So I'd be inclined to just put the strawberries down to it being a European machine rather than surmising a connection with Caille. Quad, except it's a 5 cent machine so made for US operation. Don't remember any Euro slots marketed in the US and did the Europeans even have any need for mint vendors...

BP, those are dummy packs in the front, there's no way to vend them.

OK, I had a vague memory who made it but needed to track down verification. It's by Rosenfield of New York circa 1905. That date is from the Dr Smith auction catalogue of 1994 with descriptions written by Dick Bueschel, and he wasn't often wrong. And yes a clockwork mech originally. Just remembered ...

Very nice job Polaris. I also had trouble replicating my first attempt at the crackle when I restored mine. Pics are somewhere on this site years ago.

Funnily enough the one I saw was in Aust years ago and the new owner got it cheap because it was thought to be a hokey machine! I'll have a look through my books later today and see what I can find for you.

I've seen one in person and looks perfectly fine to me. Can't remember the maker off hand but here's a photo.

Hey Runner, this could be a tricky one without a schematic and without some serious electronic skills. My family was in the amusement industry from the mid 1960's and by the early 1990's we had stopped dealing in old electronic machines because even for us it was tough to fix them and keep them fixe...

Have to say that's rather naff artwork, though I like the cards. I think it says a lot Brig that you didn't play these as a kid.

Quad, it also depends on the coinage being used as to the percentages they could and would offer. It was common for operators to have higher payouts on lower coinage slots. Having lots of happy punters around would make the location more inviting, which is why they happily give away free booze in Ve...

Hey Quad, some of the slot machine books get right into working out the odds, and off the top of my head the usual percentage of return in the 1930s for a factory new slot was approx 78%. The problem with the slot provided by the police to the Wisconsin professor is that by this point it was a secon...