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- Sat Feb 10, 2024 9:23 pm
- Forum: Introductions
- Topic: Reintroduction
- Replies: 2
- Views: 292
Re: reintroduction
Welcome back Richard. We've bought bits and pieces from each other over the years for '80s machines.
Ballys and associated conversions are just about old enough for us here!
Ballys and associated conversions are just about old enough for us here!
- Wed Feb 07, 2024 6:37 pm
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: Fruite Whirle
- Replies: 12
- Views: 2346
Re: Fruite Whirle
The standard of machines in the video start off so well, and then go completely downhill.
- Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:15 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
If you're going to reinstate the solenoid pull for the tall clown, then putting small lightweight springs (inline) on each string will reduce the sudden jerk and prevent the puppet falling apart in the longterm.
- Sat Feb 03, 2024 6:13 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Harpoon or Shaft ???
- Replies: 24
- Views: 1777
Re: Harpoon or Shaft ???
I think Gameswat has put into words what a lot of us had been thinking for some time and maybe bit our tongues because of your advanced years Roger. It's good that you're here, but we don't need 'tasks' setting all the time, because the questions you ask you don't really appear to be interested in g...
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:24 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
Super job on the ride by the way!
- Fri Feb 02, 2024 6:22 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
Having seen your better photos, I'm inclined to steer away from thinking Hillcrest as a maker. The cabinet is completely different from theirs by way of dimensions and how everything is set out. The glove puppets and piano were a red herring as just put in there to make the sale. The cabinet trim wa...
- Wed Jan 31, 2024 1:08 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
The Sooty shows are Mayfield. As you point out there are some similar characteristics between the Hillcrest machines and cjfenny's, (cabinet edge trim, piano, etc). The Hillcrest machines have various cord pulls up to the puppets from one long horizontal pole in the base that rotates from a motor an...
- Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:22 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
Ah, but the last two are not by Hillcrest
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:34 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
Hillcrest puppet show with all of the Sooty characters
- Sun Jan 28, 2024 1:12 am
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Confused Puppet Show?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 2965
Re: Confused Puppet Show?
I looked at the many photos and passed on this one. I'm afraid this has been right royally messed up after such a long time left in damp storage that the chipboard case has absorbed so much damp the cabinet has slumped under its own weight at either side of the stand, and that really takes some long...
- Sun Jan 07, 2024 9:18 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: A really Sad Story
- Replies: 22
- Views: 1770
Re: A really Sad Story
Really fabulous restoration work, it's a great shame you're the other side of the world!
- Fri Nov 03, 2023 5:28 am
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: GIRLS and FLEAS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10134
- Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:54 am
- Forum: Auction Community
- Topic: McTear's Auction 11th October
- Replies: 2
- Views: 902
Re: McTear's Auction 11th October
I see the same butchered Fortune Teller that sold at EH
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 10:53 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Peerless Product Pharaoh Working Model
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1821
Re: Peerless Product Pharaoh Working Model
I remember when we were all stood around the machine at the Nobles auction. It looked nice. There was no power at the venue but we were pulling the cords for the movements and talking about how few there were. Unusual for a Bolland. Some of the Pharaohs have the coffin lid opening on its own and jus...
- Sat Sep 30, 2023 8:39 pm
- Forum: Questions and Answers
- Topic: Peerless Product Pharaoh Working Model
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1821
Re: Peerless Product Pharaoh Working Model
There was another sold at Morphys a few years ago with a Peerless marque that came from Marvin's, rather worse for wear in a dexion racking 'cage' to hold the case together. A Miser I think? Anyway, this Bolland (not Tom Boland as they state), is the poor relation of the tomb models in that it has t...
- Thu Sep 28, 2023 6:36 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: OH, for the "good old days"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1021
Re: OH, for the "good old days"
A lot has changed since Morphys were in Vegas. So many of the super rich collectors have either died, or split up their collections and sold. Hopefully your auction sales stuff will be listed before those that you want to buy. It's always satisfying that way round I find. I would have gone if I coul...
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:46 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Retro amusement arcade, Tokyo
- Replies: 2
- Views: 929
Re: Retro amusement arcade, Tokyo
I like the Elephant game!
- Fri Sep 08, 2023 7:42 pm
- Forum: Discoveries
- Topic: Argyle fortune teller
- Replies: 6
- Views: 839
Re: Argyle fortune teller
It's all smoke and mirrors nonsense. Put together and added by one of those arty Southern dealers who like to add a few zeros
- Sat Sep 02, 2023 6:40 pm
- Forum: Build a Slot Machine
- Topic: Supermatch made safe...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 951
Re: Supermatch made safe...
excellent job!
- Sun Aug 06, 2023 4:01 pm
- Forum: Open Forum
- Topic: Jezzard Tap a Coin
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1632
Re: Jezzard Tap a Coin
There is a lot of walking around going on!