As we've come to expect from rippyspennyarcade, another superb piece of work.
Always educational but entertaining.

I've only ever seen one Boomerang. Possibly that one.
They fetch high prices, but I didn't realise how tricksome they were.

BP

They all copied each other's designs. I guess Germany had little experience in R&D concerning amusement machines and possibly even were instructed by their government (I nearly said dictated to ... Gulp!) They certainly were restricted and governed in a lot of the ways they ran their businesses. So ...

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Sat Jul 11, 2020 7:04 am

JC - I think you win the quiz!

Great! I hope he wins the lost causes.

A gallery of allwins.

Even if we ignore serial numbers etc I find 6d play suspiciously high. For a machine to be operating on 6d in say 1930 the punter would be chucking today's equivalent of £1.20 (£1-8/-0d) into every pull, and this was the era of the great depression. Even allowing for a varied history involving a con...

No hat, no cane ..... you're a lesser man without them!

BP

A few years ago I discovered a novel crowdsourced app which collects data from all the little village hall sales around the country. Members send catalogue details (and occasionally photos) from their phones and the app compiles it all into a searchable database. Because they're not listed by the s...

That looks superb.
What a strange choice of chemicals to smother such beautiful wood in.

...... had I? I forget.

Good oh!

Have you replaced the pay out knob too, or are you leaving the surround off as well?

BP
PS I'd prefer the gallery shield to be there.