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as many of you know,I make a lot of replacement reel strips (around 100 sets per year now) and I have a huge database of symbols (more than 30 different bells for example) and the symbols on this machine are a bit odd, the bells are not typical of any mills machines, the cherries are Jennings, the m...

- is that because I described it as "good" or is there something you see that makes it clearly imperfect? you did say it does not payout correctly and has melons on the reels but not on the payouts, mechanically it looks great,it just needs sorting out a bit. as to taking out the mech, th...

Of course the case may be original with a different mech; which is further suggested by the fact it's showing melons on the reels but not on the award card.

or the other, perhaps more likely option, the case and mech are original and the banner and award card have been added

I've seen the Fremont top banner before but not the engraved award card, that is a nice touch, regardless of if it was ever in the Fremont I think the branding would increase the value a little, especially if it has been in the family for a long time. (it's worth mentioning that in any advert althou...

pretty much the same as all the others,possibly an old Pace mech rather than the usual mills, plus a photo of the unique rear door(never seen a photo of that before)

Another Boland saved by a contact of mine. Tom must have worked really hard to make EVERY machine just a little different. This one has the "stop" button on the left side of the reels and a rather nice "PULL" sign he must have found at the bottom of his "bits and bobs" ...

it is not perfect, but you can get good strips "ali-looking" plastic trim/edging that fits over edge and bends round corners, looks pretty good in fact.

don't be surprised if some parts are stamped MLB, many early Segas used Mills parts bought when Sega took over the Mills operation in their area, they also bought some of the tooling and many parts they made still had MLB on them for a while. Then,of course, this machine was working for years, possi...

I make these if your are interested, I've made several variants and can add any changes you need .(if fact I made one last week)

http://pauls-slot-machine-artwork.info/

As to the payouts, we need to see (and you need to examine) the slides first to see what coin they should take and if they are jammed with the wrong coins. Remove the slides and clean (do not oil), check if they take 6d or 1p, note how many slides there are and what size each one is. That's the star...

you "picked it up" you must have a strong back, thats all I can say

Have I ever warned you about disagreeing with me? No you never have...but that's not what I said is it, unless you consider yourself the only Guru :cool: a level of journalistic diligence I wouldn't seek or expect perhaps we should,as it is reflected in all journalism today, dont you agree please d...

what I was saying was the BBC never does any of their own research, you of all people must know that no one believes auctioneer's estimates are ever correct, even the auction house knows that, they are set low to make potential buyers think they are going to get a bargain, the BBC just read the esti...

nine hundred sovs,

that should be "sobs" BP , although thought to be a mispronunciation of sovereigns originally,the cockney term for pound notes was "sobs" not "sovs" you northerners couldn't be expected to know that

I agree with Tom, this machine never made any sense, and arcade operators were never known for their dedication to maintenance. (once a year during the winter, pull out all the mechs, oil them and put them back in the first case you came to ). At the very least this machine was high maintenance. The...

I ask on the forum

I saw this while looking fo something else and thought it might be of interest on the forum. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265475289876?chn=ps&_ul=GB&norover=1&mkevt=1&mkrid=710-134428-41853-0&mkcid=2&mkscid=101&itemid=265475289876&targetid=1404954646761&device=c&...

I was going to add this directly to the main section reserved for videos but I thought it was so good and clear it deserved to be on here first (I'm sure it will be correctly moved on after a short time in the mainstream, if it's not already there). The video shows an exhibition of new machines at t...

Thank you, in that case I'm glad I made the above post, or are you trying to make out your original post was an attempt to encourage others, oh please!!