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Way too much going on today to report on anything so please enjoy pictures instead.
Le Bistromatik was an industrial robot rebuilt to be a robot bartender. Unfortunately, it wasn't running when we visited, and we wouldn't be around until Friday to see it.
Don't know what this had been; possibly a ticket booth, possibly a vending booth of some kind. Now, it held yellow cups that weren't particularly needed.
Here's a metal (iron?) train that looks like it might have been part of a kiddie ride at some point.
In another little alcove was this miniature carousel, that for some reason faces in the British direction.
And a bunch of model trains of some purpose I didn't grasp.
More of the models, though, including a kiddie toy set of a Grand Huit. (I'm assuming 'Grand Huit' is the term for a roller coaster, as many early roller coasters, and a good number of modern ones, have footprints that are roughly a figure 8 and the number was often used as a name. Also a common weird other name for roller coasters: Russian Mountain.)
Another jukebox, although I failed to get a picture of what was theoretically available on the Rock-Ola. (I think I was running out of battery and conserving shots.)
And another miniature carousel, this one with wild looking animals on it.
A sharp shooter game that seemed to be turned off, so we didn't have to regret not having the coins to test it out.
My best photo here of the floor as a whole. The elevated carousel is to the left of the picture; you can see the quartet of pinball machines on the right.
And a bit of stronger proof that Riverboat Gambler and The Party Zone were there.
The Party Zone's instruction card really shows how the game was not designed to be translated at all. Fun fact: this is one of the surprisingly few pinball games that will play The Who's ``Pinball Wizard'', given a chance.
Trivia: The first movie known to be shown in-flight on an airplane was Harold Lloyd's Speedy, shown in a Ford Trimotor flying over Los Angeles in May 1928. Source: Naked Airport: A Cultural History of the World's Most Revolutionary Structure, Alastair Gordon.
Currently Reading: In The Shadow Of The Moon: A Challenging Journey to Tranquility, 1965 - 1969, Francis French and Colin Burgess.
