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by john t peterson
Mon Dec 20, 2010 12:56 am
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Allied/Victory/Conquerors Flags
Replies: 24
Views: 11108

Re: I need balls!

Rivierakid,

Congratulations on your purchase of an iconic game. It's a beauty!

J Peterson
USA - Where we prize balls over brains. !!YABBADABBA!!
by john t peterson
Mon Dec 06, 2010 2:09 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Earth Satellite
Replies: 29
Views: 10940

Re: Earth Satellite

I prefer to keep my regret evenly balanced between buying and selling. !!SUICIDAL!!

J Peterson
Your American Bi-Polar
by john t peterson
Fri Dec 03, 2010 6:22 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Yesterday's World, Great Yarmouth
Replies: 33
Views: 13668

Re: yesterdays world great yarmouth

Thanks, Jimmy. It's always fun to see machines on site and in action!
by john t peterson
Thu Dec 02, 2010 4:33 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Achieving crackle paint effect à la Bryans
Replies: 36
Views: 19789

Re: Retreeva

Note to the uninitiated: Games-Boy built the full-pipe himself, too.
The only thing the boy's missing is a medical degree so he can treat himself for the various injuries suffered by virtue of his seemingly boundless talents.

J Peterson
Your American Observer
by john t peterson
Wed Dec 01, 2010 2:36 pm
Forum: Tips and Tricks
Topic: Achieving crackle paint effect à la Bryans
Replies: 36
Views: 19789

Re: Retreeva

Gamesboy,

Looking at that last photo of your workshop suggests you work BAREFOOTED! !OMFG! True??

J Peterson
Fashion Police, USA
by john t peterson
Mon Nov 29, 2010 4:43 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

Excellent report, BP! I've long thought your true strength ran to writing. !!GOODJOB!! Well done, Lad and Lasses! Full recognition to J&J for their Herculean efforts at keeping the hobby alive and the fun percolating. And here's a "hat's off" to those of you who attended. Though the we...
by john t peterson
Sun Nov 28, 2010 11:44 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

Report...anyone? !PUZZLED!
by john t peterson
Sat Nov 27, 2010 3:19 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

Sounds like I'd better get my helo rating before I show, BP. That way, I can take you up and we'll go for an aerial tour of your backyard...or as it's better known: "The BP Botanical Gardens and Orphan Arcade Repository." **xXx**
by john t peterson
Sat Nov 27, 2010 2:55 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

Happy hunting everyone! And remember: sneaking into the parking lot permitted only for smoking; no outside sales!!

J Peterson
Your American cheerleader :cool:
by john t peterson
Sun Nov 21, 2010 7:33 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

That's a clever one, Jimmy. Maybe you'd loan out the Bat plane??
by john t peterson
Sun Nov 21, 2010 2:35 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Mechanical Memories Auction 2010
Replies: 63
Views: 27344

Re: Coventry Auction 2010

A week to go and already I'm envious.

J. Peterson !!COOEE!!
Your green American but not in an environmentally sensitive manner.
by john t peterson
Thu Nov 11, 2010 2:07 pm
Forum: Resources
Topic: Restoring Prints
Replies: 12
Views: 5271

Re: Restoring Prints

Welcome aboard, e00c! Spousal approval not required, per se, but a definite plus. We regulars like to think of "Pennymachines" as "guilty delight!"

J. Peterson
Guilty until proven innocent. :cool:
by john t peterson
Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:10 pm
Forum: Feedback
Topic: Pennymachines site down.
Replies: 0
Views: 1908

Pennymachines site down.

Site down for up to 72 hours? !OMFG! My god! I can feel the withdrawal symptoms starting already! :shock: Maybe we could all meet in BadPenny's back yard and have a good cry next to the compost of golden memories?? :cry:

J Peterson
Your American Addict
by john t peterson
Wed Oct 13, 2010 1:42 am
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Payramid on German Ebay
Replies: 21
Views: 8764

Re: Payramid on German Ebay

My PayREDmid restoration? Thank you for asking, Richard. It would be undeserved flattery to use describe my efforts as "restoration;" "primp" is more accurate and the primping is complete. Not much had been done to alter the lovely other than insertion of slide and coin-tube redu...
by john t peterson
Sun Oct 10, 2010 10:42 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Payramid on German Ebay
Replies: 21
Views: 8764

Re: Payramid on German Ebay

Wow! Six bids in the last minute. And I thought only Americans were unruly opportunists!!
by john t peterson
Sat Oct 09, 2010 7:26 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Payramid on German Ebay
Replies: 21
Views: 8764

Re: Payramid on German Ebay

Oooops! My bad. Apologies all around. I should have known better, Mr. PM. !PUNISH!
by john t peterson
Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:14 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Payramid on German Ebay
Replies: 21
Views: 8764

Payramid on German Ebay

One day to go and this beauty is only 300 Euros? Where are my British homies?? Sleeping??? !PUZZLED!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 761wt_1141

J Peterson
Your American Taskmaster
by john t peterson
Sun Oct 03, 2010 10:55 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: R&W Ice Hockey - Instructions needed
Replies: 4
Views: 2349

Re: R&W Ice Hockey - Instructions needed

Beautiful job, Howeinuk! !!THUMBSX2!!
Someone out there must have the instruction sheet you need.
by john t peterson
Wed Sep 15, 2010 8:12 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Bradley/Whales: Ballwin, Baby Bradwin, Allwin De Luxe etc.
Replies: 59
Views: 42091

Re: Whales/Bradley Allwin De Luxe identified

Take a look: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 500wt_1154

It's a Ballwin Deluxe on Ebay-US.

It starts a 99 cents. !!CHEERS!!

J Peterson
Your American Spotter
by john t peterson
Fri Sep 10, 2010 1:28 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Toy slot machines
Replies: 64
Views: 30593

Re: T'is the season of "Car Boot"

You allow the sale of children in England? !OMFG! I thought that went out with Charles Dickens! Naughty, naughty, naughty! :tut

J Peterson
Your American Scold