Kylie wants a new pair of shoes

 

Cinderelsa's having a baby, but I'm giving birth to success.

We went to Las Vegas over Thanksgiving because that's a thing people around here do. 

On our prior trip to Reno, I'd picked up a couple 1:12-ish table top slot machines that have the name of the city as part of the design. Here's the Reno one in Arvin Lebec's apartment.

Yes, Arvin makes "pull the handle, see if you get lucky" jokes to visitors.

This one was $5 at the car museum. I also have a silver one that says Virginia City, which set me back $10, but I was a little punchy at the time I bought that (plus everything is outrageously marked up in Virginia City, so hey). The Virginia City machine is in the game room of the Lil Bratz abode in the Playmobil Victorian Mansion.

So once we crossed the Nevada border, I was keeping an eye out for more tiny slot machines. I don't really need more, but it's a cute souvenir. Primm Mall and Casino, where we stopped to charge the car, no longer has a gift shop. Various kitschy shops on the Strip were charging $10 and up for a Las Vegas mini-slot machine, and Bonanza the World's Largest Gift Shop wanted $7.99. 

I was not vibing with this, as the more of these I have, the less novel the idea is, so at some point, they need to be $5 and under. There's a Walgreens across the street from Bonanza, so I said jokingly that we should check to see if it had a better price.

It had an entirely different machine.

Just the right shade of pink for Gambling Addiction Barbie.

This one is more blatantly plastic than its smaller compatriot. It similarly has a working handle. I picked through the stock to find out with a clearly printed Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sticker and slot results that line up correctly.

This one-armed bandit moonlights as a pencil sharpener.

This one is larger -- either a very large 1:12 or a small 1:6. It was also priced under $5. It came in Barbie Pink, so the 1:6 community can share in the gambling issues of the 1:12 and 1:18 dollhouse people.