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Hello, can anyone here confirm the name of this French collector, filmed here in 1991?
"A. Simon" is given. There is an Andre Simon listed in the Thanks of Jean Lemaitre's book, so I'm assuming it's him, but that's still an assumption. Would love confirmation.

john t peterson wrote: ↑Wed May 31, 2023 10:57 am Cresset Pickwick for 460? Someone stole one.

J Peterson
Jealous, USA

Yeah if I see a Pickwick in North America for under, say, $1000 USD I will want it. (but almost none in NA)

LOL like who is that comment even possibly addressed to? someone's grumpy

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Nic Costa is a coinop historian perhaps best known for his Automatic Pleasures book and the memorable auction of his outstanding collection. Under the care of Dr. Alan Meades (author of Arcade Britannia,) the Nic Costa Archive has been digitized. I have uploaded it to archive.org as a large ZIP file...

I did a write-up about Rialto, and borrowed some of the pics from this thread to show the difference with Bingolet
http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/ ... wulff.html

From Undumped Wiki : Ding A Bell is a non-slot gambling game created by Dennis Jezzard Ltd. and released in 1977. This game is screenless. Ding A Bell is mentioned on page 19 of Nov. 77 Play Meter. This will need to be corrected because I have a listing for Ding-A-Bell in a publication from 1974......

Thank you kindly, pennymachines! The Ding-A-Bell and Spinna Winna pics are good. blog.goo.ne.jp is just a platform, like blogspot, but I assume you meant to link to the nazox2016 blog. https://blog.goo.ne.jp/nazox2016/e/5775def28ac87bc3506b345c77f12e43 nazox2016 is a friend, and if you read through ...

I do not know if the D handle raises the pins there, or is perhaps just for carrying it. I am not an expert on European table games, but thankfully there are a number of them out there. I am grateful to these site creators, but also keep in mind that these are general overviews and have a number of ...

Can you please link me? I don't see it. Or was it an old auction?

Looking for more information, and happy to share what I have in case you haven't seen... Ding-A-Bell, imported into Japan by at least 1975, listed as made by Dennis Jezzard. Does anyone know the year this came out, or have a better photograph? https://ptpimg.me/bnvsl2.jpg Tote Roll-Up Anyone know th...

Like most simple arcade machines, it's a variation on an old kid's game. These would be the kind of game where a ball rolls down a ramp or chute and you have an ability to aim/deflect it towards some pins.
Here's a great example.

Hey that one's pretty cool, taking a bit of inspiration from the Japanese machines there.
This yours?

pennymachines wrote: ↑Wed Mar 15, 2023 1:17 pm Mono Rail Skittle Alley, New Polyphon Supply Co., c1910 (image courtesy Sweetmeats)

Oh wow, what a great find!!! Thank you for sharing. I wonder what specific mechanisms they used to set the pins?
There are very few coin-op machines that attempted a bowling naco setup.

Hello everyone, I have some updates. Happy Horses was made by Gayton Games and sold by London Coin Company and imported into Japan by ジャトレ (Jatre) who were later bought by Konami. It was made in 1974 and immediately there was a large order to Japan, so that's kind of cool. Formula One is by Mayfield...

I don't think I've ever encountered Crompton's Penny On Ice but I'm sure some of our members remember playing it. These early pushers are very rare because most have been replaced with modern versions and they don't tend to end up in people's living rooms. This is the only picture I have of it from...

I take this opportunity to ask, do you ever know, my collection misses the pinball called "Vegas" by Gameplan. https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=2725 I saw that it was sold a few years ago in Canada, and since...nothing!!! Agreed on JJP. And on the topic of Vegas, see https://www.maaca....

These ridiculous USA machines even made it to Japan in the 70s:
this is 1976 ホームラン王! ルースター君 (Home run king! Mr. Rooster) [import] by 友栄 (UA) and Animal Behavior Enterprises

A collection of JJP and Gameplan? Love it!

I posted these pictures to the facebook "Fruit machines and electromechanical games" group, So figure I should also put them here as well: The first one is an 8-sided 4-player roulette game that would have been from the 1960s, as the picture here is from 1969. https://ptpimg.me/9em046.jpg ...