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Hi, I found the award card, but it does not give any clue to the manufacturer, sorry. But as a guess I would say Stevenson and Lovett - they made some innovative machines and also the artwork for the topflash is very similar to the Conveyor and Skyjump.
Hope this helps, Dave.

hi there, made by BMCo. i will try and post the original flyer

Hi, I have some original award cards for this machine - I will dig them out and see if they mention a manufacturer.

hi, i have the original flyer for this, i will dig it out and try and post on here

PennyMachines wrote:For comparison see Le Grand Prix below, made in 1934 from a Mickey roulette.

I always thought the Mickey was a conversion, made after the mouse became very popular in the early 30s. I presumed they kept changing the character to current popular trends.

Here's the pic.

Here's a pic of said machine.

I have had a couple of these and I always thought they were an English conversion on a French machine - the mech and front hardware are typically French. I have incidentally seen the ball gallery on another classic English machine which was converted to shock.

Hi John, this is the one I would like to test. Any advice or should I just plug it in and stand well back I have seen one of these bulbs fitted to a machine in the past.

I have probably got one of these somewhere. I had a few put away to put on Green Rays. I thought I was the only collector of those strange bulbs, the ones with glowing letters when you plug them in. I had one with a 2 foot long advert in, plugged it in, worked for a few seconds then went off with an...

Yep, it works a treat, how does it get its power from the plasma ball. It's an ITT GN-4 by-the-way.

Just found the spare nixie tube, now if I can find my plasma ball I will test it. Do you touch the ball with it or hold it at a distance?

I thought it was a great machine but nobody else thought so! I think it had a spare nixie tube with it.

Yes, I have had one of these in the past, a very quirky machine. I sold it at one of the Madness shows, I think. I will see if I have a pic of it and post it.

are there any plans to relax the law on vintage stuff?

has anybody tried ebay live yet? i tried last saturday in the las vegas auction. i read all the blurb to set it up, set it up ,checked it , waited 3 hours for lot to appear, clicked on bid now and internet explorer just disappeared :x signed back on and of course the lot had gone at half of what i w...

Hi,
The case looks original, just the paint looks new. I will try and upload a pic (3rd attempt) of one I used to own. You can just see the graphics on the side. Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Dave.

thats amazing, i saw this for sale only yesterday but did not buy it because it was locked. rule no1 never buy a machine thats locked, there are always pieces missing

Has anybody noticed the variations on these machines? One's a Five Win the other a Seven Win with the ball runners spread wider so it's harder to win. I only noticed it because I was trying to decide which one to keep! Is this spread across the range of sweetie allwins, or could it be a later variat...

Looks like it has been made up from spare parts, or a conversion of an earlier machine like an Airship Profit Sharer which might explain why the mech has been made up of spare parts, and the gallery is low down on the playfield. Incidentally, the gallery is from an Electra; the door and brasswork lo...