Looking for fun new games on your pinball machine(s)? Here’s 9 variations to play yourself or with family and friends (yes, COVID safety suggested!) Awesome suggestions from Fun with Bonus:
CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE
COLOUR DISPLAY
Engage consumers with larger, 9-inch touchscreen and full-motion video (7-inch touch screen standard)
SUGGESTIVE SELLING
Help consumers make selections while exposing them to new products, slow movers, or complimentary products
SHOPPING CART
Enable multi-product purchases with one, simple transaction
NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION
Inform consumers with a large display of easy-to-read nutrition facts
CUSTOM GRAPHICS
Create a custom storefront with our design service to enhance a location or promote your brand
OPERATOR EXPERIENCE
SCREEN PERFORMANCE
Improve the user experience with a more responsive screen and boot up time of less than a minute
DIGITAL ADVERTISING
Encourage sales while building brand loyalty with display advertising and interactive promotions throughout the purchase experience
PRODUCT VARIETY
Increase sales and consumer satisfaction with a great product selection
CASHLESS PAYMENT
Capture every sale with a built-in and intuitive cashless solution
REMOTE MANAGEMENT
Manage machines over the air with Simplifi TM
CONNECT PLUS for price changes, planograms and nutritional information
HyperNova, named after a powerful star explosion, is a burst of fun for players around the world.
Pull the handle to launch the rotating propeller, aiming for the bonus target on the nine-foot-tall matrix display. How hard you push determines where the propeller peaks and how many points you win!
The large planet-shaped marquee utilizes a persistence of vision (POV) display that’s sure to be a big bang in any game room! Keeping up with the kinetic theme, the POV display is made up of four rapidly rotating blades with LED lights that are choreographed to draw a crowd with a lively galaxy celebration.
With its novelty propeller, intuitive gameplay, and eye-catching presence, HyperNova is the next star of your game room. Available for commercial game rooms or home game rooms.
GAD is an authorized Bay Tek dealer.
Product Dimensions:
Height: 9’3″ (8’9″ without crown; 11’11” with marquee)
Width: 2’9″
Depth: 6’3″
SAFEtouch Antimicrobial Film
Fitting and retrofitting SAFEtouch film protects your customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Crane Vending SAFEtouch film should be installed by a trained installer.
NOTE: This is an anti-microbial film, not a virus protection film.
Work from home will continue for awhile – and maybe be the norm for many. When working from home, positive breaks are essential.
Why not add a pinball game, digital darts and Golden Tee to your 2021 Breakroom?
According to Good Housekeeping:
How often do you get up from your desk at work, or even just change your seated position?
For most of us, the answer is shockingly low, which is worrying given that sitting still for long periods of time has been linked to being overweight, type 2 diabetes, some forms of cancer and premature death.
What’s more, according to the NHS, prolonged sitting is thought to slow the metabolism, which affects the body’s ability to regulate blood sugar, blood pressure and break down fat. Not good news…
According to osteopath Xerxes Dalal, who has worked in the City since 2002, many people also get back pain from sitting at desks all day. ‘I’ve seen so many office workers who have bad backs as a result of stress, long hours and excessive sitting’ he says.
‘Several studies have shown that ideally, you should change position 40 times per day at work’ he continues. ‘So if you have a sedentary job, get up and walk around as often as possible, and change position at your desk.
‘If you have a standing job, moving frequently and even sitting occasionally (with good posture) is advisable’ he adds.
Moving 40 times a day sounds like a lot, but if you stand up for phone calls, move away from your desk for meetings, make plenty of tea and of course go out for a walk at lunch time, it’s certainly achievable.
Other recommendations for office workers include choosing a standing desk (options such as Varidesk allow you to sit or stand) and, if you have pain on your dominant side, swapping your mouse over to the other hand – you’ll be surprised how quickly you get used to it!
This Code-mas Holiday season Stern Pinball posted new code for the following SEVEN games!!! Make sure you are up to date with the latest and Happy Holidays!
Crane Merchandising Systems, a Crane Co. company, and the leading global manufacturer of innovative solutions for vending machines, cashless systems, enterprise software solutions, and wireless communications, announced today the launch of MEDIA2, the newly redesigned user experience for vending.
MEDIA2 delivers enhanced performance with faster touch responsiveness on its larger 9” screen, smooth full-motion video playback, improved dimensional graphics, and increased storage capacity. To enhance service team efficiency, boot time is now less than a minute.
“We leveraged knowledge provided by thousands of MEDIA machines in the field, and excellent feedback from vending operators to deliver a powerful performing machine with a truly engaging experience for consumers,” said Kirn Reis, Vice President and General Manager of Cold Drink, Snack and Food. “With improved screen performance, suggestive selling, and advertising features, MEDIA2’s average daily sales in our trials were consistently 23 percent higher than original MEDIA.”
The new intuitive user interface is designed to influence consumer behavior with suggestive selling through a patent-pending recommendation engine. Operators can highlight specific products by placing them into the “Featured Products” category which is ideal for exposing new product to consumers and promoting slow movers. Over a four-week trial period, the new suggestive selling feature more than doubled targeted item sales for a traditionally low-selling product.
The additions of full motion video and sponsored product suggestions allow MEDIA2 to takes Crane’s innovative digital advertising experience to a new height. Brand companies and vending operators now have four unique opportunities to advertise throughout the vending process.
As with earlier MEDIA products, vending operators have the opportunity to earn incremental revenue by signing up to participate in over-the-air managed advertising campaigns. Crane’s advertising program has delivered significant results over the past two years and offers the ability to influence more than 12 million consumers monthly in the US alone.
The new generation of MEDIA2 products also offers Crane’s remote management services. This allows operators manage their machines on the go, reducing costly visits to machines, improving efficiency, and keeping content fresh for consumers.
About Greater America Distributing
Greater America Distributing is a authorized distributor of Crane Co. (NYSE:CR). Greater America Distributing is a privately owned distributor dealer and servicing company of vending, digital music, arcade games, pinball and ATM’s to commercial and residential customers. Greater America Distributing has offices located in Nebraska, Kansas City and Iowa.
About Crane Merchandising Systems
Crane Co. is a diversified manufacturer of engineered industrial products. Crane Co. is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE:CR).
One of its segments, Crane Merchandising Systems, designs and manufactures a diverse, yet integrated portfolio of automatic merchandising equipment across multiple verticals, including hot and cold beverage, snack, and food. It also offers other vending solutions including cashless processing, payment devices, vending management software and wireless communication technology. Its legacy of brands (Automatic Products®, Dixie Narco®, GPL®, National Vendors™, Stentorfield™ and Streamware®) enables Crane to provide customers a complete, cross-platform solution while maintaining innovation, quality and service.
As businesses across the Midwest slowly come out of lockdown, by necessity we now have to work out how best to handle tasks we may have previously taken for granted. COVID-19 has caused a rapid change in consumer perceptions of the devices around us, including vending machines. As the vending world adjusts to the new norms and expectations, as a company that is committed to safety from its origins, we wanted to give you some tips on how to restart your vending and OCS business safely.
Vending machines are very safe and here are the reasons why:
How do I keep my machines COVID-19 safe?
Utilize the machines’ touch screens to communicate to the user how to use the vending machine and the W.H.O health safety requirements. You can combine this with other communication channels commonly used in your organization or business. If your machines don’t have touch screens you can use the lower and upper photographic panels of the machine or appropriate spaces located in the payments area for pre-printed.
You can apply social distancing floor signs on the floor.
Which are the W.H.O requirements regarding health safety?
Users must keep the distances while waiting to use the equipment (at least 1 meter away from each user)
Use gloves and protective masks to protect themselves and the other users.
Leave immediately the area after the withdrawal of a drink or product and consume in another area
Hand sanitizer, gloves and mask are operator’s new best friends.
Before any filling or cleaning operation operators must wash their hands with soap and water, wear a protective mask and a new pair of disposable gloves. When operators are working on the machines must wash their hands often and thoroughly with soap and water, for at least 60 seconds. Carrying a travel size bottle of hand sanitizer makes it easy to disinfect their hands when soap and water are not available. We recommend to the operators not to touch their personal items such as mobile phones before/ while working on or stocking a machine. Phones and other objects used frequently should be decontaminated daily, using a 70% isopropyl alcohol spray or other disinfection method.
Make sure that your disinfectant solution has 70% alcohol (ethanol) or 0.1% chlorine-based (bleach).
Sources: I.S.S and W.H.O.
Which are the focus cleaning areas?
For touch screens/selection panels, it is recommended to use only isopropyl alcohol (with an alcohol percentage of at least 70%) and avoid other detergents that could damage the screen. Use a soft micro-fibre or lint-free cloth to gently wipe the screen. Dampen the cloth with water, glass or a screen lens cleaner to wipe the glass and dry.
Clean thoroughly the change-giver buttons and areas for inserting coins / accepting banknotes or credit cards.
Specific to Hot Drink Machines and OCS Machines:
Clean the cup catcher and drain pipe in the sanitizer solution. Rinse the components with clean water and dry thoroughly.
Wash the drip tray and grille thoroughly and sanitize using the diluted bactericidal cleaner solution.
Wipe clean cup stand and dispense area using a clean, damp sanitized cloth
Specific to Cold Drink/Snack/Food Machines:
Use glass cleaner and disposable towels to clean the glass inside/out.
Clean the front of monetary panel with a plastic cleaner. Don’t use ammonia based cleaners as it may cause premature crazing of the polycarbonate surface.
Delivery cup and Delivery Port must be cleaned inside out with a mild soap and water solution to remove any spills or residue. Don’t forget to wipe and dry.
How do I restart the machine after temporary shutdown?
The following instructions assume that your coffee machines has been switched off and inactive for an extended period.
The following instructions assume that your snack/cold drink machines has been switched off and inactive for an extended period
COVID has brought about interesting challenges for all industries. Vending has to adapt as well.
The newest vending offering is from Crane providing configurations for dispensing personal protection products.
These new vending machines continue to be placed in hospitals, malls and shopping centers were people continue to frequent.
Dispensing masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to employees and guests.
The vending machines can feature touchless payment options, large touch screens for direct customer communication, and configurable shelving for maximum flexibility in product display.
Contact your representatives at Greater America Distributing to purchase a quality Crane vending machine or find a route sales person to service your locations.
