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Cool Malc Thanks for your kind words earlier Aristomatic. I'd certainly like to know more about the curious auction too! I notice that green shield stamp paying machines were mentioned. I remember playing on of them on the Isle of Wight. A very high standing machine where the stamps came out of the...

I have noticed many reproduction flyers for slots appearing on ebay; things that people might want to place in a picture frame. Maybe as the originator you could place a watermark or something on the literature so it's of no use to somebody trying to exploit it. For established members on here, mayb...

I'd rather be in an auction room with all you guys on here because there is a trust and mutual respect of each other. We are all sensible rationale people. It's far better than being bumped into by ignorant selfish strangers in supermarkets who don't follow the floor markings and don't give a flying...

Well, lockdown over, it is and it isn't. I guess it depends on your mindset and risk to yourself and others about whether you take the plunge and think it's back to normal. So it's your decision if it's really over; my mum is shielding and she's been advised in a few weeks time she can go out. She h...

That's so true. Talking of car names, this made me laugh. When I was as a teenage lad at school discovering girls some friends bought in some early glamour magazines, Fiesta, Escort and wondered if Ford chose their car model names from the magazines? I was really disappointed when Ford never made a ...

I think it is a good time to sell if you have something you are not keen of. For the more fortunate who have been in lockdown and still being paid, many are sitting on a considerable pot having not spent anything. Ive seen many things other than coinops sell on ebay. way past what they are worth, a ...

Another hideous bandit on ebay
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-one- ... SwThFe53mt

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/one-arm-band ... SwBGJe455P

Has the lockdown impaired people's senses? Look at the price of this!

It's a terrible shame Jerry, I wish you well. I do live very close to Brighton and have done so since a child. So this is the end of the last vintage arcade in Brighton. I remember as far back to 1971 visiting the vintage machines with my dad on both piers and in the arches, where you are based, und...

brigham wrote: ↑Sat Jun 13, 2020 8:14 am Don't remember the 'Tuck Shop'.
Is that a new arrival?

Tuck Shop, you can view it here.

Is Swallow amusements the little one on Shanklin seafront, to the left of the cliff railway? I went there a few years back and played some great Bally four reelers, a Tooty Fruity and some old Brencos too. What a shame. Is there a link to the property anywhere with details, do they own the building ...

With the paranoia surrounding handling money, paranoia in general where your local shops, Boots, Tesco etc. weren't taking any cash, only cards, I think for many the seed that handling coins/cash is damaging has been sown. I actually had to use a tenner this morning in Boots to pay for something - t...

In these difficult times of this god awful virus I'm really concerned about some of the small amusements out there who were just about turning a living running vintage coin ops in their arcades. I'm particularly worried about my local one in Beach Road Pagham. It was run by Dean and Joe and they've ...

That's good then. I got a sparky mate who doesn't know a thing about bandits but he's done me a good turn many times tracing circuits and working it all out. Good luck with it all and be sure to post the pics when you get it all refurbished.

Clean up all the corrosion, get your spring and see if anything occurs? Be careful of the invisible blue stuff stuff that can make you go ouch; always wary of these electrical add-ons. Do you know a sparky who can run an electrical test over it to help you out?

Wow, you did it. Hats off to you as I was certainly pessimistic that anybody would ship it from here. Well done.

On top of the list, check your coin stock too. Anything bent, worn too thin or dirty can prevent slides from releasing, in your case its the upper ones. I always head straight to the coin tube, take it off and for me 95% of time its an upturned or crap coin. 5% of the time the upper slide plate bolt...

Well that's good as it's all working as it should. Fill the pot up manually about 3/4 full to start off with then watch the fascination of coins popping in there from the coin tube and then crashing into the cash box. I've lined my cashboxes with 1cm of cut foam to deaden the clatter as my wife gets...

I haven't owned one of these so can't help with whether your jackpot is aligned correctly. I'd assume if you actuate the mech and line up the jackpot symbols you will know whether the jackpot releases the coins. Then actuate the mech again to see if the jackpot mechanism closes, and if there is a se...

I remember vividly playing the exact machine that coppinpr has kindly posted an image of. Specifically it was in the Harrison's chain of arcades on Bognor Regis seafront next to Jones Garage. It was a dull machine to play as you could only really win 2 coins at a time. This being reliant on (as they...