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Third New World of Disney 8-Die Machine
 
Wednesday, October 24th, 2018
 
 

The artwork for a third 8-die World of Disney machine has been posted on Pennycollector.com. This machine is showing that it contains Winnie the Pooh designs. The World of Disney store currently has a section under refurbishment and according to Disney will not be available to guests until this Saturday, October 27. From what we have been told this new third machine is behind the large black scrims that are currently hanging in the store. If our information is correct, and assuming that Disney doesn't remove the black scrims early, then these eight new designs will not be available to get until this Saturday.

The artwork is currently on Penny Collector's website with what the designs are and what the machine looks like. We will post a faceplate picture as soon as we can which will probably be this Saturday.

 
     
 
New Disney's Polynesian Resort 8-Die Machine
 
Friday, October 19th, 2018
 
 

A new 8-die penny machine is now at Disney's Polynesian Village Resort. This new machine is located on the first floor by Pineapple Lanai and the 3-die machine that was at that location has been retired. All eight new designs have characters from Disney's Moana movie.

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New World of Disney Machines
 
Friday, October 19th, 2018
 
 

All three 4-die machines in the World of Disney store at Disney Springs Marketplace have been removed and there are now two new 8-die machines at this store. These two new machines are located near two different World of Disney entrance doors.

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New Caribbean Beach Resort Machine
 
Monday, October 8th, 2018
 
 

Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort began a major renovation May 1, 2017. Since that time the two penny machines and one single die quarter machine at Goombay Games Arcade located at the Old Port Royale area of the resort have not been available. The only machine that was available at this resort was a 3-die penny machine located at the Custom House where the hotel registration was located.

Today, Monday October 8, 2018 the Old Port Royale area reopened and instead of the old machines being there the machines have been replaced with an 8-die machine. This new machine is easy to find and is located to the right of the Old Port Royale entrance doors as you enter the building. In addition to this change, the 3-die machine at the Custom House has been removed since this location is no longer available to guests. So now there is only one 8-die machine at Disney's Caribbean Beach Resort. The three penny machines and the one quarter machine that were located at this resort are all now retired.

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New Magic Kingdom Machine
 
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
 
 

The eighth 8-die Magic Kingdom machine has been placed on-stage inside the Hall of Champions store on Main Street USA. This new machine is located in the same place where there were two 3-die machines. These two machines have been removed and are now most likely retired.

The new designs are Baseball Tigger, Soccer Mickey, Tennis Minnie, Baseball Mickey, Golfer Goofy, Football Donald, Mickey & Donald playing basketball and Golfer Daisy.

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Rafiki's Planet Watch Temporarily Closing
 
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
 
 

Rafiki's Planet Watch will be closing October 21, 2018 and will remain closed according to Disney until Spring 2019. This closing will affect three pressed coin machines at Animal Kingdom.

Currently, inside the Conservation Station at Rafiki's Planet Watch is a 3-die machine with 20th Anniversary Animal Kingdom designs. We are expecting these three designs to be retired once Rafiki's Planet Watch closes. Anybody wanting these designs should get them before this area is closed and the machine is removed.

There is also a pressed penny and quarter machine at the Harambe Railway Station where you catch the train to go to Rafiki's Planet Watch. This area will also be closed and these two machines will no longer be available unless they are relocated. We are expecting them to be moved to a different location and if this happens we will make another post where they have been moved to.

 
     
 
Magic Kingdom Star Wars Machine Relocated
 
Saturday, September 29th, 2018
 
 
The 8-die Star Wars Machine that was located inside Merchant of Venus at Magic Kingdom was recently relocated. This machine is now located beside the 8-die Space Mountain machine at Tomorrowland Power & Light Company.
 
     
 
New 8-Die Magic Kingdom Machine
 
Wednesday, September 5th, 2018
 
 

The seventh 8-die machine has been placed on-stage at Magic Kingdom inside Disney Clothiers store on Main Street USA. The new designs are Baby Mickey sitting, Baby Mickey crawling, Baby Minnie sitting, Baby Minnie lying on back, Baby Pluto, Baby Donald, Baby Daisy and Baby Goofy.

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Database And Listings Updated Today
 
Sunday, August 26th, 2018
 
 

We have updated our database and all of our listings today. There have been 56 new coins and 12 coins removed since our listings were last updated in February 2018.

 
     
 
Machines Off-Stage
 
Wednesday, August 1st, 2018
 
 

Machines are routinely removed for fixing and refurbishment. Most of the times the machines are only gone for a few weeks but we have noticed that this could take longer.

In checking some of the machines we have noticed that there are currently three machines that are off-stage. Two machines are at EPCOT and they are the Les Halles machine in the France World Showcase with the secret Agent P design and one of the Japan World Showcase machines. The third machine that is currently off-stage is one of the Hollywood Junction machines located at Hollywood Studios.