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badpenny wrote:You might also find that lever benefits from bending out a touch so that the coin hits it neatly, at the moment it looks a bit off to the side to me

But not too much Humanoid, as the toe may then hit the coin chute and then not have enough arcing movement to release the ball.

The use of an italic sans-serif typeface for 'Five Jacks' does not seem right for the perceived age of the machine. This kind of type face (Impact or similar) was very popular in the 1960s when I was studying graphic design at college. We were all using it to over-kill. It was also popular back then...

Right click & save in new window or tab only enlarges the top couple of inches so I can't enlarge the pic Andydotp, just left click the image and it will open in a new window, right click that new window and hit 'save image as...' and you will then be able to save it to a folder of your choice,...

pennymachines wrote:Arrgee, you're a poet and a philosopher!

Well Mr PM, I have been given quite a few epithets in my time and some of them quite disagreeable,
but never a poet or philospher

I'll just settle for a 'slotty'

Ah Mr Peterson Sir, good to hear from you again. Interesting how things come full circle. When I was a child snakes and ladders was an innocent game, when I was a teenager a snake was your best mate who created a ladder in your girlfriend's stockings, as an adult a snake can become a venomous and tr...

Treefrog wrote:You don't see so many consoles here in the UK

Now this one I could live with, fabulous art deco styling - Mills Extraordinare

And here is another, not sure about the climbing ivy!!

Hi Giles, go to the Board Index section of this Forum then 'see it operate' category then 'one arm bandits' section, there is a very good video about the mills war eagle and it discusses reproductions in some detail.


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Bryans machines nearly always command higher prices, they have the following and people are prepared to pay. These machines are very late models and it wouldn't surprise me if they were made especially for a collector, perhaps by Jim Bryan, maybe during the late 1970s or even 1980s but for use with ...

You have a Mills Extraordinary slot machine circa 1933 There is a picture of a Mills 'Century Vendor' on page 66 of Nic Costas Automatic Pleasures that looks very very similar to jhughe32's machine, there is also a Mills Extraordinary on page 70 in a 'hideaway' cabinet. The Century Vendor looks muc...

nathanhigham wrote:I have just found a 1961 Aristocrat Starlite in the shed of a new house

badpenny wrote:Just out of curiosity where in the house was it stashed?

Just a wild guess BP, but I reckon it was in the shed.

I have no idea if he is still around or into the subject any more, but given this book is now 15 years old, I wonder if anyone has considered trying to seek rights to release an updated version Couldn't agree more Treefrog, a great little book, I obtained my copy soon after purchasing my first mach...

It's a bit disappointing that your question had 15 views and nobody had posted even if only to sympathise or express an interest I suspect the same old reason BP, most of us are quite interested but lack the in-depth knowledge to give constructive and informed advise. !PUZZLED! and therefore leave ...

I think Jerry has set a provisional date for November at Coventry, did I see it in MMM? or was I dreaming

gameswat wrote:Hey PM, from looking at your mech pics it has always been my belief that these started life as token payouts with the great multiple tube token mechs. You can see the empty holes just below the handle and lower down.

Holes for screws fixing the multiple tube payouts as in the reserve mech pic below.

Hi hankat1, I notice that your instruction card has all but faded away, if you are just refurbing your machine to a standard allwin and not reserve then this instruction card may be of use. It is from a machine very similar to yours - previously converted from a reserve to a standard allwin and I th...

Allwin instruction card artwork from original changed from
'turn knob twice to right slowly' to 'turn knob to right slowly'

Thank you for your post and the congrats John, there are far too many people out there who only wish to moan or whinge today, I felt that the whole event was great and has already been previously mentioned it brought £££££'s into not only the general economy but what I call the micro economy - the l...

Jerry, Nigel had some nice machines on his walls, did you purchase those as well?

Oh well BP, your still quite lucid - most of the time - so I guess the alzheimer fairy hasn't got to you yet. When you have been used to an active work life, to be out of work, especially in the 'later' stages of employment maturity is enough to rattle anyone's system. :dammit: Just tell Sally the t...