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Redondo Fun Factory
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Category: Amusement Parks [Edit]
Neighborhood: Redondo Beach123 International Boardwalk
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
(310) 379-8510
- Hours:
Mon., Wed-Thu. 2:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Fri. 2:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sat. 12:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.
Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
- Good for Kids:
- Yes
15 reviews for Redondo Fun Factory
duuuu-hoooo-dddeeeeee.....
i LOVE this place. ok. its dirty. its janky. its trashy as hell. its kinda like if kat von d were a theme park, and you could go in her ear and come out of her....well...yea...its what i would imagine the inside of her to be like.
anyways, the bathroom has no lock on it, and its one stall, so if your in there doing who knows what anyone can pop right in and SUPRISE!!!!!
yay!
love it.
also, the "prizes"....
oh my GOD...where do they get this shit?!!!?!? its like they hijacked a train of JUNK from 1976 and squirrled it away at the fun factory.
old lotion? 15 tickets.
a broken plastic eyepatch? thats gonna run you about 75 tickets
some old soap? 95 tickets
those are the prizes. but shit. nobody comes here for the games. or the prizes.
you come here to get DRUNK and eat seafood and hope you dont get sick on the tilt-o-whirl.
you come here to sit back and look at all the washed up cholos and their hynas!
you come here to have a good time with your kids, and did i mention get DRUNK?
i love this place. always have. always will. the whole boardwalk is the shit.
This Place is fun. It is a total old school dump, but fun. We went here in search of Pinball, and they had removed all pinball machines. NO PINBALL! Which was a bummer as my friends and I are on a search for a Monster Bash game in LA. This place hasn't changed its decor from the 70s and that is nice. It gets hot and sweaty, its ghetto with out the gang bangers, a good honest family place. definitely do the following games: Shoot the red star out with the BB gun, Ski-ball, the soccer goal kicking game, the horse racing game(the caller's teeth make it worth it and he is super nice), Time crisis, and the MUST DO thing here is the Tilt-a-whirl. It looks and sounds cheesy, but it's an oldie but a goodie. Also bring lots of hand sanitizer because there is no soap in the bathroom, thank god my wife is a germaphobe.
where else can you waste money trying to win a huge jawbreaker, buy giant gum balls, ride the tilt a whirl and "win" from a selection as diverse as a dr. laura doll to fake tupperware to an iron? why, only at the redondo fun factory, of course!
One of the mainstays of the Redondo Beach Pier, I remember always making sure to take a visit here whenever I came with my family when I was younger. In fact, one time I distinctly remember RUNNING away from my parents just to walk around looking at all the arcades and machines. Of course, my parents knew me well enough to know where I ran off too and immediately caught me and dragged me back about 3 minutes after I escaped their clutches.
Now that I've grown up, this place is undoubtedly has a really ghetto look and feel, but honestly, I believe it adds to the charm of the whole place. Like all the other reviewers say, the place looks like it got stuck permenantly in the 1970's - 1980's. It has a very carnival feel to it with a couple of more modern games tossed in, which is a huge plus as it is one of the only places in California probably that still makes sure to keep the most updated versions of DDR and Pump It Up.
The fact that it is also surrounded by good eats, the beach and is just in an overall amazing places makes it a place worth visiting once when you're in the South Bay.
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I loved this place when I was a small child, and I love the fact that the same machines are still here and playable today. Such as the ol Tilt-A-Whirl. Is it even legal to operate that machine?
Really the best part of this place is the little prize shop. It's hilarious. Especially after drinking alot at Najas... They used to have fun stuff that you could win, but nowadays you can win anything from a plate, a thimble, du-rags, random belt loop cell phone holders, a credenza, cat treats, a talking ronald regan doll, fatboy laces, evil xmas ornaments, a math compass, grandfather clock, and thimbles. AWESOME.
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Seems like most of the real positive reviews here come from those nostalgic folks who used to visit the place as kids in the 80s.
No offense, but for those of us living in THIS century, this place is indeed janky! The games range from ancient (I don't feel right paying a dollar to play a game from 1987) to the new-but-tacky (i.e. DDR & Deal or No Deal). Even the games hyped as cutting-edge feel ridiculously dated and if the price to play was only a quarter, I might not mind... but man!
Perhaps it's not really the arcade's fault; it seems like arcade machine makers simply stopped trying after 1997.
However, this place does earn points for 2 things.
1) Air hockey -- a classic that never dies and they have many tables for you to use.
2) The Tilt-A-Whirl. Surprisingly, this is one of the best parts of the whole thing! It's cheap and trust me, it's a lot more fun than it looks. So give it a try (not much to lose)!
There aren't many arcades like this left. It has a unique combination of rides, games of chance, pinball, classic arcade and cutting edge arcade games.
The place is pretty large. I was surprised. There is an attached seafood restaurant, too.
We mostly played the games that give you tickets. Skeeball, Stacker Skeeball and the ledge tables. I played some pinball. They had my favorite, Theater of Magic. Unfortunately, many of the pinball machines were off. I was saddened.
There is a giant Tilt-A-Whirl inside. Rides are $1.50. My niece got on it and whipped around like crazy. She loved it.
They had INTERESTING prizes available. My niece had enough to get a "surprise" box. It had some things in there that she liked, but it also contained a box of s hooks. What kid wants those?
Our favorite was the fortune teller machine. She reminds me of Esmerelda at the Penny Arcade on Main Street at Disneyland. She isn't quite as pretty and had these creepy moveable eyes. They produce similar type fortune cards, however.
One machine that I wanted to use was Morgana, the fortune telling head from the future. (It is a late 70s type machine) It wasn't working however. Too bad. I remember seeing her at travelling carnivals, when I was a kid.
They had some carnival type games. They had seen better days.
If you're into the newer games, they have some of them, too.
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Before my tastebuds had matured and I didn't crave good food this place was the only reason I would go with my family to Redondo when I was a kid. I loved wasting my parents hard earned money in this huge arcade. I would keep popping in quarters into their ledges or wedges machines to get those plastic tokens and tickets, to get cheaply made prizes and huge ugly stuffed animals. This place hasn't changed much since i've been going in the 80s, most of the machines are the same and so are the prizes. I have never been on the tilt-a-whirl, it just isnt my thing. This is a great place to hang and digest all that awesome food that you ate along the pier.
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I cannot be objective about this place because it was a favorite when I was a kid. As an adult, I can appreciate that this place is truly odd. It's got a kind of insane junk shop vibe. They've got vintage signs all over the place- old political campaign signs, street signs, random placards like from the John Birch society and labor unions. They've got all kinds of other random stuff hanging from the ceilings, too. Plus they've got a ton of vintage games, and the old standards like skee ball. I still love this place. I think its "jankiness" is a big part of its charm.
This is my new favourite place on the pier (it changes often so keep up). We wandered in here after breakfast on the pier one day and I was delighted with the charm of the place - its absolutely huge don't be fooled by the outside. Amongst the modern machines and space invader games from the 90s - you will find the odd antique game including the derby horse race game! Love it. As for the prizes - who doesn't want a glowing lit up Virgin Mary for their bathroom?
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This was the jankiest arcade I have ever seen. Most of the games were broken, dirty or just plain ancient. The employees did not speak english and were down right rude to my kids, arguing with them about how many tickets they had. Obviously math is not a hiring requirement. The prizes they offered were pathetic. Why would you give away prizes like a wine sleeve, AA batteries, braclets and picture frames with the name Brittany & Anne on them? AWFUL PLACE!!!
This place has no appeal to adults but I have a lot of fond childhood memories in this place and I suspect many other kids will, too.
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a good place to go to take young ones. lots of carnival style games, and video games such as pac-man, dance dance revolution, and the latest one, deal or no deal. redondo pier is kind of run down, but if you're not a snob and can mingle with your everyday crowd you'll fit right in. (aka - don't come here with your dressed up chihuahua and matching coach shoes/purse)...
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This is the indoor arcade on Redondo Pier. I know nothing about arcade games.....I just wandered in here during my evening walk last night. I was surprised at its enormous size, much bigger than it appears from the outside. Hanging from the ceiling throughout the area were, conservatively, dozens of pieces of impressive and fun memorabilia: vintage Santas, diving equipment, old political posters, bikes & tricycles, roadsigns, a fake bird in a rusted cage, boats, vintage shoes......and lots of coveted old beach & roadsigns, including one from the Jersey Shore. Lots of advertising memorabilia from the sixties that I would kill to have. As I walked around I was thinking that this is a very very cool place. There were games galore, including Pac Man(s) & even some manned carnival-type stuff and a tilt-o-whirl. All indoors! They had the customary super cheesy prizes - plastic fantastic everything with blinking lights. Would you believe they even validate pier parking. I am lucky to be only a short walk away from home because it is obvious I need to spend more time scrutinizing the collectibles.
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i loved this place when i was kid. now i just think it stinks. well it is riight by all these seafood restaurants.. i gave it four stars bcoz i loved the place when i was a kid. take your kids there they'll enjoy it.. prizes suck but the ride is fun closed on tuesdays.
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