The pinballs have been saved from the wrecking ball, says the Facebook page of Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum.
“Bing bing! Free game!”
This nostalgia-soaked arcade of game-playing, beloved by kids as well as young-at-heart adults, will dodge demolition by moving a mile north, from Farmington Hills to West Bloomfield, says Jeremy Yagoda, who inherited the arcade business from his late father, Marvin Yagoda.
Colorful lights, whimsical signs and games fill the busy and fun interior of Marvin’s Marvelous Mechanical Museum in Farmington Hills on Wednesday, November 15, 2023.
Whoa, tilt! — almost.
The arcade seemed doomed in February when the Farmington Hills City Council approved the demolition of its building on Orchard Lake Road near 14 Mile. Despite an outpouring of objections from fans of the spot, the arcade seemed unable to find or afford a new location since then.
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But Jeremy Yagoda announced on Monday that he’d found a much bigger site, also on Orchard Lake Road, at the northeast corner of Maple in West Bloomfield Township.
“Our last day at the current location is Jan. 5,” said Yagoda on the Facebook page. He had no date for reopening but said he hopes it would be soon for the offbeat site of child-friendly escapism. It’s a place that a Free Press columnist described this way: “a potpourri of amusements, vintage posters, toy airplanes, pinball, fortune tellers, Skee-Ball machines and cheap toys you can win with tickets.”
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