AMD Snacks Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I've read a lot of posts on tomy gachas recently. I'm curious what you guys consider the current price for a decent used tomy machine with one head on the bottom and one on top? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 I would not give over $50 for two, $25 would be better, I think they used to sell for around $400 for a four head. I never liked them much, the coin mechs jammed pretty easy and they took longer to service than NW capsule machine. The plus side was the display area on the top of the unit. It worked pretty good in Movie theaters if you had something in the machines related to a current movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted September 28, 2017 Author Share Posted September 28, 2017 Thanks, after I asked on here I started looking online and I don't see a whole lot even for sale. I've read over the past years people's mixed reviews, and the coin mechs seem like a constant among the masses. Though I hear beaver makes a drop in replacement for them. I'm looking at a route purchase that is mainly tomy's and since I can't verify taxes (a red flag off the bat I know) I'm trying to make the best possibly decision based on machines value and what not.... Tomorrow i'll actually meet with them and see some in person, how much longer to service are they? Could a person do 40 in a day? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musser Posted September 28, 2017 Share Posted September 28, 2017 speed depends on how far apart they are, how often you change product, if you "pre-kit" (yes you can for bulk), how you do the revenue share at locations and other things, I don't think you could do 40 a day and do a good job of merchandising and cleaning, especially if you use the live display area on the top of the machines. Not all Tomys had that feature though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Finally got to check out these machines on the route, seemed ok to me, though at almost every stop one of the mechs was jammed (someone trying to run a quarter through by itself) Aside from that the service seemed pretty straight forward, money comes out in a tray , throw the product in the front. Honestly I hate lining up the rod with the lid on NW 80's so these Gacha's might not bother me as much as it would other vendors, it's a nice change to me. What's a pre kit musser? And after looking at it, won't have for that day's route afterall, more like 20, I think I can manage if I start early enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heritagevending Posted October 11, 2017 Share Posted October 11, 2017 The mechs jam because one or more of the little plastic springs are broken inside. It's the only routine maintenance on the machines and it is pretty easy to fix. We keep them in stock and I can teach you how to do it if you buy the route. If you aren't changing product you can service them really fast because you can dump 4 coin drawers in less than 30 seconds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMD Snacks Posted October 11, 2017 Author Share Posted October 11, 2017 The guy showed me those plastic pieces you're talking about, they weren't broken on the ones we checked out, just had a single quarter jammed. Beaver sells their mechs for $58 and I'll probably just start changing those out for beavers little by little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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