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by daveslot
Sun Feb 14, 2010 10:43 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Wrights/Streets/Whittakers Snap bandits
Replies: 62
Views: 28240

Re: Snap

The holes could be for ventilation.
by daveslot
Tue Jan 12, 2010 7:11 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Jennings Prospector
Replies: 3
Views: 1820

Re: Jennings Prospector

typical, underbidder again
by daveslot
Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:43 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Jennings Prospector
Replies: 3
Views: 1820

Re: Jennings Prospector

theres no electics, which are quite different on this, no jackpot and altered payouts, basically the only thing different from the standard chief is the bottom casting, but worth a bid,shame its miles away as usual
by daveslot
Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:18 pm
Forum: Open Forum
Topic: pills
Replies: 12
Views: 4505

Re: pills

Badpenny wrote:You need a turnstile on your front door so you can charge admission. :)
I did go this way at my old house in Leigh, Essex, but it was in my back garden, :mad: and admission was free.
by daveslot
Tue Jan 12, 2010 5:11 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Edwin Hall Dalek Ride
Replies: 16
Views: 5833

Re: What a brilliant amusement for (big) kids - The Darlek

Whats going off? Dalek number 2 has disappeared and re-materialised under a different seller, see item 280450455271
by daveslot
Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:34 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Turn back the clock...
Replies: 17
Views: 6442

Re: Turn back the clock...

To start the parade, for me, it would be "The Cricket Match" by Automatic Sports Company.
Same for me John, but I would add a Tansley working model.
by daveslot
Sun Jan 03, 2010 4:13 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Jennings Comet
Replies: 16
Views: 6783

Re: Jennings Comet

I think this is a genuine Jennings made in Chicago for export to here, though a Galaxy front door looks as though it would be a straight swap for the Comet one. As for British slots appearing in the States, large numbers were sent in the 1970s. I knew 1 exporter who sent a full container a month to ...
by daveslot
Sun Dec 20, 2009 4:21 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: The Wonders List
Replies: 116
Views: 75601

Re: Wonders pictures

It was Charterhouse in Sherborne - I was lucky enough to be the under-bidder :-( and it had been converted to single coin payout.
by daveslot
Fri Dec 18, 2009 4:10 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: The Wonders List
Replies: 116
Views: 75601

Re: Wonders pictures

Hi pennymachines, was that you on the telephone bidding for the Pot Luck?
by daveslot
Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:24 am
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Airship wall machines
Replies: 94
Views: 27097

Re: another new find

Nice machine, looks like a converted Airship Profit Sharer by Jentzsch & Meerz.
by daveslot
Thu Aug 06, 2009 11:44 am
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Haydon & Urry Game of Barrels identified
Replies: 3
Views: 2312

Re: OLD TEASER

Made by Haydon and Urry, circa 1900, or Game of Barrels, Licenced Victuallers Co., London, circa 1898.
by daveslot
Wed Apr 29, 2009 7:10 pm
Forum: Discoveries
Topic: Mills Futurity - A cheating Mills Bandit?
Replies: 34
Views: 20474

Re: Mills Futurity - A cheating Mills Bandit?

There is another Mills cheating bandit - a small number of Horsehead Bonus machines had a similar layout to the Futurity making it hard to hit a bonus letter.
by daveslot
Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:44 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Radio Rifle
Replies: 16
Views: 6949

Re: Radio Rifle

Here are some pics of the rifle. I have a film somewhere - there were 12 different images on it but no adverts.
by daveslot
Fri Apr 10, 2009 11:02 am
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Radio Rifle
Replies: 16
Views: 6949

Re: Radio Rifle

I used to own one of these - the film with it had cartoon characters on it. I have a picture of the rifle somewhere.
by daveslot
Sun Mar 22, 2009 4:37 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: British bargain on ebay.com
Replies: 3
Views: 2339

Re: British bargain on ebay.com

I have had a couple of these - I agree they are ex French machines used in the UK. The stars on the playfield are placed on top of the original French paperwork. Never seen one on shock though. Rumour has it that entire arcades here were on shock to get round local gambling laws; I have had things s...
by daveslot
Sat Mar 21, 2009 8:37 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: British bargain on ebay.com
Replies: 3
Views: 2339

British bargain on ebay.com

Check out this British bargain on ebay.com Item number: 220377587022, and it does not work.
by daveslot
Sat Mar 21, 2009 12:15 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: Everitt Grip tester
Replies: 1
Views: 1181

Re: Everitt Grip tester

missed it :cry: i would have had a punt on that, though the cracked glass wasnt mentioned and no picture of the back of it
by daveslot
Wed Mar 04, 2009 3:40 pm
Forum: Let's Talk about Slots
Topic: Revamped Beromat-type bandits
Replies: 197
Views: 128218

Re: Beromats and conversions

I think AMECO were just suppliers as I had one of their badges nailed to a Nelson Lee working model.
These revamps were also done in Southend
by daveslot
Mon Mar 02, 2009 8:42 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: A new seller on ebay
Replies: 9
Views: 4284

Re: A new seller on ebay

and he's sold it, even without a picture...
by daveslot
Sun Mar 01, 2009 8:17 pm
Forum: Auction Community
Topic: A new seller on ebay
Replies: 9
Views: 4284

Re: A new seller on ebay

Apart from that, move over Saatchi & Saatchi the world of marketing is slipping through your fingers!
Looks like good marketing - he's already had over 130 hits!