Creepy Vintage Coin Operated Machines (Includes Execution!)

Here are some creepy (in the best way) vintage coin operated machines from Battlesbridge Antique Centre. Includes an execution! Imagine you're at the seaside in the 1920s looking for fun and amusements.

[stethacanthus]

I feel sorry for the jaundiced Victorian fortune teller at 1:24 because she instinctively *knows* the first successful liver transplant won't take place until 1963 so she has no chance getting on the NHS waiting list.

[sovietonion]

1:04 Well, I didn't need to sleep anyway

[alanbourke]

I'm sure the Imperial War Museum used to have some of the 'haunted house' style ones in the early 80s.

[BecomeUseful]

These are amazing. I wish I could see the shop where they were made.

[pkmcburroughs]

I understand "The Laughing Sailor" was much more popular than "The Bored Sailor, " who generally just shrugged and let out a heavy sigh once every 15 seconds.

[dusterdude]

would be kewl if they had two of each one to show it actually working and one with out the case to show the hidden mechanics of them and HOW they worked Mechanically

[GemmytheObjectThingy]

2:36 I think that one was made by magic power somewhere in the 2010s so it's kinda newish

[hydragosh]

My god.. u remind me some old memory of mine. Thank you really for the upload!

[byronbenguche]

Yeah it's safe to say that i'll be sleeping with the light on tonight ijs🤷🏿‍♂️😂😂

[DamianAngels]

this was your cell phone scrolling back then lol

[punkrockpub]

This is How rare are some of these machines for collectors to purchase?

[drawnseeker]

I will now have nightmares for the rest of my life.

[perceivingacting]

Same idea as "Sophia" robot now - moderately coordinated movements with associated noises that we see and hear as if meaningful but devoid of all intention and intelligence. Still fun though. But Sophia is NOT.

[MN]

is this at the arcade in Fisherman's wharf?