While the next 12 months will return a focus to redemption for Electrocoin, Park Avenue gave the company a chance to show its latest iteration of Monte Carlo, as well as a new Iron Maiden pinball and the popular DDRA dance machine.

PARK AVENUE HOST Electrocoin exhibited its Monte Carlo Elektra among a line-up of other iterations at the company’s Open Day last week, with many operators attending the event specifically to see Monte Carlo in its latest form.

Also on show – and making its debut – was Stern Pinball’s latest Iron Maiden game, which received a typically warm welcome from all sides of the industry, alongside GoGo Chicken, Galileo redemption products, Bar -X 7even, Panther Revolution Photobooth, a new manual bowling machine, and Konami’s Dance Dance Revolution A (DDRA) – a favourite of FEC operators both at home and abroad.

Indeed, the company’s John Anthony Stergides explained that the Open Day provides a great opportunity for manufacturers to serve the industry with its last orders before the bell tolls for the start of the summer season.

“It was great to see high levels of interest from operators and as always it was a great day for catching up with the market after Easter and the half term break,” he said. “This is one of the last opportunities to see people before the start of the summer season and speak with them about any last minute buys. The benefit of that is they can see which machines have been performing well since the start of the year and bring them in just in time for the busiest period.”

For some games, such as DDRA, only a few units are left on Electrocoin’s shelves for operators to snap up this year. However, the company’s own manufactured machines – such as the strong-performing Monte Carlo – are being made as available as possible by the company to give operators a choice of games and cabinet best tailored to their venue.

“We’ve had it configured and on test for different types of locations, such as single sites or in arcades,” continued Stergides. “We also offer a number of options for cabinets, which is quite uncommon. We have the Elektra, the Gemstar and conversions, and from what we are hearing the machine is performing very well across the board.”

Looking forward at what might be on show at the next Park Avenue for Electrocoin, Stergides explained that redemption is likely to be a larger focus for the company over the next few months, with two new machines in the pipeline.

“We were one of the first manufacturers to get into redemption 30 years ago,” he explained. “Then we went towards video games, and now we are moving back towards redemption, as that is where most of the demand is coming from in the FEC market.”

With this in mind, Electrocoin has booked into a couple of new shows for the coming 12 months. Indeed, the coin-op calendar does seem to be getting fuller every year, with Stergides noting that a clash of dates with both Euromat and an expo in Hong Kong likely had an effect on attendance. Those at Park Avenue, however, were treated to the company’s typically tasty Greek BBQ -not something on offer in Monaco – while attendees also gave back in the form of buying raffle tickets and donating to the Bacta Charitable Trust.

“I think in total we raised over £5,000 for the charity,” concluded Stergides. “Thank you to all who attended and to exhibitors and sponsors for their help putting on the event.”

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