NEW PRODUCT: New Wave Toys 1/6 Scale Zoltar Speaks Fortune Teller

ukshaun wrote:I have never seen a life-size Zoltar Speaks Fortune Teller Machine in real-life. I think possibly i recall seeing one in the Tom Hanks movie Big. Maybe it was a similar arcade machine?

shazzdan wrote:

ukshaun wrote:I have never seen a life-size Zoltar Speaks Fortune Teller Machine in real-life. I think possibly i recall seeing one in the Tom Hanks movie Big. Maybe it was a similar arcade machine?

Full-sized originals are selling on ebay for around $500-600.

ukshaun wrote:
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Zoltar - Arcade machine

Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)
This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.


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teamweapon wrote:im sure they dressed zoltar in whatever crap they could find in the thrift store tbh haha

ukshaun wrote:
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Zoltar - Arcade machine

Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)
This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.


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Probably ;D
Part of me wants to pick one of these 1/6th scale machines up. Then i will own 2x 1/6th scale Arcade machines. It might end up becoming a slippery-slope to buiding a mini Arcade. I have regrets for not picking up Dragon's Lair, which looks great in 1/6th scale, even if the game is possibly one of best looking least playable Arcade games ever created.

ukshaun wrote:

teamweapon wrote:im sure they dressed zoltar in whatever crap they could find in the thrift store tbh haha

ukshaun wrote:
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Zoltar - Arcade machine

Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)
This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.


LOADING: Image(s)

Probably ;D
Part of me wants to pick one of these 1/6th scale machines up. Then i will own 2x 1/6th scale Arcade machines. It might end up becoming a slippery-slope to buiding a mini Arcade. I have regrets for not picking up Dragon's Lair, which looks great in 1/6th scale, even if the game is possibly one of best looking least playable Arcade games ever created.

teamweapon wrote:MAN ALIVE that game was HORRIBLE to play!!! even worse was super don quixote that went into demo mode half way through playing the  game, so you THOUGHT you were doing really well but in actual fact you were not even playing at all hahaha

ukshaun wrote:

teamweapon wrote:im sure they dressed zoltar in whatever crap they could find in the thrift store tbh haha

ukshaun wrote:
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Zoltar - Arcade machine

Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)
This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.


LOADING: Image(s)

Probably ;D
Part of me wants to pick one of these 1/6th scale machines up. Then i will own 2x 1/6th scale Arcade machines. It might end up becoming a slippery-slope to buiding a mini Arcade. I have regrets for not picking up Dragon's Lair, which looks great in 1/6th scale, even if the game is possibly one of best looking least playable Arcade games ever created.

ukshaun wrote:

teamweapon wrote:MAN ALIVE that game was HORRIBLE to play!!! even worse was super don quixote that went into demo mode half way through playing the  game, so you THOUGHT you were doing really well but in actual fact you were not even playing at all hahaha

ukshaun wrote:

teamweapon wrote:im sure they dressed zoltar in whatever crap they could find in the thrift store tbh haha

ukshaun wrote:
LOADING: Image(s)

Zoltar - Arcade machine

Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)
This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.


LOADING: Image(s)

Probably ;D
Part of me wants to pick one of these 1/6th scale machines up. Then i will own 2x 1/6th scale Arcade machines. It might end up becoming a slippery-slope to buiding a mini Arcade. I have regrets for not picking up Dragon's Lair, which looks great in 1/6th scale, even if the game is possibly one of best looking least playable Arcade games ever created.

super don quixote, that's a new one to me. I just took a look on YouTube https://youtu.be/PAZEqBp90Ak
Atleast the game helps the player by displaying left, right arrow or green fire button. Watching the sword swing action, and the game looks very much inspired by Dragon's Lair. I have to admit, i think i prefer the sounds and visuals of Dragon's Lair, and the Dirk the lead character. super don quixote also has a water rapids section (which Dragon's Lair was known for).

As for MAN ALIVE, i know nothing about that game.

ukshaun wrote:Looking at this machine, compared to the New Wave Toys machine, the lights at the back look different, he is wearing something purple sparkly and looking at the front of the machine the coin slots, audio speaker, ticket dispenser all look different. This machine might have had changes made over the years to keep it working? ..no doubt the New Wave Toys machine has been based on how Zoltar looked when it was new.

..and here is what appears to be a much old take on Zoltar, maybe the original Zoltar (from the movie Big)   This Zoltar appears to feature mechanical wheels at the front.

shazzdan wrote:There are dozens of variations of Zoltar. The one that NW decided to replicate is one of the earlier ones with the fancy brass ticket plate and coin plate.

shazzdan wrote:The first Zoltan machine was made in 1965. A few were called "Zoltar" instead of "Zoltan" but Zoltan machines were far more popular until movie Big came out. After that, all subsequent machines were called "Zoltar". The first trademark application for Zoltar Speaks wasn't made until 2006 by Characters Unlimited. New Wave purchased a licence from CU.

Moonbase Alpha Male wrote:Zoltan is not Zoltar .

I certainly hope that the movie designer in 1988 who created such a perfact loving tribute is somewhere in the picture, getting credit and ideally royalties.