Anyone got a Windsor Buckingham and are fed up looking at those ugly swans? well how about a new set like these I've just finished for a customer with a fondness for a certain make of car

Can anyone tell me if this allwin is original, a repro, or a conversion? Speedway is an interest of mine and I've only ever seen one machine (Shefras) with a speedway theme. At first glance I thought this machine was a semi-modern conversion, but looking at the artwork around the edge it could be or...

There's a Shipman 'Select-A-Bar 4 column Table Model Vending Machine' in the October 10th Rosmalen sale One of the few machines I like in that auction is the lot before the select-a-bar which, I think , was also made by Shipman, the razor blade dispenser, Ive always liked the shape and the crazy id...

Yes, it's in Holland. The guy is looking for an allwin as part exchange.

I've been offered this trade stim at a good price, but I'm not sure about it. Does it qualify as a true trade stim? I guess it does but it doesn't seem to have enough going on to make it an interesting counter game in its day. I'm not even sure I like the look of it and I don't like almonds !PUZZLED...

Built from scratch

with regard to the Watling "good luck coin" shown above, its got good luck symbols crammed in on every side, The swastika,a horseshoe, a wishbone,a four-leaf clover and......anyone any idea what the symbol on the left is?

but which 12 companies made copies? Richard Bueschel states in his book Vintage Trade Stimulators & counter games" that Caille stopped making the machine after WW1 and about 12 companies copied the Caille game.The ones I know of are Keystone and Acme Sales Novelty Co who made two versions ,one from...

your hairs thinning BP, and the boy scout uniform is getting a bit tight,but thanks for the kind words

The swastika on the first machine IS unusual as it points the wrong way for the good luck version. The Nazis reversed the Buddhist (and several other old religions) good luck symbol for their flag/logo. The one on the Gold Seal is the one used for good luck. The first one IS the Nazi version althoug...