Cyberdine Electronic Darts in Luton

Playing darts on an interesting board in Luton.

We recently returned to our old Luton stomping ground and while in town we spotted a brilliant darts game in the downstairs bar of The Gospoda Polish restaurant on Chapel Street.

A futuristic dart board if ever I saw one

As big fans of darts, strange games and odd machines - we had to take a closer look. We were amazed to see it was made by Cyberdine!

This particular product from the Cyberdine range is the CYD03-01.

In action on the soft tip darts game

We gave it a play and luckily it didn't become self-aware.

With the CYD03-01

Fellow darts and sci-fi movie aficionado Marc 'The Roller' Bazeley commented that it "Looks like the Raffletech 3000's long-lost cousin."

The RaffleTron!

Related blog posts:
- Darts
- Luton
- Novelty Automation arcade in London
- Cullercoats Lifeboat Charity Evening and the 'Raffletech 3010'

Links:
- The Gospoda
- Cyberdine Darts

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Cullercoats Lifeboat Charity Evening and the 'Raffletech 3010'

A Northumbrian Night fundraising event for the Cullercoats Lifeboat.

A recent visit to the north east saw our friend John 'Johnny Waffles' Moore take us to a Northumbrian Night in aid of the Whitley Bay & Cullercoats Lifeboat Guild.

The evening was held at the Cullercoats Crescent Club and was good fun, with song & dance and food & drink in a nice environment, and all for a great cause.

Regular readers of this blog will know I'm a fan of the obscure and ludicrous, but I was amazed at one of the prize draws during the night.

We've been to some interesting events on our travels - with the Thanet Ladies Auxiliary Quiz Night 2008 a highlight - but the Members Box Draw at this event was up there with the best of them!

I'm a big fan of a good old fashioned tombola and always go in for a raffle, but the Members Box Draw saw a machine called the Raffletech 3010 brought out to decide the winner!

The Raffletech 3010 - you really need to see this beauty in all its lit-up glory!

I'm not exaggerating when I say it wouldn't look out of place in a 'World of Tomorrow Feature' from an issue of a comic book printed in the 1950's!

Not winning the prize draw on the Raffletech 3010 - a pre-internet wooden cabinet technology machine

The Northumbrian Night was great entertainment - from the Newcastle Cloggies (dancers and musicians) - in good company, in a nice social club setting and some very reasonable drinks prices.

Note: I erroneously called the Raffletech 3010 'The Raffletron 3000' after seeing it on the night. Either way, what a machine!

Links:

- Cullercoats Lifeboat

- RNLI

- Cullercoats Crescent Club

- Newcastle Cloggies

Update: January 2015
A photo of the Raffletech raffle robot in action at the Cullercoats Crescent Club has been sent to me by Kay Heslop!

The Raffletech 3010 in use at the Cullercoats Crescent Club on New Year's Day 2015. I wonder if 428 was a winning number...