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by gameswat
Sat Jan 27, 2024 1:06 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Australian Manufactured Coin Op Machines
Replies: 94
Views: 69992

Re: Australian Manufactured Coin Op Machines

Just been servicing the 1921 Perfume Fountain machine I purchased from Bob Klepner and later sold. The current owner had lost the Patent I gave him and while looking for that online yesterday I stumbled on to the most amazing interview with the original maker from 1975! The only other Aussie history...
by gameswat
Thu Jan 11, 2024 7:52 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Hey Roger, PM passed on your Donkey story, pity you didn't "pull the trigger" yourself! !OMFG! I believe this Monkey advert was from the Police Gazette, here private labelled for Samuel Nafew, who did that a lot. Beuschel calls it the Educated Monkey in his Arcade 1 book. The Patent was ap...
by gameswat
Thu Jan 11, 2024 3:52 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Hey Roger, the round pedestal was only used on the Elephant and Donkey. The first machine had a square pedestal, the lost Educated Monkey that threw dice. The Madame Zita, Puss in Boots and Educated Bulldog all used the bowed four legs. The five Elephants I worked on all had original iron pedestals,...
by gameswat
Tue Jan 09, 2024 4:40 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Hey Roger, have never had your email. What's the big secret anyway? And was the story I told about Ken the one you were thinking about? I've heard hundreds of interesting stories about machines and collectors over the years but have to say I've forgotten more than I can remember anymore.
by gameswat
Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:41 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Actually I think Gorski reproed less of the Madam Zita and Donkey, maybe closer to 30 of each. He told me but I'm vague now. Though he did say it was three runs of the Puss in Boots at 30 per run over 30 years! There are just under 20 originals of those known.
by gameswat
Sun Jan 07, 2024 2:36 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Here are several videos I made years ago of the last couple of these machines I worked on. These videos and some others were lost for 6 years and when i stumbled onto them hidden in the wrong file I was shocked to see them again. At this point I was about 500+ hours into both. But later that was ove...
by gameswat
Sat Jan 06, 2024 10:59 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Hey Roger, not a lot to go on... Ken had many machines with curved glass. He loved cigar vendors and quite a few of those would suit, plus other early vendors. I guess you are alluding to the Roovers Donkey he owned in the curved glass case, only two known examples. But the crazy story I know was ac...
by gameswat
Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Ken certainly loved his machines as much as anybody ever could. Which is what I was trying to point out when his Elephant went SPROING, even with a house full of 80 machines he was beside himself that one was kaput. And the fact he was so willing to share them with others who had an interest. I intr...
by gameswat
Fri Jan 05, 2024 7:15 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: MUTOSCOPE: A Tale of Two Companies
Replies: 10
Views: 2395

Re: Mutoscope Stand!

Hey Scorpa, yes that's correct. Larry jumped the gun slightly thinking he was going with Amazon, or an affiliated printer, he said the final proof copy by them was under par. So he just got the new proof from Lulu and loves it. Though I've been told the overseas shipping is much higher than Amazon, ...
by gameswat
Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:06 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: A really Sad Story
Replies: 22
Views: 1749

Re: A really Sad Story

Very sad to hear about Ken. I heard from several people that he'd been succumbing to alzheimer's or the like for the last 5 years. Met him for the first time 30 years ago and was able to visit his place a handful of times over the years and got to spend hours looking at his amazing collection and ta...
by gameswat
Sun Nov 26, 2023 11:11 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: MUTOSCOPE: A Tale of Two Companies
Replies: 10
Views: 2395

Re: Mutoscope Stand!

So first volume of two on the Mutoscope companies just published by Larry Bieza & the late Bob Klepner! 40 + years in the making... Awesome. !!YIPPEE!! https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CNZQ3LYK/ MUTOSCOPE: A Tale of Two Companies: Volume 1 American Mutoscope and Biograph Company, by Larry Bieza &am...
by gameswat
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:59 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 2581

Re: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted

I imagine this was a generic card that had different names painted onto it along with a photo of that reels subject. After flattening the image and blowing up to scale I printed for re-drawing, and on close inspection everything is slightly wonky and out of line so most likely it is just a one off ...
by gameswat
Tue Nov 21, 2023 5:16 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 2581

Re: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted

This is another British Mutoscope card I've seen. Has the Crane label on the bottom so I guess was their own in house version. Would love to see a great photo or scan of this version too. |/XX\|
by gameswat
Tue Nov 21, 2023 4:52 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 2581

Re: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted

Certainly the same reel PM. That's an odd size marquee and frame I've never seen before. Great artwork but I imagine either specially made for this electric Muto or made up more recently?
by gameswat
Tue Nov 21, 2023 1:46 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: British Mutoscope marquee art wanted
Replies: 5
Views: 2581

British Mutoscope marquee art wanted

Maybe someone has this artwork? The reel is a UK produced version called Death Dive of a bicycle jump into a tiny pool, and so had a uniquely British card to go with it. I found this old arcade photograph with the artwork i need and while there is just enough there for me to work from, obviously a p...
by gameswat
Mon Nov 13, 2023 1:05 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Allwin identification
Replies: 10
Views: 1412

Re: Allwin identification

The plane in the original machine photo sure looks dodgy to me - appears hand cut. The line of the body and tail-fin is a little off, and the small inset tip at the tail-fin base is very lopsided. And looks like the rhd bottom wing tip is cut flat instead of round. As JC already stated, would be an ...
by gameswat
Thu Nov 09, 2023 3:55 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Saleroom roundups
Replies: 242
Views: 137541

Re: Saleroom roundups

$553 USD for a Bryans Hidden Treasure?? Blimey. The Yanks are blithering idiots. Someone stole this machine. J Peterson Crying in my beer, USA. !!CHEERS!! JP, when I was growing up the commonly used term for you good ol' boys when visiting Aust was "Seppo" ie: Yank = Septic Tank = Full of...
by gameswat
Mon Oct 30, 2023 11:39 am
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: Genco King Fish
Replies: 10
Views: 1125

Re: Genco King Fish

JC, if you look closely at the side view of the machine you'll notice the cabinet has a pronounced deeper front 1/3 of the cabinet, that no basic pinball has, which is needed to hold the payout mechanism And there is an added drawer below the front door, the drawers were usually pivoting in action t...
by gameswat
Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:25 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Smells a bit "Fishy"
Replies: 3
Views: 604

Re: Smells a bit "Fishy"

roger wrote: Fri Oct 27, 2023 2:35 pm I chalenged members to spot the item which drew my attention.
Mr. P. was the only respondent and confirmed my suspicions that the machine deserves close scrutiny.
Hey Roger, maybe if you put links to your dodgy auction finds you'll get more replies. Many of us aren't retired. :o
by gameswat
Fri Oct 27, 2023 3:12 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Caille / Clement & Whales Countertop disc machines
Replies: 160
Views: 87903

Re: Caille / Clement & Whales Countertop disc machines

Hey PM, this reply from Dick is actually in the Sept/Oct 1995 issue of Coin-Op Classics. After having just read through over 600 mags I'm getting them confused! And by the way, I spoke with Greg McLemore about the issues searching his International Arcade Museum e-magazine database. Turns out there ...