FORUM

pennymachines wrote:Apparently, the Hawtin Clutching Hand is a Hand Grabber by Mr Hawkins of Blackpool.

I particularly liked the fact that one of the fingers had a sticking plaster on it!

Wow! You wouldn`t call it pretty would you?!
Looks like a Showman revamp to me. Must have been a pretty rough arcade, to have to armour plate your Allwin.

I think this may be what you are after, luckily I could be arsed.
I believe Justice Scrutton was a distant relative of the Judge with no fingers.... ( wait for it....) Justice Thumbs!!!

P M .Prove it! Tell us what it is then.
I thought it was from a Disc music player, like a polyphon.

Here are 2 pics I found, saved sometime from the net. Not my machine.

You've not quite got the hang of this selling lark have you?!

I have bought a few things from adverts on Melvyns Collectors Corner. However there is absolutely no protection offered the buyer. It is very much up to the individual to check out the item for sale before handing over £££`s especially "electronically". Having said that I have bought a cou...

Ohh it`s lovely in the Arena! Great stuff on Oliver Whales.

Perhaps you could see why I can`t access the Arena? What is in there that you don`t want me to see?

I have spent quite some time looking for a patent, but so far no joy. What great pictures of the mechanism by PM. Am I right in thinking that the winner is not random but a pre determined sequence? The disc that gives the winners by allowing the pins to go through the holes appears to rotate on a ra...

At least someone agrees with me!

Here is a patent for the Essex Monkey Climber race game: Pat no GB349114 by Gordon Smith

My first instinct was British, then I waivered to the US, but then came back to good old blighty. I have discussed this machine with a couple of collectors, and we all have come to the same conclusion, independently. I thought they would have posted by now, but they haven't, so I will. I think it wa...

There is a Roll a Win Double Player on eBay if anyone is interested:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roll-Win-doub ... 1c258051ef

"If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it's probably a duck." -- SenatorJosephMcCarthy?, in a 1952 speech

bryans fan
Your English Cyclist

I must admit I would be cautious of any dealings with the seller on eBay. I notice the Bryans machines are "sold" on Melvyns site but still on offer on eBay? Also why did he make such a big issue of selling the machines as 1 lot and then appears to be accepting bids on single items? I say ...

I was just going to post a long reply when I saw coin-op`s post which said it all and saved me a lot of time!

It is usually the SELLER that cites the rarity value. There was a time that I thought all machines were called rare something or other!!!! A much misused term IMO.

Try Your Luck. Cadburys.