long nights by the arcade cabinet located at your local arcade, amusement park, bar or restaurant. Pouring quarter after quarter in, see if you could beat your friend’s high score; it was all exhilarating. Not only was the experience one of a kind, but the games you could play were unlike anything players had seen up to that point. Remember hours playing Pac-Man? Galaga? Millipede? Space Invaders?

Gone are those days of one game, on one console. In the early development of arcade games, the hardware to run one game was the full console. Today, the size of the console or table is about the people comfort – not the need to house lots of hardware.

Want to relive those great games? At home? At your favorite establishment? Classic-cade is the answer to your need for fun, retro arcade games. With over 60 games available in stand up console or sit down table, no gamer should be without.

GAD sells Classic-cade for home free play or we can add payment acceptors for commercial game use. The table version replaces a table – so it pays for its space. The stand up console is a convenient size to not take too much space. Perfect to light up a dark corner!

Classic-cade Game List:

Pacman
Ms Pacman
Jr Pacman
Super Pacman
Pacman Plus
Galaga
Glaga 3
Frogger
Donkey Kong
Donkey Kong Jr
Donkey Kong 3
Galaxian
Dig Dug
Crush Roller
Mr. Do
Space Invaders
Gyruss
Tank Battalion
1942
Ladybug
Burger Time
Mappy
Centipede *
Millipede *
Super Breakout *
Arkanoid*
Pengo
Phoenix
Time Pilot
Super Cobra
Hustler
Space Panic
New Rally X
Qix
Juno Frist
Xevious
Mr. Do’s Castle
Moon Cresta
Pinball Action
Scamble
Bomb Jack
Shao-Lin’s Road
King and Balloon
1943
1943 Kai
Van-Van Car
Dig Dug 2
Amidar
Zaxxon
Pooyan
Pleiads
Gun Smoke
Jumping Jack
Congo Bongo
The End
and more….

(*) Trackball Game

GAD stocks the Classic-cade for both commercial and residential gamers. In two styles, table or console. With three warehouses in the Midwest, call us to arrange pick up or delivery today!

10th April 2023

Music

Considering A Digital Music Solution? Choose GAD’s AMI Jukebox

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So much more than the tradition juke box that played a selection of music. The AMI Digital Juke Box solution can do so much more. Here’s just a few innovative ideas:

AMI’s background music solution add on feature keeps the music going. Let AMI seamlessly play background music until a paid selection is made. This way you reduce your human DJ needs, increase your patrons selecting their own music and have a revenue stream on top of it all.
AMI takes care of all your ASCAP reporting. You can program less expensive music selections in the slow parts of your day and pump it up as the busier day parts hit. This way you maximize your music spend and streamline reporting.
Add on your trivia games with AMI. This way you have a single solution to your week. AMI can appear on all your screens and run the game for you.
Advertise specials at a moments notice. Want to run a food special to keep people in your place? AMI has an app that allows your managers to have specials ready to post at a moment’s notice. This way you can anticipate your kitchen’s pace so you please both your staff with larger receipts and your customers with specials.
Set up incentives for you staff to use the juke box as well. This is available to sign up for on AMI’s website.
AMI is your partner. Once your customer has the AMI app, they are engaged to purchase music, participate in AMI contests and get rewards from AMI. This gets more out of your AMI revenue stream.

Contact GAD to find out more on how the AMI digital juke box solutions can work for you.

7th April 2023

Music

Your Commercial Establishment is Missing Out if You Don’t Have AMI

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What’s on tap? AMI ad manager for bars, venues and restaurants around the country. GAD sells AMI through various channels. You may be referred to one of our quality partners to provide your AMI Digital Jukebox.

AMI ad manager is compatible with all AMI digital systems, AMI jukeboxes and Tap TV.

AMI Ad Manager is a promotional tool that transforms your AMI products into powerful digital signage systems. It’s a great tool for businesses looking to promote their services, daily specials, or upcoming events.

You can create, edit, and schedule ads from the palm of your hand using AMI’s all-new Co-Pilot app or from your computer.

With over a thousand pre-made templates to choose from, and an easy-to-use interface, it takes just minutes for installers, business owners, or designated location staff members to build a rotation of custom digital signage.

Begin by choosing from a library of pre-made ad templates, easily searchable by keyword, theme, or event type
Personalize the messaging with your own custom text
Target a specific audience (families, happy hour, late night crowd, etc.) by setting its date range and hours of display
Publish your ad!

You can even upload and schedule your own custom-made images for display via the AMI operator website.

If you are missing AMI Ad Manager, talk with your GAD rep today.

4th April 2023

Are You Ready For Tap TV?

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Tap TV Trivia reinvents the traditional game show – turning the television audience into real-time contestants. That’s right – we put YOUR customers on TV. Patrons face off against trivia fans from around the country, while earning themselves, and your business, a spot on our national leaderboards. Set up tournaments to drive patron engagement, extend dwell time and boost repeat business as customers return to improve their score and move up in the rankings!

Connect your customers with fun, fast-paced trivia action without the hassle of buying or renting tablets and other controllers.

With the Tap TV app in hand, our players use their own smartphone to answer questions that appear on in-store TVs connected to our media player. With multiple categories and tens of thousands of entertaining questions, Tap TV Trivia has a game for every type of trivia aficionado. Setting up and running trivia tournaments builds on the app’s power to keep patrons engaged.

Ask GAD how this works! GAD Knows AMI Tap TV

28th March 2023

Review

Stern’s The Mandalorian Pinball Machine Gets Pinballs Craziest Mod Ever: A Holographic Topper

Stern’s The Mandalorian Pinball Machine Gets Pinballs Craziest Mod Ever: A Holographic Topper https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Neon-Yellow-mandalorian.png 940 788 GAD Vending GAD Vending https://gadvending.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Neon-Yellow-mandalorian.png 28th March 2023 9th March 2023

(IGN on YouTube) This holographic topper add-on is fully interactive, adding and augmenting several game modes. It tracks your progress, and reacts to many shots and as you play. Toppers normally just sit up on a back box and look cool for the most part, so the interactive ones including Mando and Black Knight Sword of Rage are really the latest craze in pinball.

This Mando topper is a hefty piece of hardware on an already complex machine, and it has an MSRP just under $1999. To put that in perspective, the price of this Premium game has an MSRP of $8999, so it’s a chunk of pinball you are adding.

And what’s even cooler is that we’ve outfitted this machine with another mod: We’ve upgraded it with Stern Insider Connected, a system that uses a phone app and QR codes to track progress, achievements, and connect machines to players in innovative ways — and the topper also benefits from this connection, with exclusive achievements and some other goodies. #IGN #Mandalorian

GAD has The Mandalorian Premium in stock at our warehouses. We have locations in Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City.

For The Mandalorian Pinball Holographic Topper, we’ll order from Stern for you.

GAD stocks pinball, parts and has an awesome service department.

22nd March 2023

American Pinball Galactic Tank Force Reveal

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Get ready for an out-of-this-world Adventure as American Pinball unleashes “Galactic Tank Force” With live actors, cutting-edge graphics and gripping gameplay, these cosmic exploits guarantee non-stop laughs, thrills, and excitement for pinball fans everywhere!

GAD has Galactic Tank Force available for pre-order! Call us to get yours on order.

Sally Cohen