Souvenirs from MARs

The Pacific Science Center Mold-A-Rama.

I had a great time researching and writing a story about one of my favourite topics, Mold-A-Rama, for Seattle Metropolitan. "Souvenirs from MARs" is in their July issue, on newsstands now, but they've posted the full text online, along with some nifty animated GIFs. Mold-A-Rama made its public debut at the Century 21 Exposition during the 1962 World's Fair in Seattle. I'd latched onto this topic after getting to know a man named Bill Bollman, who collects and restores coin-operated vending machines. Since discovering these machines for himself, they've more or less eclipsed the rest of his collection.