Keeping a few as a weird little time capsule seems smarter than chasing the resale hype. Those tokens only mean something to people who actually fed them into machines, so a random buyer on a forum is just speculating. Has anyone checked if the mall's demolition crew or a local history group wants them? A dead arcade's story is worth more to a museum or a "remember when" Facebook page than to some guy flipping sets for $200. Plus the ones taped in that brochure are basically a mini artifact already, so maybe frame them with the brochure instead of selling.

Man, low rent plus loyal regulars sounds like a way better plan than most big stores ever had.

Ha, this reminds me of when my uncle yelled at me for not wearing safety glasses while just cutting a zip tie. Dude acted like I was juggling knives. Some people just can't watch a repair happen without needing to coach.