Bottom of the Slots - The Hall of Shame
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Now I've had one of these and they are not as bad as they look. They are R&W made, very late '50s when everything modern looked like a TV screen. You can get green, blue, red and yellow ones and they light up great, as a decoration in a '50s-style diner, fantastic. They, of course, use old German mechs.
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I agree with you Paul.
I've had a blue one, which pops up on eBay every couple of years. I think they are much nicer than the Duchess or King versions that appear more often.
That particular one is rather grim though, especially as it is missing its payout tray, makes it overpriced as well me thinks.
I've had a blue one, which pops up on eBay every couple of years. I think they are much nicer than the Duchess or King versions that appear more often.
That particular one is rather grim though, especially as it is missing its payout tray, makes it overpriced as well me thinks.
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Quite like these coloured plastic lite-up type machines, not owned a R&W version yet. The one below is a real monster, "King Kong".
It seems to be a mixture or various machines, with Bell-Fruit badges, a gooseneck coin entry and the glass window from a Mills machine, which of course normally is on the inside of a machine... Certainly not pretty.
It seems to be a mixture or various machines, with Bell-Fruit badges, a gooseneck coin entry and the glass window from a Mills machine, which of course normally is on the inside of a machine... Certainly not pretty.
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Is this the ugliest allwin ever?
Topic merged - Site Admin.
Rare, perhaps, but not my cup of tea at all.
Rare, perhaps, but not my cup of tea at all.
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Re: is this the ugliest allwin ever?
Do you know it's a toy about 6" high.
They sell for about £30 at antique fairs.
They sell for about £30 at antique fairs.
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Re: is this the ugliest allwin ever?
Yes, I did - it's only a few inches high, although made to look big in the photo, but it's still an allwin and it's still ugly.
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Re: is this the ugliest allwin ever?
Oh well .................. I'll have to get you something else now for your birthday!
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Re: Is this the ugliest allwin ever?
Being a butcher I thought you'd like chocolate coated tripe, no pleasing some!
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Ye Gods and buckets of blood and fire Andy, what the hell is the story behind that ?
I thought the Jennings with a totally flat stainless sheet metal front
was the pits but that one is really something else.
It borders on being so ugly I nearly want one.
I thought the Jennings with a totally flat stainless sheet metal front
was the pits but that one is really something else.
It borders on being so ugly I nearly want one.
Re: Bottom of the Slots - The Hall of Shame
Topics well merged site admin.
Yes, someone ( ) followed up a lead on another "one of a kind", "rare" "early Australian pokie machine".................and found this monstrosity under a Gum tree.
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Yes, someone ( ) followed up a lead on another "one of a kind", "rare" "early Australian pokie machine".................and found this monstrosity under a Gum tree.
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I wonder if this is an Aussie conversion like happened to so many machines in the UK. Would be interesting to see what mechanism is used, looks very narrow. Could this be a German mechanism?
Not sure about the pull arm, a bit agricultural.
Not sure about the pull arm, a bit agricultural.
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Offered for a mere thousand.
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Make of it what you will T-F
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Make of it what you will T-F
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Well I'll let TF give his version, but I think I could make a doorstep out of it.
As for its antecedents ..... at first I thought it looked like a mech from a Bell Fruit bandit
Then I realised I hadn't had my lunch.
BP
As for its antecedents ..... at first I thought it looked like a mech from a Bell Fruit bandit
Then I realised I hadn't had my lunch.
BP
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Hi, Andy.
Well, I really like the floor it is standing on. Is that natural stone?
Cheers,
Al
Well, I really like the floor it is standing on. Is that natural stone?
Cheers,
Al
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Re: Bottom of the Slots - The Hall of Shame
You have all missed the point, it's clearly a brilliant idea to save space in arcades by combining a slot machine and a radiator, perhaps advertised as "the hottest machine in town"
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I seem to have a lot of doorstops and far less doors.....
Not a Bell mech me thinks, as I have one in the shed, and looks nought like this... Not Aristo or N&M either... more like traditional US Mills-based, with a few tweaks........
Not a Bell mech me thinks, as I have one in the shed, and looks nought like this... Not Aristo or N&M either... more like traditional US Mills-based, with a few tweaks........
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