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Do you know if these were Brenner mechanisms? I think all the mechanisms (including the one in the squat, reboxed game above) were made by J&M in Germany. What do you mean by "a non-Domino mechanism"? There was a fair bit of design variation in the mechanisms over the years. I think B...

I spoke to GY&T this afternoon:

Mills/Boland (not Bollands) Black Beauty conversion: £600
Mills/Boland Brooklands conversion: £600
Parkers Carousel: not sold (£1200 reserve!)

As far as I know, all the mechanisms for these were originally made in Leipzig, Germany by Jentzsch & Meerz for Domino or Lucky Dice games (as Coin-op stated). There are many different conversions, most retaining the original door, cabinet and fittings. The example above has a later cabinet. The...

And Who Says I Want to be Rescued? NBC, 28/03/06. 060328_devin_hmed_8p.grid-6x2.jpg Child Rescued from Interior of Toy Claw Machine was 'Happy to Be There' Gawker.com, 04/10/10 18k2t0sp60mtt.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5A-PB-aKPHQ Toy Story Jake gets stuck in the Claaaw machine! Express &am...

I'm pretty sure I once owned that Pussy Shooter.

I'd like to add my voice to the chorus in thanking you for your excellent article, Stuart. Evidently, you put a great deal of research work into it. It was always something of an embarrassment that virtually nothing was known about the most prolific maker of the most popular British amusement machin...

Some kind soul has uploaded this to YouTube:

The oak case and overhanging base and top mark it out as an early example. Shefras cases went through a few changes over the years ranging from the early style above (see also Beat the Clock ); to overhanging base with flush top; to all-ply cases. Similar games in different guises suggests extended ...

Now I'm 78% confused which is better than average for me :???: Some, but not necessarily all, of the following features will be found on a Shefras allwin: Non-oak case - a lighter wood with hardly any grain pattern (beech?); Non-plastic backflash - card printed flash surmounted by clear plastic with...

You can never be 100% sure, but I would say it was one of Oliver Whales re-manufactured machines Well, as I said, I'm 90% sure it's a Shefras product, having done some research recently into their output (to be submitted to MMM when I get around to it). The example below is atypical because it lack...

Hi Scottie,
I believe the Double Your Win was made by Morris Shefras's company, the Amusement Machine Mart sometime in the late 1950s. I've seen a few and owned one, but never figured out how you double your win. Is there a feature on yours which allows the player to achieve this?

Pennyforyourthoughts has offered to post me a disc with a scan of the plans which I'll reduce to a manageable file size and upload to resources (by kind permission of Scratchbuilt). This may take a few weeks...

Happy New Year Lora and let me be the first to congratulate you on your 100th birthday! (In case I'm not around to say it on the day.)

I've seen pic's of one in a book, but never actually seen a machine with the Peters name casting on it. Nor have I. Thanks to that excellent little Shire Album publication, Automatic Vending Machines by Colin Emmins we have some great pictures of once common but now very rare machines, including th...

Your PennyMachines 2010 Christmas treat: I just purchased these two 4th March 1911 Agreements between the British Automatics Company, Limited and the Midland and North East Railway Companies regarding Automatic Sweetmeats (Nestlé's & Peters' milk chocolate, cigarettes & matches) and Weighing...

For good measure, here's the German machine in the Gauselmann collection.

Hi caytonbay, welcome to the forum. I've split your post from the Sega Continental Artwork thread because your query is mech. related. If you want a reply from our resident bandit experts (whose families are no doubt making unreasonable demands upon them this time of year), give some more informatio...

Hey Rivierakid,
The balls I supply are all new and shiny but, if you let me know the dimensions, I may have some old wrinkly ones in my pocket somewhere.
I do have some used/worn/dull ones which you can have for price of postage if they're suitable.

Should the peerless chancer Steve hunt
For one more preposterous stunt?
When no Bumper was found,
And the bailiffs came round,
His name and our cash took the brunt.

Sorry, that was a bit mean-spirited. The 'rhyme with Hunt' challenge led me astray. I wish him success with his new enterprise.