As Mazak is such a problem to rechrome, has anyone made any ‘new’ castings for Jennings machines or would that be too costly? I’m sure I saw copies were made a few years back.

treefrog wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2020 11:49 pm

Is that your living room

Nope. Mine’s bigger - not!

I am sure he would have loved to see his favourite nephew servicing his machines. Have you ever posted any photos of his arcade?

I never knew that your uncle was an operator BadPenny. Interesting to hear that Jennings would have been his machine of choice if they’ve been available on 1d. Reliability means not breaking down, with minimal maintenance. I remember the Aristocrats on mass at arcades in the early 1970s. They always...

A 'Flasher' is a generic term for a type of gaming machine that displays the symbols using flashing lights rather than rotating drums, discs &c.. They started off as a way to circumvent gaming laws (as usual), but became popular in their own right during the 1950s and '60s. 'Golding' is the nam...

In terms of build quality, engineering and reliability, which in your opinion, is the best one arm bandit?

Maybe not in terms of aesthetic qualities but I reckon it must be the Aristocrat.

To the uninitiated, could someone kindly tell me what a Goldings Flasher is? I’ve obviously missed an auction or twenty in the last couple of years.

Very responsible of you TF