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Hi, Mark.
Good looking machine.
I like it the way it is and that was my vote.
Look forward to seeing this when you have finished.

Cheers,

Alan

Well I darent speak too soon but I wonder if our mystery bandit might have a new years resolution or be on holiday as there seems to be a flutter of machines on at the moment that are due to finish in the next few days that havent disappeared yet.... fingers crossed.! You spoke too soon, Mark. I wa...

Well, on 17th December I gave Andrew Tyrie (my Member of Parliament) an early Christmas pressie in that I sent him a letter (by email of course - snail mail being far too expensive nowadays). I have received an acknowledgement from one of his assistants, but await The Great Man's reply with interest...

Just a quick update on that Sheerline I foolishly purchased from eBay. Having wasted a considerable amount of Mr Treefrog's valuable time (profuse apologies, TF), I reluctantly came to the conclusion that spending any more money on this machine would just be throwing good cash after bad. The casing ...

Quote from Blackpool Vintage wotsit's 'Business Proposal': "...a building to house the vintage amusement machine museum...... According to our research there are no facilities whatsoever in this field or indeed any reminders of the fun halcyon days by the sea side..." They do not appear to...

Hi, Mark.

I think I am going to hang on to your silver and red paints!

Looking forward to seeing the before and after pics of your new machine.

Cheers,

Alan

Ah.....no. Too much self-interest, I'm afraid. And I don't want to skew the results in any manner. I already know what I think; I want to know what all of you think! Well, for what my opinion is worth, I am going for 'Genius'. Having seen how this machine should work from Mr Treefrog's video, I thi...

Thanks, BP! I have a nice pine dining table taking up room in one of the garages and I have been wondering what the hell to do with it? I reckon it will make a great stand for a couple of bandits in the conservatory! I wonder if Her Ladyship will notice? Probably not - she has still not cottoned on ...

Go on, BP, say it. I dare you!

Welcome to my club, Mark.

I have been looking forward to this trip for weeks but now my services are required elsewhere (buying and transporting a conservatory for my son - and it 'must' be done today).

Very gloomy at the moment.

Coppinpr, you are a star, Sir. One of the tasks on my list is to strip and maintain the reels on my Aristocrat machines. This is as much to learn about how to do this as much as because the machines need maintenance. I have read the manuals and, as much as I understand the words, the process does no...

Hi, Leezybee. Like you, I am a relative newcomer to these wonderful machines (I have two Aristocrats, so far - I love 'em). There is a lot of information to be found on the Forum if you use the search facility, but I do know there is an Aristocrat manual in the Resources section which will give some...

Found this on everyone's favourite auction site (hrmmm!), priced at £45.00:


If anyone is interested, I recently bought this hardback new from Amazon.com for only $7.00 plus shipping. Total cost was way less than half the ebay price. The seller was called mpc2005.

My thanks to you all for your comments and advice. The previous topic had an entry by Bandito suggesting that the machine being discussed might be a converted OK Vendor (he even mentioned the conversion might have been by a company called Samson - who are named on the 'coin' in the top jackpot box o...

Topic merged - site admin. Hi, All. I found this old machine at a local antiques shop at the weekend and picked it up today. The guy in the shop tells me it is a 'Watling' from the 1930s but, then, he also gave me a receipt that refers to it as a 'fruit machine'. It may well be a Watling machine (b...

Are we looking at the same thing, Mr BP? I put my hand up to having bought my fair share of crap from ebay (recent Sheerline purchase refers), but even I would not touch one of these things. They look really tacky (but that is just my opinion, others may have differing views) and I am a tad fed up w...

Hi, Treefrog.

I have sent you an email in response. I would be very interested in obtaining one of your cabinets! You have made my day. Perhaps you could advise as to how this can be progressed?

Cheers,

Alan

Hi. I am a newcomer to PennyMachines and am delighted to have found this site. Just for a bit of background, I am just an old bloke who really likes mechanical slot machines. I am not a collector, I just like to play them and, to this end, I have an Aristocrat Arcadian and an electro-mechanical Ball...

Hi, this is my first posting and I am delighted to be able to draw on such a repository of knowledge! I have a two bandits, one of which is an Arcadian. It is due for a bit of an overhaul but generally runs well and pays out as expected - with one exception. Every now and again, when the handle is p...