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- Sun Oct 01, 2023 8:10 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Time flys by
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1006
Time flys by for mee too
I had a Mars Bar vending machine by the age of 12, but I got my first ever coin operated game after I did some work experience for CT Leisure in Leicester aged just 14 (40 years ago). I begged and begged them for one of the pintables they had in the basement which were destined for scrap, and despit...
- Sun Sep 24, 2023 9:22 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Time flys by
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1006
Re: Time flys by
But you still have nut-jobs like me to keep you sane!
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:57 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Jennings Indian Heads (just the heads)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
Re: Jennings Indian Heads (just the heads)
Good question on metal. I would guess brass, based on colour… and yes, a lot of chancers out there, also a load of repro stuff. People are painting on mirrors for famous brands or shop cabinets, making up adverts in light boxes in their hundreds pretending to be originals. It used to be bad enough ...
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:11 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Jennings Indian Heads (just the heads)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 400
Jennings Indian Heads (just the heads)
Very recently I've noticed a few "original" Jennings Indian brass heads (originally from the front of a Jennings Governor) go on Ebay for up to £650, and purportedly made of bronze! I remember paying a lot less than that for a whole machine (back in the day) and anyway I've always known th...
- Sat Jun 04, 2022 12:07 am
- Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
- Topic: Revamped Beromat-type bandits
- Replies: 197
- Views: 128161
Re: Revamped Beromat-type bandits
I think I used to own that silver one.
- Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:43 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: 50p coins sell for more than their face value due to errors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 794
Re: 50p coins sell for more than their face value due to errors
I suppose it's a typical story from the mainstream media, manipulated so as to appeal to the sullied masses. I've just been researching the other types of errors found on coins... It looks like all the decent ones are in the bag by now. There's also a market for fakes... https://coinhunter.co.uk/err...
- Mon Jan 03, 2022 4:35 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: 50p coins sell for more than their face value due to errors
- Replies: 2
- Views: 794
- Mon Sep 06, 2021 8:16 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Streets Shooter Conversion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1527
Re: Streets Shooter Conversion
Case solved then
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 11:05 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Greaves Amusements Story PT2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1042
Re: Greaves Amusements Story PT2
That's young Conor as a test pilot! He's 22 now. I started working in the amusement industry when I was 17, back in 1987 ish. I'm 52 now (so they tell me! :D ) Can you send me that document we talked about matey? That machine is performing beautifully by the way, I prefer the action on the Gunter Wu...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 10:54 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Streets Shooter Conversion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1527
Cromptons Shooter Conversion
EEK! Holding onto that gun with sweaty paws as you jump around with 240 muscle spasms would probably go un-noticed......until the HSE inquest! BTW: In the case of a fatal shock the Health & Safety executive are very efficient at hunting down the person responsible and bringing them to justice. I...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:56 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Greaves Amusements Story PT2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1042
Re: Greaves Amusements Story PT2
I seem to recall those AL sales were like "Storage Wars". They were quite modern machines, like a couple of years old but which had failed on site for some minor reason and they just dumped them downstairs and wrapped them in clingfilm. Sometimes you'd be lucky and get a nearly new game wo...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:42 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Streets Shooter Conversion
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1527
Streets Shooter Conversion
Topic moved from Tips & Tricks - Site Admin. A while back I briefly discussed one of my first projects for Stein Electronics was the 'Shoot Dem Bones' shooter revamp for the Darrell Hesketh museum collection. It had already been established that the original 240v stylus/contact mechanism was bo...
- Sun Sep 05, 2021 9:15 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Greaves Amusements Story PT2
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1042
Greaves Amusements Story PT2
Some time ago I provided some historical information regarding the Leicester company Greaves Amusements. I've known the Greaves family since I was about 10 years old when they were re-manufacturing Bally bandits (actually they weren't officially endorsed by the Bally Corporation and Bally didn't tak...
- Thu Dec 22, 2016 1:37 am
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: "Jennings Indian Jackpot LED One Arm Bandit"
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3272
"Jennings Indian Jackpot LED One Arm Bandit"
Hi folks, it's been a while. Merry Christmas and all that. Oh yes the "thing" I saw: Whilst browsing the net for something totally unrelated, a random ad for a Jennings Governor caught my eye. I just thought "hang on, these are not the kind of things you normally see in a pop-up adver...
- Tue Nov 24, 2015 6:50 pm
- Forum: Resources
- Topic: Associated Leisure and the "Mafia" story.
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2216
Associated Leisure and the "Mafia" story.
I found this interesting article detailing the history of "Phonographic Equipment Company" in the 1960's which was later to be known as "Associated Leisure".
http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/wp-co ... ny-Ltd.pdf
http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.uk/wp-co ... ny-Ltd.pdf
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 3:45 pm
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Bell Fruit slots video
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6452
Re: Bell Fruit slots video
That top picture is wonderful.
The curved glass and the neon, the sort of shapes you don't appreciate until they are gone.
I used to look after an arcade in Wisbech which had a similar frontage.
The curved glass and the neon, the sort of shapes you don't appreciate until they are gone.
I used to look after an arcade in Wisbech which had a similar frontage.
- Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:27 am
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Bell Fruit slots video
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6452
Re: Bell Fruit slots video
That very same one (or two)!
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:42 pm
- Forum: See it Operate!
- Topic: Bell Fruit slots video
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6452
Bell Fruit slots video
Hi,
I found this nice video online made by Bell Fruit who of course had a good line in producing good old british mechanical slots! (Don't skip through the video or it will stop).
http://www.web160424.clarahost.co.uk/Vi ... rks_lo.mp4
I found this nice video online made by Bell Fruit who of course had a good line in producing good old british mechanical slots! (Don't skip through the video or it will stop).
http://www.web160424.clarahost.co.uk/Vi ... rks_lo.mp4
- Thu Apr 23, 2015 11:55 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Help on wiper motors.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11925
Re: Help on wiper motors.
Yep, well spotted! It was a rubbish example.
That'll teach me not to post on forums during meetings at work!
That'll teach me not to post on forums during meetings at work!
- Mon Feb 23, 2015 7:05 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Help on wiper motors.
- Replies: 9
- Views: 11925
Re: Help on wiper motors.
Although wiper motors are cheap and plentiful they will require a large 12v power supply, which will add to the weight, heat build-up and electrical consumption because transformers are only like 30% efficient, unless you use a switched-mode power supply (80% efficiency). It's best to use the tradit...