mark thank you so if you're looking for
something indoors with a lot of fun a
fun night out for the family all while
helping a great great cause so retro Jax
benefits dreams come true so here to
tell us more about this we have three
folks doc Titus Steven Moore is from the
Jax Arcade Expo and then at Tucker from
retro Rama collectibles all right so
I've already had a blast this is this is
a new one
you know Star Wars is that this baby's
only what about four months old it's
less than a year old that's been a year
old okay so tell me what's the draw
still to these types of games because
the things that our kids are playing
nowadays they have everything all the
latest and greatest but these still are
fun to do sure it's funny you mention
that my kids don't care much about these
at all and we have a hundred of them and
so they would rather play fortnight or
play on their xbox but don't know what
they're missing
exactly folks my age we you know we have
a lot of nostalgia for these old games
and we played them in the 80s growing up
in the arcades and so we we still want
to play them and everyone doesn't have a
collection so hopefully we're gonna have
an opportunity to get some of those
folks out to the Morocco Shrine
Auditorium this weekend and play these
old games we're gonna have 250 arcade
games pinball machines and console games
set up at the Morocco shrine for folks
to play so how does it work you just
kind of walk up and you stand in line if
there's a line you just get on it or
we're just gonna when you buy your
ticket that gets you in and you play as
much as you want play as much as you
want okay and so you guys took a year
off and now you're back that's right
tell me about the crowds that you
usually get so so the show has been a
little smaller in previous years we've
been over at UNF in a smaller facility
so moving to the Morocco Shrine
Auditorium allows us to bring a lot more
games in a lot more events hence the
partnership with retro rama collectables
so if you keep us picture up guys so
what is that like a tournament going on
there that's just everyone on most of
the people are around my age so like you
said it is a nostalgic and you get a mix
of Ages you get a lot of parents who
bring your kids because they want to
share those experiences that's fine
all right and so you are part of the fun
here as well because you're gonna bring
in a lot of really cool toys to play
with and also to purchase as well
absolutely we're gonna have about 60 to
70 tables of dealers they'll have stuff
going from 1950s tin toys all the way up
through today's pop vinyls comic books
records movie
posters you name it as I was telling
someone the other day this is like going
to the mall in the eighties you went to
good shopping at the record store in the
book store and then you get the toy
store well I think you need this like a
fanny farm because that's where you
would go get 50 Cent's oh yeah good
times I'm showing my age but these were
good times where do these toys come from
where these collectibles are they're
still being produced well some things
are being produced some companies like
Mego just started again last year they
were very popular seventies toy company
they came back they were exclusive to
target last year now they'll be all over
the place so it's a little bit of
everything yeah if what are the prices
like if people want to come out it's all
are as the toys go yet we have stuff for
all ages probably people probably have
some small stuff for that we have things
for the kids all the way up to your
hardcore collector that's looking for
that final piece to complete his class
yeah so if you are a collector you you
probably know about this I Vic was
saying he had somebody coming in town
specifically for this big event what is
the cost me to get through the door so
the cost is $20 on Friday $20 on Sunday
or $25 on Saturday and once you're in
that gets you unlimited play you can
play as many games as you want for that
price we do also have weekend packages
available if you want to come from
multiple days dude we're gonna have 11
different food trucks from all over the
city they're gonna be there throughout
the weekend so there will be plenty of
food other people there they're gonna
have console games and board games so
there's a car show on Saturday Sunday
bottom line something for everyone the
whole family so come on out spend the
day Morocco's Shrine Auditorium and we
have to give a shout out because the
money and the proceeds some of them will
go to dreams come true which is
certainly a wonderful organization near
and dear to all of our hearts so why
don't you guys pick that fun to
fundraise for so so we actually support
to to local charities dreams come true
is is the first a few years ago when we
decided we wanted to do this we were
looking for a local charity that meant
something to to to us and so we happened
upon dreams come true and they've been
absolutely wonderful to work with as you
know the other charity that we support
is called project pinball and they take
pinball machines and put them into
Children's Hospital around the United
States
all right so two great charities that
you can contribute to to spend a little
money and have a day of fun for the
whole family thank you guys for coming
in thank you thank you Vic over to you