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Not all coins arrive at the playfield, some disappear off to the left and right and go into the greedy box. When coins do hit the playfield some of them, if landing sideways, will drop between the tentacles into the box below. Will attempt to upload a little video later.

Having a look at the penny pusher gallery on here I noticed an obvious mistake. The legs on my octopus had been glued on the wrong way round! I have now swapped them over....

I have a great time yesterday visiting the old penny arcade in Great Yarmouth next to the model village. It is highly recommended as they have a great selection of machines. I have posted some pictures I took by kind permission of the arcade owner. The place is a credit to the owners, clean, bright ...

Very pleased to share some pictures of my Jamieson Octopus Penny Pusher. This is the latest edition for the Penny Arcade. Late 1960’s and running on old 1d.

All cleaned. Just need to update the knackered fluorescent lighting with something a bit more modern safety spec!

What a fantastic quality job!

I think you are right BP. As long as I can keep a good supply of old pennies coming hopefully all will be well.

Thanks folks, this gives me a good start.

Hi folks,

I am looking into the feasibility of having play tokens the size of old one pennies made for my machines.

Has anyone here ever had any made or know a company that would be able to make me? Any information greatly appreciated thanks.

treefrog wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:09 am ...if you want links to loads, happy to help...

Thanks for the info. Just looking at other resources and wondered what people are members of. Agree that this is certainly the most informative and friendly site.

wembleylion wrote: ↑Tue Jun 16, 2020 8:24 am Facebook, please Mr P don't do it. It will be the downfall of this brilliant site as it has with many others.
John

I have no intention of setting up a Facebook page. Just interested to see if there are other pages people refer to as well as this most excellent one.

Hi folks, do we have a Facebook Page please? I’ve had a good look but can’t seem to find one. Just to clarify, I am not wanting to set a group up, I am just interested in looking at groups other people are members of.
Thanks Paul

grains wrote: ↑Thu May 28, 2020 9:33 pm A great effort and I really like the two tone blue black finish. It's nice to see the end result.

Thanks for your help

Before and after........

Hi top all finished and very happy with the results. Thanks to everyone I have chatted to along the way......next project the Boland Black Beauty......

And here it is all finished with the hood and body paintwork all finished

I have found a great range of paint called Rust-oleum Painter’s touch. I did the Jewel burgundy with this and also the black. I have just ordered blue to finish this.

Done some more stripping down and refinishing. Waiting for the blue paint to arrive now!

Finally have a hood to complete the Jewel hi top.

I can now put the hood I borrowed back onto my other hightop.
Now it’s stripped down time for this one, repaint and then re-assemble with all the shiny bits! Will post when finished.

What a fantastic looking machine! Love the amount of action going on and I think I can hear a bell as well!

Hi, just renovated 2 Mill's Hi Tops during lockdown and like you I wanted to keep the crackle finish. I found thinned down Hammerite dabbed on with a short bristled brush gave a great finish. Trick is do it quick and don't brush the paint on. Two coats worked best I found. Pics attached. These look...

The finishing touch to my Hi top case arrived today from the US. It’s a reproduction water applied decal to replace the original.