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The Mandalorian is Sweeping The Pop Culture Scene

The Mandalorian is Sweeping The Pop Culture Scene 366 310 GAD Vending

What else is there to say? Star Wars started a completely different force of pop culture when the movies started coming out in May 1977. Everything has sprung from the original IV – including this new generation of The Mandalorian.

Stern Pinball is the one to accept the challenge. Having innovated pinball for Star Wars multiple times, The Mandalorian just gave the designers so much more to work with. And the results are amazing.

From the July Stern of the Union:

 

The Mandalorian:

Mandalorian mania continues across the globe as games make their way on location (check out your local Stern Army location to play) with a continual onslaught of press and media exposure!  Check out these exclusive Mandalorian features from Yahoo!Old School Gamer MagazineAusRetroGamer, and Shacknews featuring Gary Stern and Jack Danger.  The Mandalorian pinball was also featured as GQ’s top picks of summer and was a spotlight in the official Star Wars Father’s Day Gift Guide!

Inbound Pinball to GAD Warehouses

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We get so excited about new pinball games coming in – and lately, so has everyone else. There is a definite demand cycling up with people going back out to entertainment venues – plus wanting to add games to their home game rooms.

Monthly, we update our inventory on the website and wanted to highlight some of the upcoming inbound pinball games. Of course, we can order any pinball game you’d like too.

Due in July from Stern Pinball

Mandalorian Premium (all 3 sold), Led Zeppelin Premium, Avengers Pro and Premium (Premium all sold), TMNT pinball Pro and Premium, Jurassic Park Premium (all sold), Iron Maiden Pro and Premium, GOTG Pro, Star Wars Pro

Due in August from Stern Pinball

Mandalorian Pro and Premium (all sold), Led Zeppelin Pro, Star Wars Premium, Batman 66′ (all sold)

Due Later in the Year from Stern Pinball

Stranger Things Pro (1 left/final run), Jurassic Park Pro and Premium, Deadpool Pro and Premium, Mandalorian Pro and Premium

Coming of Age: Golden Tee PGA

Coming of Age: Golden Tee PGA 400 396 GAD Vending

Pre-orders are being accepted for the new Golden Tee PGA edition! New graphics, PGA licensed courses, new features, and so much more. Get yours ordered today for your bar, restaurant, arcade or home game room.

Happy Fourth of July

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What else to do this long holiday weekend? What about some arcade? Pinball? Is it time to go back out or stay in? Either way – you win!

If you want to up your game room, GAD knows games! Here’s a look at our game inventory. New and used games, pinball and Golden Tee. Call to arrange pick up at one of our GAD offices located in Omaha, Des Moines and Kansas City.

Want to be out and about? Have a particular pinball game you want to master? Check out pinball map.   Pinside Map. Or Stern Pinball locator.

Looking to play Golden Tee? Check out the map.

Another sure fire way to find your game of choice is to call GAD. Our experienced sales people know where pinball games, Golden Tee and various arcade games are located. We can answer questions for home game rooms like pricing, availability and so much more.

Guns ‘n Roses Pinball

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GAD is an official distributor of Jersey Jack Pinball – and with their newest Guns ‘n Roses Not In This Lifetime game there is just pure fun.

Check out a few of the reviews:

Pinball News

After much trailing over the past few weeks Jersey Jack Pinball revealed their sixth title, Guns N’ Roses, based on their Not In This Lifetime… world tour which ran from 2016-2019.

The company had avoided revealing the title of their new release although it was widely known to be a music based on the popular band featuring Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Dizzy Reed, Richard Fortus, Frank Ferrer and Melissa Reese.

As shown in the tease images, the game is designed by Eric Meunier with assistance from GnR guitarist Slash who is a well-known pinball fan and collaborated on the original Data East Guns N’ Roses game.

As with previous JJP titles, there are three models of the new title – Standard, Limited Edition and Collectors Edition. There will be a maximum of 500 Collectors Edition machines produced while the Limited Edition is limited to 5,000 units. There’s no limit on the Standard Edition.

The Standard edition features cartoon-style cabinet artwork, while the Premium shows arrangements of tour posters. The Collectors Edition, meanwhile, returns to a cartoon design. The Limited Edition includes red cabinet trim while the Collectors Edition has a purple finish. read more

This Week In Pinball

Reviewer 166

Extremely impressed at overall execution. JJP has redefined the rock pin.

Reviewer 65

This game has really impressed me! I thought how much more can pinball have added to it that seem doesn’t seem like a gimmick or something bolted on for the sake of claiming an industry first. The introduction of Hot Rails, and seeing them implemented was amazing.

Eric Meunier has out done himself with his second game! What the entire team has put together is one of the most theme integrated games I have seen! Having a licensor that is passionate about the product has really made a difference. I really like the wire forms looking like bass strings or the drum sticks being implemented as a ramp!! There was a lot of creativity that went into this design.

Keefer and team, as always, has provided a deep rule set that will give players from all backgrounds enjoyment!

GnR has gone beyond my expectations! This is innovation done right! Congrats to all involved!

CNET 

New at GAD: Micromarket Merchandizer Freezers

New at GAD: Micromarket Merchandizer Freezers 600 600 GAD Vending

With finding employees so difficult as people return to the office after COVID, many employers are looking for automated services to support their production employees. Micromarkets are a solution many employers are turning to.

A Micromarket is an automated food and beverage breakroom service area that is serviced by a vending route sales person. At set up, GAD Vending helps you design cameras, security and flow for social distancing. There are choices in vending machines, cashless payment solutions, profitability projections and product mixes to optimize your employee satisfaction.

GAD Vending offers complete employee breakrooms with microwaves, vending machines, condiment tables and freezers. GAD also sells ATM’s, coffee vending machines and digital background music.

New to GAD Vending are these freezer selections.

Habco SF28HCBXM

High Capacity, Froze Space Merchandiser™ designed for volume merchandising with premium impact and appeal. Wide format provides maximum LED illuminated merchandising in a robust, yet low energy package. Factory preset to -10°F (-23°C) for holding frozen product.
Call your vending route supplier or GAD Vending if you have questions about adding a Micro Market to your employee break area.

CoolBlu Cooler with Header Black Interior Propane

The CoolBlu Cooler deploys a world class control system allowing the user to use the cooler as a food cooler or beverage cooler. State of the art locking system is simply programmed to turn on/off through the control system. This eliminates the need for different types of coolers. CoolBlu can do it all.

NAMA certified, this cooler has built in Bluetooth Technology with the ability to track number of door openings, length of time the cooler has been without power, time between last power cycles and finally, the maximum temperature inside the cabinet. Telemetry is also an option with CoolBlu.

 

 

 

Teaser Alert: Top Brass of American Pinball Join Pinball News & Pinball Magazine Podcast

Teaser Alert: Top Brass of American Pinball Join Pinball News & Pinball Magazine Podcast 400 400 GAD Vending

Martin Ayub of Pinball News and Jonathan Joosten of Pinball Magazine are joined by Mukesh Vasani, Nirmal Vasani and David Fix from American Pinball and its parent company Aimtron to discuss how both companies began, what the new ownership of AP means for the future, and talk about the upcoming fourth title which is due to be announced shortly.

Listen here: https://anchor.fm/pinball-industry-news/episodes/Pinball-Magazine–Pinball-News-May-2021-recap-PINcast-e122j7r

 

Mick Fleetwood and Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green in AMI’s Latest Giveaway

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2021

AMI’s Grand prize is a Mick Fleetwood and Friends deluxe edition box set.

AMI announced their most recent giveaway, in recognition of the 2020 live music event honoring guitarist Peter Green. One lucky fan will win the Mick Fleetwood and Friends Celebrate the Music of Peter Green and the Early Years of Fleetwood Mac super deluxe edition box set. The set comes with remastered audio recordings from the February 2020 concert on 4 LPs and 2 CDs. The set also includes a Blu-ray disc and 44-page book pack of images from the show. The contest is open June 11, 2021 through June 23, 2021. Music fans can enter the contest using the AMI Music app, available on iOS and Android. Contest entry is also available on any participating AMI jukebox.

Peter Green got his start in music at the age of 15, playing bass professionally in a number of cover bands in and around London. It was only after seeing how Eric Clapton expertly played his Les Paul, that he was persuaded to switch from bass to guitar. Green then got the chance of a lifetime when asked to take over lead guitar in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers when Clapton left the band. A year later, Green had assembled a new band with former Bluesbreakers Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spencer. Fleetwood Mac was quickly signed to their first record deal and soon after achieved their first UK #1 with their song “Albatross.”

Green officially left the band in 1970 but continued on with solo and side projects. Over the years that followed, he had multiple uncredited appearances on various Fleetwood Mac recordings, including their experimental double album, Tusk. When Mick Fleetwood began to discuss the idea of a tribute to Green and the early years of their band, he found no shortage of rock guitarists who cited Green as a major influence. Some of the big names from the project include David Gilmour, Christine McVie, Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Noel Gallagher, and Kirk Hammett. Said Fleetwood: “The concert is a celebration of those early blues days where we all began and it’s important to recognize the profound impact Peter and the early Fleetwood Mac had on the world of music. Peter was my greatest mentor and it gives me such joy to pay tribute to his incredible talent.”

AMI is proud to offer fans of Peter Green, Mick Fleetwood, and Fleetwood Mac a chance at winning this prize. Everyone is encouraged to enter the contest using the AMI Music app or by asking GAD where the closest AMI jukebox venue is in Nebraska, Kansas City and Iowa.

Not too late to pick up the Ultimate Father’s Day Gift

Not too late to pick up the Ultimate Father’s Day Gift 400 401 GAD Vending

Yes, we know Father’s Day is Sunday. Yes, we have lots of games and pinball in stock – ready for pick up. Yes, we are happy to give you the all inclusive pricing over the phone before you make the trip to our office. Yes, before you call you can look at our new and used inventory list (online here).

GAD stocks pinball, digital darts, arcade games, commercial foosball and pool. Most of our games are sold new in box but we also have refurbished and demo models on sale.

Golden Tee PGA Tour – Preorder for July

This is the newest of a long line of amazing Golden Tee games. Fun for the entire family, the new Golden Tee has loads of upgrades, new club choices and avatars. This game boasts over 80 Golden Tee fantasy courses plus 3 licensed PGA tour courses – TPC Sawgrass, TPC Boston and TPC Deere Run.

  •  All in one cabinet – no additional TV or stands to buy.
  • 5″ touchscreen display.
  • Includes LED lighting, cupholders and a 55″ 4k commercial grade TV to enhance the audio/video experience.
  • Yearly subscription will provide year round content delivered through your internet.

 

Stern Pinball

Add a Stern Pinball game to your home game room or work break room.

The Mandalorian is the newest Stern Pinball following a long tradition created by Star Wars. And, Stern Pinball has history creating the original Star Wars pinball game, Star Wars Comic Book edition and now The Mandalorian.

If your dad is a rocker – Stern’s legacy of heavy rock machines is how it’s done. The newest Stern’s Led Zeppelin machine is awesome.

Stern’s current game catalog includes family appropriate games. TMNT. Stranger Things. Avengers Infinity Quest. Jurassic Park. Star Wars.

Digital Darts

Get the family off the coach! At least for a game of darts!

Darts is a skill game, hand-eye coordination and team play all together.

The G3 Fire is an upgrade digital version of the old way to play darts.

  • Larger 24″ Monitor
  • Automatic Target Flip
  • Live Remote Play
  • Remote Leagues

 

GAD has lots of arcade games, pinball and darts in stock – ready for curbside pick-up or delivery. Call the office closest to you to find out more:

 

 

What’s New? AMI NGX Mini 3

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Choosing a new jukebox to add to your route doesn’t have to be a complicated decision. Today, there are lots of similarities across brands – from great lighting and sound, to mobile integration, to having all the music that matters most.

How is AMI different? That’s easy! AMI generates better profitability with both song AND music video plays, simplifies your life with one set of parts, and provides the same level of friendly and helpful support to all customers, regardless of their size. The NGX Mini 3 replaces the NGX 2.

Businesses that operate AMI earn more while spending less. The compact NGX Mini 3 gives you great sound, unbeatable music, and dynamic lighting effects to entertain any crowd.

  • Connect customers of all ages with the artists and genres they love the most – all searchable through a simple & straightforward menu.
  • Offer patrons access to over a million songs stored online, or block the display of artists, songs, or genres that aren’t quite right for your location.
  • Kick your jukebox experience into high gear with thousands of music videos that play on one or more connected TVs. (HDMI cable required).
  • Change the default language preference from English to Spanish and tap into AMI’s robust collection of Latin American music.
  • Tap into hundreds of thousands of fanatic AMI mobile app users. Our app not only allows patrons to play the jukebox, it also allows them to carry unused credits from venue to venue.
  • Use AMI Ad Manager to build and schedule your very own ads that display on the jukebox. Choose from one of our ready-made templates or upload an image you’ve already designed.
  • Get peace of mind with unbeatable first-in-class tech support.
  • AMI’s friendly and knowledgeable staff can resolve many issues right over the phone. Or contact the service department at GAD for support.

With an easy-to-use interface, reliable hardware that won’t leave you hanging, and revenue-boosting add-ons like music video, it’s easy to see why the NGX Mini 3 is the right fit for your location.

MORE THAN JUST GREAT MUSIC

  • HD 18.5″ wide touchscreen display.
  • Illuminated frame and dynamic equalizer move to the beat of the music or can be set to the color and brightness of your liking.
  • Pascal 1,000 Watt, 2 Channel Amp System.
  • Solid-state hard drive pre-installed with selectable music genre collections to fit any type of location.
  • Core computer package includes hard drive, motherboard, power supply, and I/O controller.
  • Wired and IR wireless remote controls.
  • Credit card reader and CPI BA with 700 bill capacity.

AMI MEANS BUSINESS

AMI Ad Manager lets you transform the upper half of your NGX Mini 3 Jukebox into powerful digital signage. Whether you’re promoting what’s happening right now or what’s coming up soon, there are hundreds of ways to put AMI Ad Manager to work for your business.

  • Promote your own products and services – advertise a rewards program, gift cards, seasonal discounts, upcoming events, and more.
  • Promote daily and nightly specials! With AMI Ad Manager, you can schedule promotions in advance by selecting the times and dates your ads will display on the jukebox. Best of all, you can create, update and schedule your ads right from your smartphone or tablet via amientertainment.net.
  • Use AMI Ad Manager in combination with Free Play Mode – a pay-by-the-hour service for venues that lets patrons play music free of charge. Schedule and promote “free jukebox nights” in lieu of karaoke or a DJ.
  • Build your online following – promote your Facebook, Twitter, and other social media pages using AMI Ad Manager’s suite of social media templates.
  • AMI Ad Manager offers more than 1,700 custom templates to choose from – with everything from general announcements and seasonal promotions to food, wine, and beer lists.

WANT TO PUT YOUR PROMOTIONAL ADS ON TV?

Simply connect your NGX Mini 3 to a television using an HDMI cable – or to multiple TVs using a splitter! Ads scheduled through AMI Ad Manager will appear on TVs connected to your jukebox – allowing you to provide not only a new form of revenue through music video, but also a powerful
digital signage solution!

GAD knows digital music. And – we have the latest NGX Mini 3 coming in to our warehouses for your bar, restaurant, or other digital music location.

As you see more customers returning to your establishment, they are demanding pay-and-play music options. From their smart phone, they can access the AMI app to select music and videos at your location. Consumers are savvy and want to enjoy their music where they choose to be. Let them! This adds no only to your atmosphere but also to your bottom line.