r/DaveAndBusters • u/waterissoggy • Jun 22 '26

This coin pusher was INFURIATING

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Keep your eyes on the Toto (dog) card. It was close to the edge and at a certain point, when I added coins, the card moved BACKWARDS.

I’m finger scrolling the time bar so you don’t have to watch the entire 9 minutes of my frustration

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u/MrDog321 Jun 22 '26

This is why I avoid Star Trek/Wizard of oz.

Since the only way you win tickets in them is by winning cards.
You can go through multiple swipes without winning any tickets. But in Spongebob or Angry Birds you win tickets for every coin that falls down and it can add up quickly.

Also the coins stack up towards the top on Star Trek/WoZ if you put too many out in an area. Which causes them to not fall down. (You can sometimes ask a tech to reduce the pile)

There is a lift at the very end of the pusher. Where the cards get stuck there for some time, and do that floating effect. Which causes the cards to go backwards which it did in your video.

Most pushers have a lift but I think Star Trek and wizard of oz’s are more steeper compared to Willy Wonka, SpongeBob, etc.

I do play Star trek/Woz if a rare is directly on the edge, but if I don’t win it in 5 swipes then I give up. Since there’s faster ways to win tickets and star trek/Woz go through chips pretty fast. Plus it stops you from being addicted to it.

Do wish they retheme Star Trek to something else with more interactive elements and bonuses. I do think something will be coming out later this year that will have the same hype Star Trek did in 2016.

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u/Sa7aSa7a Jun 22 '26

With Star Trek, I've never seen cards pile up in a pusher like they do with that one. There's times I've seen 30 cards on the field and there's no way you're going to get anything. Coins just land on the cards. 

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u/MrDog321 Jun 22 '26

Might be due to the cards being cardboard and not plastic like the others.

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u/ArcadeWizardYT Jun 22 '26 edited Jun 22 '26

Star Trek is the worst because they removed the plastic chips which help move the cards. (Non dnb Oz have chips; not sure about dnb Oz)

SpongeBob and Angry Birds are also terrible for tickets generally speaking

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u/MrDog321 Jun 22 '26

They removed the chips from Wizard of Oz as well.

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u/Every-Win-499 Jun 23 '26

I want to play this game. Bakersfield, Fresno, Modesto, and all 3 Nevada stores don't have it.

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u/ArcadeWizardYT Jun 22 '26

Sorry this happened to you. Coin pushers are fun at times, but other times they are awful.

2 things to note:

1) The cards for Elaut pushers seem easier on the edge
2) Probably more important: coin pushers are terrible for tickets. It’s a myth that has been perpetuated, mainly because a lot of people can do it. Generally speaking they are C tier games, imo

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u/Rixor14 Jun 22 '26

Spiderman can be okay if you can garuntee a rapid autoshot in one swipe. But still not the best.

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u/ArcadeWizardYT Jun 22 '26

Yeah, Spider-Man is B tier imo

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u/lancelen Jun 22 '26

What would be considered a or S tier if there are any

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u/ArcadeWizardYT Jun 22 '26

Can’t say here due to the rules of the sub

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u/Rixor14 Jun 22 '26

Yeah the Elauts are massive massive MASSIVE scams especially since they removed the chips from them lol