Expert: Rodger Knutson - 1/12/2011

Question
This is probably one of the more obscure questions you've received, but more than 20 years ago, a food mart near me had an electronic, coin operated scale, probably one of the earlier ones of its kind. This scale would tell you, after weighing you, how many calories per day you should consume over how many days to achieve ideal weight based on height and gender. It had three buttons - up, down, and enter - to help you enter your height and gender. When not in use, the scale had an animation showing a man striding up to the scale, stepping on it, inserting a quarter, then walking off, and a female sprite would enter and do the same, and so on. During the course that they had this scale, it went by three names - Weighmaster, Weighmaster II, and Videoscale, and most likely began being produced during the 1980s, I'm pretty sure around 1985 or 1986. If you know where I might be able to find this scale, or know of someone who does, I would be grateful, as I would like to acquire one of these scales.

Answer
Hi Mike,

I'll post this here just in case someone has one and reads your request here. I don't do scales but if someone writes me and has one for sale I'll get in touch with you on it. There is an allexpert scale expert here on this site, Bill and Jan Bering are their names, they have been in the sale business forever so you might try them, they may even have one. Good luck with this.

Thank You

Rodger Knutson
http://www.coinslots.com