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by gameswat
Sun Sep 08, 2024 9:38 am
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: David G Smith Auction
Replies: 31
Views: 4543

Re: David G Smith Auction

and has been around since the auction. Well Simon, I think that makes it even worse! Spoke with my buddy who won two machines that I only just took hold on his behalf last Fri! He was pissed to hear what you just wrote!! Now this guy has been around the block, serious collector for 30 years and ...
by gameswat
Mon Sep 02, 2024 7:53 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: I think this is most of us here
Replies: 4
Views: 530

Re: I think this is most of us here

WOW, that's just amazingly brilliant all round!! You must be thrilled Tim. Just goes to show what can happen when two experts in their fields get together. I loved it all, but particularly the sound stood out to me. After having been around machines my whole 55 years the delicate noises are burned ...
by gameswat
Thu Aug 29, 2024 12:58 am
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: David G Smith Auction
Replies: 31
Views: 4543

Re: David G Smith Auction

The overseas buyer who did get his multiple machines told me a day after the auction that he only had two weeks (from auction date) to get his pieces before he'd be charged storage fees. So I wonder if they were located at the old site where the museum had been?
by gameswat
Wed Aug 28, 2024 11:08 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: David G Smith Auction
Replies: 31
Views: 4543

Re: David G Smith Auction

So - my buddy just told me that the auctioneers were actually successful yesterday in picking up his two machines! But they told him that while attempting the same for three other buyers, one other got all their pieces, another got one of two, and the other buyer got nothing of multiples! I was told ...
by gameswat
Tue Aug 27, 2024 6:50 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Hoopers' Screen Stars
Replies: 35
Views: 9846

Re: Boland Black Beauty, Screen Stars, Brooklands, White City...

Post split moved & merged - Site Admin. Just happened to be watching the 1972 Woody Allen film "Play it again, Sam". His character is a film reviewer who is also obsessed with classic black and white films, especially those of Humphrey Bogart. So his SF apartment is filled with old movie posters ...
by gameswat
Tue Aug 27, 2024 11:11 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: S&L Conveyor
Replies: 31
Views: 8668

Re: S&L Conveyor

This time in my spare parts I've found a couple of Bakelite three pin inline socket plugs that are quite small with the pins inline and looks like with either one I can attach the male section to where one of the brass plates once sat on the door frame, then the female part will be screwed to the ...
by gameswat
Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:16 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: S&L Conveyor
Replies: 31
Views: 8668

Re: S&L Conveyor

I guess it might also go some way to making the electrics less lethal. The original mechanical system uses the metal ball and release lever to make and break the 240 volt circuit. Yes PM, truly lethal! I was going to post this anyway. I always remove that ball switch and replace with a microswitch ...
by gameswat
Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:00 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: James Roller
Replies: 9
Views: 2646

Re: James Roller

Damn, another one gone, how sad. Had quite a few dealings with Jim over the years and he was always amazingly helpful, even sent me some parts for free.
by gameswat
Mon Aug 26, 2024 9:13 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: S&L Conveyor
Replies: 31
Views: 8668

Re: S&L Conveyor

slotalot wrote: Mon Aug 26, 2024 8:28 am But why anyone would want to over complicate things in such a way is beyond me
I've seen this done on various arcade machines to convert for more modern coinage.
by gameswat
Sun Aug 25, 2024 8:07 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Cupid’s Post Office
Replies: 6
Views: 1247

Re: Cupid’s Post Office

had some providence is that it was at one time in the Disneyland Frontier Land Penny Arcade Hey Tim, you'd think that there would be a decent amount of tourist photos taken inside the arcade over the years surely. But then most of those are likely hidden away in family photo albums sadly. I did get ...