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Tomorrowland Speedway New Designs
 
Thursday, September 22nd, 2016
 
 

The 4-die hand crank machine at Tomorrowland Speedway has new designs. Instead of the designs having the Indy Speedway logo on them they now have the Walt Disney World logo. The only horizontal design is similar to the old design with Mickey in a race car with a checkered flag on the left. The other three vertical designs are all different with proud Pluto sitting beside a trophy cup, Minnie in a Tomorrowland Speedway car waving and Mickey holding a checkered flag.

Tomorrowland Speedway Designs

 
     
 
Once Upon A Toy Machine Back On-Stage
 
Monday, September 19th, 2016
 
 
The 4-die hand crank machine that was removed November 2015 from the store Once Upon A Toy at Disney Springs is back on-stage. This machine contains two designs each from the Cars and The Incredibles numbered series. The designs from the Cars are Mater and Ramone. The two designs from The Incredibles are Dash and Frozone.
 
     
 
Norway / Disney Springs Machine Changes
 
Thursday, September 8th, 2016
 
 

The 8-die machine with the numbered series Frozen movie designs that was located at Once Upon A Toy at Disney Springs has been moved to The Puffin's Roost gift shop in the Norway World Showcase at Epcot.

The Frozen design with Elsa & Anna that was in the 3-die machine in this store has been replaced. The design that was in this machine when the dies were switched July 2014 is now back in the machine for the button "C" position. This design has Mickey carrying flags of the different countries in Epcot's World Showcase.

 
     
 
Honey, I Shrunk the Audience Design Removed
 
Sunday, September 4th, 2016
 
 

The Honey, I Shrunk the Audience! attraction at Epcot closed May 2010. A pressed penny based on this attraction was located in a machine at ImageWorks located in the Imagination! Pavilion and until recently was still available even though the attraction had closed six years ago.

This design has been replaced with a design that had been removed from Mouse Gears September 2014. This design is a horizontal design with the Epcot logo that has a wire frame globe inside the letter "C".

 
     
 
A Second New Star Wars Machine At Disney Springs
 
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2016
 
 

A second new 8-Die Star Wars penny machine has been installed at Disney Springs. This new machine is located inside the store Once Upon a Toy. The designs in the machine are numbered from 1 to 8 while the designs from the machine inside the Star Wars Galactic Outpost are not numbered. All 8 designs have the Star Wars logo at the bottom of each design.

Once Upon a Toy Star War Designs

The new designs in number order that is on the design are:

  • R2-D2
  • Chewbacca
  • Yoda
  • C-3PO
  • Luke Skywalker
  • Princess Leia Organa
  • Stormtrooper
  • Darth Vader

 
     
 
New Star Wars Machine At Disney Springs
 
Wednesday, August 17th, 2016
 
 

A new 8-Die penny machine has been installed inside Star Wars Galactic Outpost at Disney Springs.

Star Wars Galactic Outpost Designs

The new designs are:

  • X-Wing Fighter
  • Stormtrooper
  • C-3PO, BB-8 Droid, R2-D2
  • Millennium Falcon
  • Stormtrooper Mask
  • Justice Rebel Forces shield
  • Kylo Ren with two Stormtroopers (Same design at Legends of Hollywood at Hollywood Studios)
  • Han Solo

 
     
 
New Polynesian Resort Quarters
 
Thursday, August 11th, 2016
 
 

The single die quarter machine at Disney's Polynesian Resort has been converted to a 3-die machine. All three designs are based on the characters Lilo & Stitch.

The design for button "A" has Lilo doing the hula dance. This is the same basic design that was in the machine when it was a single die machine. The big difference between the two is that the new design has a dot border and the previous design did not have a border. For the button "B" position is Lilo & Stitch standing and leaning against each other. This design is similar to the Friends 4 of 8 design that is located at the All-Star Movie Resort. The button "C" position is Lilo & Stitch sitting and eating ice cream. This design is similar to the penny design that is at the Caribbean Beach Resort. All three designs have Disney's Polynesian Resort logo on them.

Polynesian Quarter Designs

 
     
 
New Hollywood Studios 8-Die Machine
 
Thursday, July 21st, 2016
 
 

A new 8-Die machine has been installed at Hollywood Studios. This new machine is located at Frozen Fractal Gifts in the Echo Lake area. Since this store contains Frozen themed gifts this new machine also contains 8 new Frozen themed designs to add to the 25 other Frozen themed designs that have been on-stage.

Frozen Fractal Gift Designs

These new designs are not numbered like the other series that are in 8 and 12 die machines. All of the designs are vertical designs and have the Frozen logo at the top. The new designs are:

  • Anna & Olaf in front of Elsa's Ice Palace
  • Olaf & Elsa with trees in the background
  • Kristoff & Anna
  • Sven
  • All the main Frozen characters
  • Olaf surrounded by snowmen
  • Anna
  • Elsa

 
     
 
Tomorrowland Speedway Machine Has Been Moved
 
Monday, June 13th, 2016
 
 

The Tomorrowland Speedway machine at Magic Kingdom has been moved again. This machine first appeared the end of July 2011. Since that time we know of five other locations that this machine has been at in different areas near the Speedway.

Last year the machine was to the left of the Speedway entrance but it was removed July 2015 for refurbishment. The machine finally reappeared March 31, 2016 inside Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe. This machine has been moved again and it is now located to the right of the Tomorrowland Speedway exit.

 
     
 
Monsters, Inc. Machine Back On-Stage
 
Saturday, June 4th, 2016
 
 
Two months ago the Monsters, Inc. 4-die machine was removed from the Prop Shop at Hollywood Studios. This machine is now back on-stage at Hollywood Junction beside another 4-die machine that is at that location. The cabinet was originally painted blue but the cabinet is now mostly green in color to match the color of the other machine and its new location.