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The bookies are still fiddling it with FOBT roulette in much the same way, except the difference nowadays is the bet on each game can be up to £1000 a spin, not a shilling! In exactly the same way punters can watch all their numbers come up when NOT playing live and then 'just miss' when they do, wi...

Jon Torrence is the new Morphys coin-op valuation expert?
He valued his Modern Enterprises (Laughing Sailor type) Piano Player at $9,000 !!
Whoopee, I must be sitting on a fortune

excellent, I enjoyed reading that

Nice rare machine.

I'm all for anyone having a go at making something, especially if it happens to be a working model! As you have indicated you intend to use low voltage so I don't share the concern of causing a fire. Generally a traditional design of your model should include an element of fun and surprise within it...

I believe that in practice the few antique arcades that operate in the UK do so under ad hoc arrangements with local councils etc. and quiet Gambling Commission acquiescence. Re 'antique arcades' the above sums it up in a nutshell, (may also depend upon how many feathers you ruffle in the vicinity)...

Has anyone been to the Scarborough Fair Collection recently? I wondered if the penny machines had been repaired yet?

It brings back memories, I remember sitting on the front bench seat when my Dad drove our Bedford Dormobile through a ford, and seeing the water come up through the floorboards and going back down again. I thought we were going to sink.

pennymachines wrote: ↑Tue Jun 26, 2018 11:45 amOK, so you've done some research since I asked you 10 years ago if you had any info on Bradfort

No that was Gerry with a G that said that.

A very good replica has already been made, with specially composed authentic music.

I'm not impressed at all, slightly better head than the horrendous American revamped version, but still no skill game element of shooting the coin into the opening and closing mouth off a movable ramp which would actually involve some clever engineering. An opportunity missed, and nothing like the o...

too late now, your file has been released under the thirty year rule!

why not just visit here, have a holiday, and take one back with you, they're not particularly bulky or heavy ha, I wish! :) One day, we shall see. thanks for the invite. No worries, the site's Administrative Assistant Human Resources and Tourism officer will meet you at the airport. He will be the ...

why not just visit here, have a holiday, and take one back with you, they're not particularly bulky or heavy

I can't think of a better place for it to be!

do you work for HMRC?

I shipped the EH Prospector back from the US along with some other machines.
The exhibition photo and letter are great, I love the animated figures above the play field.

Like all good games it is addictive, the only downside from an operators point of view is that the motor is working all the time, as opposed to a tip the skittles which is stationary. I guess you could have a movement sensor that would stop the motor if no one was in the vicinity of the machine for ...

Here you go, locked in place with a removable bar that sits in a notch on the right and padlocks on the left. Let me know if you need dimensions etc. and I'll measure it accurately for you.