Sitas Allwin - Drop shelf

[pennymachines]

Another early retracting shelf game. Bonanza by Coin Automatic Machine Manufacturers, Phoenix Works, Birmingham.

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[longbobongo]

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Great pictures and on the info on the drop shelf Allwins. There certainly are some weird and wonderful machines out there.

[cait001]

Different play but the same concept of the retracting shelf that drops the ball: Handan-Ni Bomb Dropper.

J Peterson
Bombs Away in the USA (AKA your friendly drone operator)

any idea what year this machine is from?
Or even what country it was actually made in?

[john t peterson]

Handan-Ni Ltd. London, 1919. "Bomb Dropper." There is speculation that this particular machine was made by a man who worked for Handan-Ni but not under the Handan-Ni badge.

J Peterson
Finally free again in 24 days, USA

[pennymachines]

There's an example of the earlier four cannon version of the Bomb Dropper in the Museum.

Here's Luna Park, companion allwin to Sitas.

[arrgee]

These machines are reminiscent of Wonders Boomerang - almost impossible to win anything!

[cait001]

In Luna Park, that pocket in the bottom left, at the top of the tower graphic, looks actually impossible to hit.