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Dime Toss project
Aug. 23rd, 2015 07:36 pmHow's this sound for our sign? One line, short and sweet.
"DIME TOSS - Aim for your prize!"
Explanation: We went to the Orange County Fair. Had some delicious corn dogs. The midway was operated by "Ray Carrack Shows" and they have no Dime Toss. What they have instead is a coin toss (quarters) and they have a huge flat table with little "rainbows" painted on them. Land on the red, the yellow, or the blue, and you get particular prize levels.
Boring. In fact, of all of the games they have, it is the plainest of arrangements. No buckets, no balls in the air, no aiming of squirt guns, no obstacles... Just one huge flat table with painted markings. (All of the prizes, including huge "Minion" dolls, are hanging from the rafters.)
So I have to conclude that the Dime Toss games of my youth probably vanished from the Fairs at least ten years ago, and that it's not going to be something people are familiar with. We have to explain how the game works.
"DIME TOSS - Aim for your prize!"
Explanation: We went to the Orange County Fair. Had some delicious corn dogs. The midway was operated by "Ray Carrack Shows" and they have no Dime Toss. What they have instead is a coin toss (quarters) and they have a huge flat table with little "rainbows" painted on them. Land on the red, the yellow, or the blue, and you get particular prize levels.
Boring. In fact, of all of the games they have, it is the plainest of arrangements. No buckets, no balls in the air, no aiming of squirt guns, no obstacles... Just one huge flat table with painted markings. (All of the prizes, including huge "Minion" dolls, are hanging from the rafters.)
So I have to conclude that the Dime Toss games of my youth probably vanished from the Fairs at least ten years ago, and that it's not going to be something people are familiar with. We have to explain how the game works.
