Richard Alcala looks over his pair of 1950s mechanical pony rides every day before opening Alcala’s Western Wear on Chicago Avenue. They’re the coin-operated variety of horse-fl esh–“coin-op” in ...

It's the end of an era of coin-operated grocery store rides and one photographer documents the disappearance. Before And After: Arizona’s Disappearing Coin-Operated Rides It's the end of an era of ...

There was a time when outside many American storefronts, 25 cents could buy a child a two-minute ride on a stallion, an Indy racecar, or a giant rabbit. Though most did nothing more than jerk back and ...

If you have ever been on a merry-go-round at a pasar malam (night market), or a bumper car ride at a fun fair in Singapore, ...

GLADEWATER, TX (KLTV) - You just don't see them much anymore. They've nearly gone the way of the tube TV or 8-track tape: Kiddie rides. You know, the horse or car rides you put a quarter in to shake ...

A wistful trip back in time costs only a quarter in Rehoboth Beach. Consider it the deal of the century. Drop a coin into a metal slot at the Funland and saddle up Champion, a vintage, coin-operated ...

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FUZHOU (China) — A toddler has died after he was electrocuted by a coin-operated children’s ride in eastern China. The 11-month-old boy from Fuzhou in Fujian province touched an exposed wire on the ...

He's a lover of all things retro, from Lee Marvin to the Super Sounds of the Seventies. So it came as no surprise Quentin Tarantino enjoyed a coin-operated kid's ride designed like Scooby-Doo's ...