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Worlds of Fun

MOUnited StatesKansas City, MO

Gone8 machines

This machine is no longer here. The listing stays up because collectors come back years later to check whether the one they remember was real.

From collectors

10/21/22 All machines have been removed and will not be coming back according to multiple staff members.

Worlds of Fun is a 235-acre amusement park in Kansas City. The park opened in 1973 and is operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, which purchased the park from Mid-America Enterprises in 1995. Admission to Worlds of Fun includes access to Oceans of Fun, a water park adjacent to the amusement park.

Machine 7 in the Africa section in the Mamba Souveneir / Photo Shop . 4 pennies:
1) Mamba
2) Worlds of Fun with balloon and globe
3) Spinning Dragons
4) Timber Wolf.

Machine 9 is in the Americana section, located outside of Patriot Landing gift/Photo shop.
1) 'Prowler Worlds of Fun Kansas City, MO', Logo (Different from #4)
2) 'Worlds of Fun Kansas City, MO', Logo
3) 'Patriot Kansas City, MO'
4) 'Prowler Worlds of Fun Kansas City, MO', Logo (Different from #1)

Retired/ Moved designs:

Machines 1 through 6, and 8 are retired as are all Peanuts designs. Machine 10 has been moved.

Retired 1: 1) Detonator, 2) Orient Express, 3) Mamba, 4) Pilot Snoopy,
Retired 2: 1) Fins and Flippers (Dolphin), 2) Orient Express, 3) Monsoon (Wave),
Retired 3: 1) World of Fun balloon logo, 3) Fury of the Nile, 3) World of Fun (the Peanuts gang),
Retired 4: 1) AAUGH (Lucy pulling the football from Charley), 2) Ranger Snoopy cooking hot dogs, 3) Timber Wolf,
Retired 5: 1) World of Fun balloon logo, 2) Timber Wolf, 3) Orient Express,
Retired 6: 1) Worlds of Fun balloon logo, 2) Mamba, 3) Boomerang, 4) Detonator.
Retired 8: 1) Patriot- Fly It 2) Patriot with eagle 3) Patriot with star 4) Worlds of Fun logo.

Moved 10 1) Brontosaurs, 2) Triceratops, 3) Stegosaurus, 4) Tyrannosaurus Rex

Machines and designs

8 machines
MachineDesignsCoin type
Retired 9?Penny
Retired 7?Penny
Retired 8?Penny
Moved 10?Penny
Retired 6?Penny
Retired 3?Penny
Retired 4?Penny
Retired 1?Penny

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