Sometimes you just have to put your hand in your pocket to buy something you really want. Everyone would buy it at the right price for them, but if you really want to own it, it has to be the right price for the seller. Even if you don't think it's a realistic or fair price now, or you tell yourself...

IMG_1926.PNG A good friend of mine has this interesting Holy Water Vendor, originally from a travelling US State Fair. The punter chooses which side to deposit coin. 'Catholics' to the right , 'All Others' to the left! When the coin slide is pushed in on the left side nothing happens, when the coin...

Oriental Gambler and Twin Dragon both had a pointless little pull handle on the side of the cabinet, nothing more than a microswitch start but it actually slowed up the game and irritated players.

Gemini machines were always the ones to avoid..........boring games

arrgee wrote: ↑

Mon Dec 07, 2020 12:19 pm

Some great videos there, anyone know anything about the Big Ben in the last video, or the maker ?

Gemini's Big Ben
Gemini

everyone thought it was!

Hello Tommo, Your replacement arm is not quite the right shape. It has too large an opening around the cog and it needs to be just right and only just clear the teeth on the edges it makes contact with, so that when one side is making contact the other is fractionally clear and vice versa, so each d...

john t peterson wrote: ↑

Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:28 pm

I'm hiding in my bunker at least until tomorrow. If the Orange Idiot wins again, I'll be looking for a Brit to sponsor my immigration application.

Come on Joe!

Very nice job, definitely worth saving.

Seems I was one that pushed it up quite nicely at the end. I was in two minds about buying to operate it, the main reason being anything with steering wheel/s that move things even when not playing the machine are a magnet to kids riving the wheel/s from side to side, much like Steer-a-Ball. I think...