Description: Serena's Prophecies, Robert Strauss, 1970s (exact date unknown). Robert Strauss was Steve Gronowski's Chicagoland Slot Machine show partner for many years. Steve made this machine just like the "old time" fortune tellers of the 1930s. Cabinet is solid oak and used heavy duty gears and motors to animate Serena. Her head moves left and right, chest moves as she breathes, right hand moves over the card and left hand moves over the crystal ball, and then dispenses a fortune card.