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The complete 1930s build up fairground amusement arcade went for £1,450
Bryan's U Win £1,600
Five Win £760
Orton and Spooner Cockerel £2,800
Clown wall machine in new case £380
Space shooting gallery slot machine £1,650

I think it was made in 1934, along with its sister machine known as the Firebird by some. (I think the Firebird looks better). It was designed to have a vendor, but this one looks like it was originally made for the UK market, so it has the number reels and no vendor. Looks like a great machine. I ...

The crane made £1,620.

Hello. I have a Novelty Merchantman Crane and would like to fill it as it would have been originally. Could anyone please help! I presume it consisted of sweets stuck into some sort of ballast. There is a covered funnel on the gift surface. Was this for sweeping out the old ballast when renewing the...

Hi. Dave here from the above mentioned website. Just to let you know I am still an enthusiastic collector, it's just the fact that I am moving house soon !!ESCAPE!! and felt like a bit of spring clean as I have had those machines for quite sometime now. Taking some old friends, the crane and oracle ...

The one I took the photograph of was in a cafe at Eurodisney.

Saw this recently on my travels. Has anybody got any ideas who the manufacturer was?

Oop's. Sorry folks. I will put it down to my age or something like that!

Found this on the web! On the dial, a window at 12 o’clock reveals a row of three symbols. The magic of the game is set in motion by pulling the handle on the right side of the case. The three reels spin and then stop randomly on one of the possible five symbols, while a hammer strikes a gong, produ...

Mad Money award card

Back flash artwork for Oliver Whales Win a Nestlé's

Top flash artwork for Oliver Whales Win a Nestlé's

Wow! Fantastic job there. I had to do a similar restoration on a Mad Money, so I appreciate the work involved. Well done.

I also have a copy of the Mad Money light box artwork. If anyone would like a copy please me know.

Hope this will be of some help to you. I have a large scan of this which could be used on your machine. Please let me know if you would like a copy.

I think I have found the answer. My jackpot is Three Crowns and is called Deci-King. The one mentioned is a Tic Tac Toe. Below is a picture of a Mad Mellons version. I think it all relates to the jackpot symbols.

Here is an mp3 file of the Laughing Sailor. It is just over two minutes long.
Right click Download and "Save Target As..." to save to your computer (Windows).
Enjoy

I have managed to record the laughing sailor sounds to a wav file, just over two minutes long and have converted it to an mp3 file. If anyone would like a free copy, please e mail me .

I have one of these and the only reason I think it could be called Mad Mellons, is because the top payout is three melons rather than bells.