New & Retired Machines 6/1/23-7/1/23

New Machines: States: 1) AK, Skagway, Glacier Bay Trading Co. Formerly Skagway Mining Company 4 designs (Other machine retired) 2) AR, Eureka, Razorback Gift Shop 4 designs 3) CO, Fairplay, South Park Pottery 4 designs 4) LA, Natchitoches, Gator Country Louisiana (Was Bayou Pierre Alligator Park) 5 designs 5) ME, Booth Harbor, Shirts by the Bay 4 designs (Its Back!!!) 6) MI, Alto, Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park 4 designs (New machine 2, machine 1 still there) 7) MN, Hastings, Froth & Cork 5 designs 8) MO, Independence, Harry S Truman National Historic Site Visitors Center 1 nickel size token[…]

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2023 YN Coloring Contest

2023TECColoringContest We are happy to announce the 2nd Annual TEC YN Coloring Contest. The winning ‘artwork’ will be announced in the October-December TEC News.  This contest is for YN members only at this time. The winning YN colored contest will receive: 1 set of TEC 6pc show coins 1 set of ANA 6pc show coins One free year of TEC (The free year of membership must be used by the winner. If the winner is already pre-paid for future years, the closest unpaid year will be considered the awarded year.) Entries will be judged on the following: Eye appeal Creativity […]

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New & Retired Machines 5/03/23 to 6/01/23

New Machines: States: 1) AR, Eureka Springs, Razorback Gift Shop 4 designs 2) CA, Newport Beach, The Mermaid store 4 designs 3) CO, Colorado Springs, Estate Collectibles 4 designs 4) FL, LBV, WDW Epcot World Showcase, France, Les Halles 8 designs 5) HI, Oahu – Honolulu, Oahu Waikiki Aquarium two 4 Medallion machines 8 Medallions 6) IA, Council Bluffs, Union Pacific Railroad Museum 4 designs (New Machine 2) 7) MD, Annapolis, A. L. Goodies General Store 4 designs (new 4 design machine, 1 design still there) 8) MT, West Yellowstone, Eagle’s Curios 4 designs 9) MT, West Yellowstone, Yellowstone Park[…]

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New & Retired Machines 4/1/23 – 5/1/23

New Machines: States: 1) AZ, Luke AFB, Luke Air Force Base / Luke AFB Public Affairs 2) CA, Berkeley, Tilden Park Merry Go Round 3 designs 3) CA, Catalina Island, Avon, Island Threadz 4 designs (It’s Back!!) 4) CA, Kernville, Pizza Barn 4 designs 5) CA, Monterey, Monterey’s Finest 4 designs 6) CA, Morro Bay, Destination Camp One Morro Bay 4 designs 7) CA, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara Zoo three 4 penny machines, 12 designs (Machines 8, 9 & 10 are back!) 8) CO, Estes Park, Beef Jerky Experience 4 designs (Was Beef Jerky Outlet – Same designs) 9) CO,[…]

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New & Retired Machines 3/2/23 to 4/1/23

New Machines: States: 1) AL, Athens, Buc-ee’s 4 designs 2) FL, Marine Rescue Center 4 designs (Machine 6 added with 2 new designs, Machine 5 still there) 3) MI, Oscoda, Desis Family Dining 3 designs (was at The Lumberman’s Monument) 4) MI, White Pine, Porky’s Outpost (Was Porcupine Mountains Outpost) 4 designs 5) MN, Brainard, Country Inn & Suites by Radisson 4 designs 6) OR, Bend, Bend Visitor Center – Visit Bend 4 designs 7) PA, Gettysburg, Haunted Tours/ Gettysburg Souvenirs & Gifts (Was Gettysburg Ghost Tours) 8) TX, Mineral Wells, The Crazy Water Hotel 5 designs 9) UT, Kanab,[…]

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New & Retired Machines 2/5/23 – 3/2/23

New Machines: States: 1) CA, Manteca, Great Wolf Lodge Water Park and Big League Dreams 8 penny and 4 medallion machines (Been here for over a Month) 2) CA, Newport Beach, Balboa Island Ferry landing 4 design 3) FL Orlando, Vineland Premium Outlet Mall, Disney's Character Warehouse (Outlet) 4 Walt Disney World 50th Anniversary tokens 4) GA, Atlanta, Harry Potter: The Exhibition 8 designs 5) MI, Mt Clemens, Kawaii Bubble Tea 3 designs 6) MI, Oscoda, Desis 3 designs 7) MN, Duluth, Grandma's Saloon & Grill 4 designs (It’s back!!) Foreign: 1) Germany, Bexbach, Bergbaumuseum 3 designs 2) Germany, Essen,[…]

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New & Retired Machines 1/5/23 to 2/5/23

New Machines:                                                                    States: AZ, Tombstone, Smokin Gun 4 designs (From Madame Mustache down the street) GA, Andersonville, Andersonville National Historic Site 1 nickel size token IL, Lockport, Siegel’s Cottonwood Farm 4 designs IN, Fort Wayne, Hopscotch House 4 designs MI, New Baltimore, New Baltimore Trade Center 3 designs MO, St Louis, Soulard Farmers Market – Harr Farms 4 designs OK, Davis, Arbuckle Wilderness 4 designs (Two single design machines Retied) OK, Lawton Museum of the Great Plains 4 designs OR, Depot Bay, Paradise Gifts 16 designs (Original machine & two more machines. 1 from the Seaview Bazaar[…]

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The Third Online TEC Auction is around the corner!

Register today to attend the online auction! We will hold our third online auction via Zoom on Saturday, February 4, 2023, starting at 4:00 pm Eastern (which is 3:00 pm Central, 2:00 pm Mountain, 1:00 pm Pacific, and so on). If you want to attend, please email Terri now. We will email the Zoom link to ONLY those members who have registered to attend. Where is the Zoom link for the auction? If you have registered, we will email you the Zoom link on the day before the auction, Friday, February 3, 2023. That way, it will be close to the top of your inbox[…]

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