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[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 49 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hell, if it's actually defunct it's probably worth more than 25 cents as memorabilia.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 84 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 29 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hell yeah! Yours looks even better than the picture so you could probably get 2 or even 3 dollars for it!

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago (2 children)

What if I give you a 1/3rd of the sale and you come on as my financial advisor?

[–] remotelove@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Invest it all in Bitcoin. You'll be a millionaire in a month.

[–] abirdperson@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

And then broke the next day.

[–] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There is something wrong with me. I read this as, "you can come on my as."

Dyslexia

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

The way you phrased that reminded me of "a school for ants" from Zoolander.

[–] generic@iusearchlinux.fyi 32 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I used to go to Q-ZAR all the time as a kid! Loved that place, I think I once had a birthday party there.

[–] ThirdWorldOrder@lemm.ee 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can’t believe they went out of business in ‘97. Fuck I’m getting old.

[–] abouttocomealive@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This shit gets me all the time.. '97 is 27 years ago. 27. Checks math, yes.. 27. Surely not? Feels like it's 10 years or so. Checks math.. no, 27.

[–] JonCecil@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It didn't go out of business in '97, I was 1000% there for a birthday party in 2000 or 2001. It seems the company went bankrupt in 1997, and the assets were sold multiple times over the years. Locations stayed open, and, according to Google at least, there seems to be at least a couple left in Ohio, and California?

Either way, this took me down a nice nostalgia hole, very nice.

[–] cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I was pretty sure Q-Zar continued to exist well after 1997, so I checked, and yeah, there continued to be Q-Zar locations after the 97 bankruptcy of one of the companies involved.

This location in NY has diversified into Axe Throwinggoogle street view of Q-Zar Laser Tag and Q-Axe Axe Throwing

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Oh nice! Now OP has somewhere to spend their coin.

[–] ogginger43 3 points 2 years ago

I had a few birthday parties at qzar growing up in Ohio in the 2000s.

[–] aaaantoine@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There's one still open in NY.

[–] Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Looks like the is a random one in Concord CA that survives. And it scored the domain name after the parent went bust.

[–] skulkbane@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

A few years ago I got a Japanese one yen back as change. Needless to say I don't live in Japan.

[–] xantoxis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

good to see they're still in circulation, i like to see a strong currency

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 7 points 2 years ago

Could.be useful to unlock shopping carts!

[–] graymess@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I would love to stumble on a Q-Zar coin.