Save the Date

TEC will be hosting it’s third-ever online auction on Saturday February 4, 2023 at 4PM Eastern Time.  A catalog with photos and descriptions will be available in advance.  One notable item, donated by Ben Gastfriend, is a first edition of Yesterday’s Elongateds with the original dust jacket! Watch for more details to come with the January newsletter. If you have any questions or comments about the auction, contact terri@tecnews.org 

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New & Retired Machines 9/1/22 – 10/1/22

New Machines: States: 1) AZ, Seligman, Delgadillo's Snow Cap Drive In 4 designs 2) CA, Anaheim, Disneyland 5 new 3 and 8 design machines. 3) FL, MacDill AFB, MacDill Inn 4 designs 4) FL, Orlando, Universal Studios Florida Tribute Store, New 4 Halloween Horror tokens 5) IL, Chester, Elzie C. Segar Memorial Parkm4 designs 6) MA, Woods Hole, Island Home Ferry 8 designs (2 machines on different ships. They are back!) 7) MN, Luverne, Those Blasted Things 4 designs 8) MO, Perry, M.W. Boudreaux Memorial Visitor Center 4 designs 9) NY, Hammondsport, Glenn H Curtiss Museum 4 designs 10) WA,[…]

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New & Retired Machines 8/1/22 – 9/1/22

New Machines: States: 1) AK, Anchorage , Bear Paw Bar & Grill 4 Nickels (From H2Oasis Indoor Waterpark Anchorage) 2) CA, Los Angeles, University of Southern California – Bookstore 3 designs (it’s back) 3) CO, Canon City, Kaleidoscope Inspiration 4 designs 4) HI, Oahu – Honolulu, Waiola Shave Ice store 4 designs (It’s Back) 5) HI, Oahu – Honolulu, Rock Island Café 4 designs (It’s Back! This Café is in a new location) 6) MA, Carver Edaville Family Fun Park 4 designs (The park will open for 2 months (November 10 to January 1 2023) then closed again. Mach unk)[…]

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New & Retired Machines 7/03/22 to 8/01/22

New/ Retired Machines: States: 1) AK, Anchorage, Bear Paw Bar & Grill 4 designs (Nickels) 2) AR, Hoonah – Icy Straits Point, Warehouse Shops and Cannery Museum 4 designs 3) CA, Big Bear Lake, Mountain Bear Apparel 4 designs 4) CA, Bodega Bay, Fishetarian Fish Market 4 designs 5) IA, Pella, Jaarsma Bakery 3 designs 6) IL, Golconda, Chocolate Factory 4 designs 7) FL, Panama City Beach, Bazooka Ball 4 designs 8) ME, Old Orchard Beach, Old Orchard Pier 4 designs (New designs, other machines retired) 9) MI, Monroe, River Raisin National Battlefield Park 4 designs 10) MT, Great Falls,[…]

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2022 YN Coloring Contest

We are happy to announce the 1st 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 Note: Any[…]

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New & Retired Machines 6/1/22 to 7/3/22

New Machines: States: 1) AK, Ketchikan, Alaskan Totem Trading 4 designs 2) AZ, Powell, Glen Canyon Conservancy 4 designs (From the John Wesley Powell Memorial Museum) 3) CA, Santa Maria, Doc Burnstein’s Ice Cream Lab 4 designs 4) CO, Estes Park, Wild Horse Gift Shop 4 designs 5) IN, Lincoln City, Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Visitor Center 1 small token 6) IN, Rockville, Aunt Patty's On The Square two 4 design machines. (They are back!!) 7) KY, Horse Cave, Hidden River Cave And American Cave Museum 4 designs 8) KY, Richmond, Buc-ee's 4 designs 9) LA, Welsh, Stuckey’s 4 designs[…]

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New and Retired Machines   5/01/22 to 6/01/22

New Machines:                                                                                                                                   States:  MA, Attleboro, Capron Park Zoo 1 design 4 designs (It’s Back!) MI, Mackinac Island, Balsam Shop, The (The Loon Feather) 8 designs MI, Monroe, River Raisin National Battlefield Park 4 designs MS, Biloxi, Fat Bottom Barbeque (Was ‘Slap Ya Momma’s Barbecue Restaurant’), Name change and 4 new designs. NC, Wilmington, Museum of the Bizarre 4 designs OR, Coburg, Coburg Pizza Company 4 designs SC, Florence, Buc-ee’s 4 designs SD, Lead, Lewie’s Burger & Brew 4 designs UT, Moab, The T-Shirt Shop 4 designs                                               Foreign: England, The World of Beatrix Potter™ Attraction (It’s[…]

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New and Retired Machines 4/01/22 to 5/01/22

New Machines: States:  AZ, Seligman, Road Runner Café 4 designs CA, Morro Bay, Shell’s Sweets and Treats (Was Crill’s II) 4 penny (Name change only) CA, San Mateo, CuriOdyssey Science Playground (At Coyote Point) and Zoo 4 designs NC, Banner Elk, Wilderness Run Alpine Coaster 4 designs NC, Wrightsville Beach, Redix 4 designs FL, Sarasota, Jungle Gardens 4 designs (It’s Back!!) PA, Brookville, Frosty Freeze 4 designs SD, Aberdeen, Dacotah Prairie Museum 4 designs TN, Gray, Hands On! Discovery Center 4 designs (New machine 2, Machine 1 retired) TN, Sevierville, Tennessee Shine Co 4 designs (4th location for this company)[…]

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