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- Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:40 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Kiss of Death
- Replies: 7
- Views: 411
Re: Kiss of Death
20% away from Ship of Theseus.....
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 10:49 pm
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Rotamints
- Replies: 212
- Views: 52741
Re: Rotamints
NB, by 'leaf springs' I'm guessing BP means 'leaf switches'.
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 10:58 am
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Contraband Spain movie, 1955: arcade games identified
- Replies: 12
- Views: 503
Re: Contraband Spain movie, 1955: arcade games identified
The Mermaid conversions were Duel Artillery - two-player games.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 10:59 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Need a Guru
- Replies: 17
- Views: 697
- Wed Mar 13, 2024 12:07 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Hellomat Quarta (CAM conversion) identified
- Replies: 6
- Views: 348
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 12:03 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1012
Re: Punch and Judy Allwin - rough value?
I've been operating machines for not far short of 30 years, but have always considered myself to be first and foremost a collector. That said, I've bought many, many machines over the years with a view to operating, rather than them being particularly desirable, collectable machines.
- Wed Feb 21, 2024 11:04 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Fortune Teller Machine Finished!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 312
Re: Fortune Teller Machine Finished!
Most impressive - you've clearly put a lot of work into that
As others have suggested, it would be nice to see some of the nuts and bolts making it work!
As others have suggested, it would be nice to see some of the nuts and bolts making it work!
- Sat Feb 10, 2024 11:38 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Fruite Whirle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2345
Re: Fruite Whirle
Sadly, quite a few Bryans machines fall into that category........sorry Simon
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 5:44 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Fruite Whirle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2345
Re: Fruite Whirle
Baloons' at 0:21 must be a rarity. Yes, although its rarity has just gone down by around 33%. I owned one for a good number of years, although I no longer have it. There are two collectors up north who have each owned one for many years, and as far as I am aware still have them, so that makes three...
- Thu Feb 08, 2024 12:20 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Pete Barson wall machine identified
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1186
Re: Can anyone ID this machine?
Yes, I think that's definitely one of Pete's. For many years I had one of his 'Over the Falls' machines, and there are too many similarities for it not to be.
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 12:32 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1247
Re: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity
Many moons ago, I'm guessing 2006/7 I wrote quite a long piece about the Futurity for Mechanical Memories Magazine, specifically how it worked. If I get a chance over the next week or so, I'll have a chat with Mr P and perhaps we could post the article in the Arena, with some additional pictures - n...
- Thu Feb 01, 2024 7:50 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1247
Re: Quite a rare beasty - Mills Futurity
Very nice J, very nice indeed. Although I'm not really much of a bandit man, certainly not so much as I once was, the Futurity is one machine that I would love to own. And you say you just happened to arrive back with it when returning from Coventry? Well, I've been to Coventry on quite a few occasi...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 11:30 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
Here's a couple of pictures of my Old King Cole, which I totally rebuilt around 15 years ago. Not great pictures, but may give you some ideas when rebuilding the case for your machine.
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 12:30 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
So do we know who produced the Sooty machines? And what about the Old King Cole machines? I've always thought they were all pretty horrendous, but my antipathy is beginning to soften.
- Fri Jan 26, 2024 6:27 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Bryans Hidden Treasure
- Replies: 33
- Views: 5043
Re: Bryans Hidden Treasure
I have been pondering these Roman numerals, and like others, have nothing to offer as to what they are or refer to, other than this: From the pictures we can see in this thread, they appear to be original - that is to say, they were stamped or scratched on at the same time as the serial numbers, rat...
- Wed Jan 24, 2024 12:36 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Worth a few bob!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 941
Re: Worth a few bob!
So if the photo is 124 years old (or thereabouts) why would the machines have been confiscated? !PUZZLED! I did wonder when I first saw the picture at the start of this thread, why the machines would have been arranged in such a neat display. Surely, confiscated machines would have just been dumped ...
- Sat Jan 20, 2024 5:48 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Myers double Road Test
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1251
Re: Myers double Road Test
Amazing how the so-called expert didn't seem to know how it worked, but miraculously knew what it was worth!
- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:21 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Happy New Year
- Replies: 5
- Views: 711
Re: Happy New Year
You're a bit late to the party here Jimmy - 4th Jan? You must have had a damn good one
But happy New Year to you!
But happy New Year to you!
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:02 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Bryans Gapwin Project
- Replies: 30
- Views: 7278
Re: Bryans Gapwin Project
Well, maybe the nobs I was referring to just can't spell knob
- Mon Jan 01, 2024 3:56 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Saleroom roundups
- Replies: 242
- Views: 141827
Re: Saleroom roundups
Works OK for me. I'm trying to decide whether that Dennison fortune teller was cheap-ish, even with the silly commission. Probably not the most desirable Dennison, but I would still have expected it to sell for a little more.