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Interestingly, I can remember seeing a different version of this machine in a Yarmouth arcade in the 60's. It was a rather unexciting grey colour, with what I can only assume were cutout coloured perspex shapes forming the fruit symbols. It worked in the same way as the Belfrute, so maybe it was an ...

Thanks for the advice - I also have some 1p size penny slots that I could use, another reason to opt for a 1p version, but I will bear in mind your suggestion!

After another weekend of fruitless searching of the internet for a better pic, I decided to have a go at making one of these machines with the limited visual information I have. I could see that all the areas on the arrow board that are green have the "?" mystery payout symbol, and I was a...

There is a brief shot of a Brenco "Tinky" in action in this rather grainy film of Belle Vue Amusement Park, Manchester, which also features a Dalek ride, Seeburg "Discotheque" jukebox, and some unidentified one-armed bandits....

SO annoying that this 1960s film shows just a tantalising glimpse at 37 seconds in!

I had a quick look at some pics and videos of the Rose and Crown, but the pub area looks fairly sparse - maybe the Mystery Arrow malfunctioned as was removed? Thanks anyway, it was fun going through the images!

I just noticed that, in a video uploaded to the site via YouTube, the Mayfield Electronic Dice game is featured in action, allbeit briefly, towards the end. Take a look!

Getting back to the "Mystery Arrow", this is the only half-decent pic I could find on the net. (There seems to be nothing else out there, apart from a grainy monochrome version). 15826319_10210793887779707_1688060004285401708_n.jpg If anyone has one of these machines, I would love to see a...

Yes, it was quite useful - should be handy if I have a go at making one.

Thank you - I would love to make a replica Brenco "Match-A-Fruit", but it would take a lot of planning, and many months experimenting for sure!

Potless wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:52 pm I will put up some pics of the "innards" tonight!

Some images...

geofflove wrote: ↑Fri Apr 28, 2023 12:30 pm Brilliant. Looks really good. I’d be interested in the principle of how you used the diode matrix with the selector. Looks great!

I may be able to find some fragments of the matrix design - the scraps of paper are around somewhere....

I will put up some pics of the "innards" tonight!

I recently made a "Bar 1" style "flasher" fruit machine, the idea being to recreate a 60's style unit that does not use electronic components (except silicon diodes and electrolytic capacitors). The object is to match 3 symbols, the payouts being cherries 40p, plums 40p, oranges ...

It seems to be quite an elusive machine, doesn't it... but thanks for the info. That in itself is interesting.

I remember this fascinating machine which gave me many hours of fun for my little bag of pennies at an arcade in Great Yarmouth in the 1960's. It featured a large chromed arrow, which repeatedly moved over the colourful prize sections in a random fashion, and the player had to bet on which amount th...

Seems the bagatelle feature has been around for some time!

Interesting stuff pennymachines - I just wish I had the kind of cash that could buy as many machines as the American collector has!

Thanks for the information moonriver, now I know that I didn't dream that the machine existed - it's strange how very selective the memory becomes; quirky features, such as the bagatelle, stand out like sore thumbs!

Today a machine came to mind from around the late '70s/early '80s, seen in one of the Gt. Yarmouth seafront arcades - it was a fairly standard electromechanical, floor-standing fruit machine, but with the unusual feature of a small "bagatelle" incorporated into the top glass. With the feat...