Has anyone admitted to being "Menavision?"

[accousticguitar]

I'm of the opinion, however, the guy's story about his dad making the molds for the carts is bogus.

That's one reason I would like to see someone interview Jay Moore. Maybe it would shed some light on this one way or the other.

[Ranthulfr]

I was surprised to find that someone has set up a site about the company. It appears to pre-date the box discovery:

http://www.men-a-vision.com/

 

No new clues or revelations there though, unless I overlooked something.

[+Psionic]

I was surprised to find that someone has set up a site about the company. It appears to pre-date the box discovery:

http://www.men-a-vision.com/

 

No new clues or revelations there though, unless I overlooked something.

No, that site was set up after the box was discovered. You won't find any revelations, because the guy who started it is a member here and only knows what the rest of us know.

[A.J. Franzman]

Here is some history on the OAK company, although it has been merged with another company.

 

OAK

Nice find! I'm convinced by the font used on the building signage that this is indeed the same company. It looks like they supply copperclad fiberglass/epoxy-resin circuit boards, and the later steps of etching, solder-masking, legend printing, component stuffing, soldering, etc. would have been done by another company in the instance of Men-A-Vision. (In Atari's case, they or their overseas subcontractor factories would probably have done those steps themselves).

Edited January 1, 2011 by A.J. Franzman