Brenco Machines

[pennymachines]

Terrific website - very attractive design, the best (and only) resource on these neglected games. I've put a link to your site in the Archive.
Was your interest in Brenco triggered by playing the machines or were you involved in a professional capacity?

I briefly owned a large-ish wall-mounted Brenco. All I remember is that it worked on the old penny (which would date it to the 60s); it had a white Formica rectangular cabinet and made the house lights flicker when it paid out.

[Guest]

Thanks PennyMachines for posting a link to my site and the kind comments.
My interest in Brenco machines was solely through playing them. They were some of the first machines that I can remember playing in the early 1970s in Blackpool and of course winning the 10 pence jackpot was the best thing ever!

I'm thinking the machine you used to own sounds like Penny Popper or Penny Triple Tap. It's hard to say for sure but these two machines certainly fit your description. I'll be posting pictures of these machines soon!

[pennymachines]

Triple Tap seems to ring a bell. In fact, maybe it did ring a bell when it paid out...

[malcymal]

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I've posted this before, but for any new guys coming on board who weren't aware of it, check out the only website dedicated to the dear old clunky chunky Brenco electo-mechanical slots of old. http://www.fruitmachinemuseum.co.uk/# Used to love playing on them machines. Not sure if there has been anything new added of late but in case anybody has any Brenco resources kicking around perhaps you could mail the site owner.

[toibs]

Oh wow!!! Of particular interest to be as I come from Bristol originally, however then spent 10 years living in Clevedon, so Weston Super Mare was my local week-night haunt. I remember the King Strike (would love one of those again!) and also the Skee Ball - Explains why most of the arcades around there had at least 4, with the pier having around 8 in a row!

Anyone know whereabouts in WSM they were based?

[riche100]

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Hi there, I can get my hands on a Brenco Lucky Stop in need of tlc. What's the going rate for a bog heap of a machine to a restored one please?

Many thanks

rich

[pennymachines]

Hi Rich,

Although it cost £230 in 1968, I suspect it might struggle to make that today, even in perfect condition. In poor, non-working order, I think it would be nearer £50. That's not to say it isn't a rare and interesting game. It's just that late '60s mains voltage bandits have yet to take off with vintage coin-op collectors. Negatives are size, weight, restoration and safety issues pertaining to old electrical systems, and relative modernity.

Maybe PSD's Brenco Museum will change that by engendering more interest in them.

First seen at the "Preview '69" in the ballroom of the Royal Lancaster Hotel, Bayswater Road, London on the 6th and 7th of November 1968. According to Coin Slot, "The new three reeler Lucky Stop is believed to be the first British electric upright to be specially built for the penny trade".
As decimalisation was creeping in, Brenco offered to convert any of their machines to decimal payouts for £10. Would have cost you £230 to buy new. Mains voltage.

Retro arcade collectors (of post-decimal machines) are a rather different breed, and I'm not au fait with values in this field.
You may find these sites more helpful:
Reel Fruits.co.uk (has a forum)
The Gamesroom Croydon

[riche100]

Thank you for the reply and the link.

[brencoman]

hi where abouts is it i would buy it ring me 07966121006

[jingle]

I have some brenco machines for sale
And some jamieson s
Pm me if your looking for a particular machine
There's Bout 10 to pick from

[brencoman]

swinging swinger on old 1d

[moonriver]

Triple Tap seems to ring a bell. In fact, maybe it did ring a bell when it paid out...

I'm operating a Triple Tap machine in my arcade, originally on new 1p, now I've converted it to old penny.
What a job. Literally everything had to be changed , coin mech, coin slides and chutes, even the split pins on the playfield had to be repositioned. Also the winning gate values had to be changed as the win frequency changed with the change of the diameter of larger coins. Payout slide and coin tube change.
But it was worth it. It's now very popular, and yes it does ring the bell for every coin when you win!

My point being it would still have been in a shed if still on new 1p