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British slot machines flooded the American market when coinage converted to decimal in 1971. Prices fell to a speck over the shipping cost. Collectors in the U.S.A. took advantage of this situation by buying the pre-decimal machines and converting them to U.S. currency. One airline pilot I know. who...

estate home.jpg Jasper Sanfilippo passed away a few years ago in Chicago leaving a tremendous collection of Coin-Ops housed in this gorgeous home. Let's put it this way...He did not take in boarders. He always managed to squeeze in another All-Win as money or space was of no concern. Surely, Jasper...

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Now you know why I sold one of my "Mickey Finn Rope Pulls"
ROGER

The passing of Ken Rubin made me think of "Mickey Finn Rope Pull" since I had sold him one of mine. It will probably show up in Ken''s collection if and when it comes up for auction. MickeyStrengthTester_lg.jpg You will note that Mr. P. finds these cute little guys "UGLY" despite...

child-pilota.jpg Let's not forget that all of this airline pilot interest came about by way of my posting of a picture of the Matthewson Yacht Race. See post "What a pipe dream" 7/19/21. I requested that members gift me one of these in celebration of my years of service to the cause. Mr P...

In another posting I made reference to the Yacht Race hoping that some kind member would send me one for my 10 years of contributions to the Forum. It has occured to me that perhaps you are not familiar with this rare machine so I have reposted this "Pipt Dream". ROGER

Coppinpr wants to give me something from my youth.....How sentimental !!!

How about this which I played as a child. ROGER

pilot.jpg Club member John T. Peterson has suggested prunes and a new walker for my anniversary present. I am sure that you are aware that John is an airline pilot reputed to be the cheapest and most overpaid occupations on earth (not my thinking). Don't blame John as pilots are given free travel, ...

!PARTY! I had to be reminded by a club member that my membership at Penny Machines UK dates back over 10 years. This member wanted to know what he could gift me in celebration of this momentous event. Since he is worth a few bucks, I suggested one of these Caille "Black Cats" which has alw...

I keep reading tributes to pioneer coin-op collectors who were barely out of the cradle when Fred Fried was around. He is best described as the father of coin-ops, carousels and amusement parks. I was once offered one of these wooden horses (seen in the YouTube video below) which was from the old Co...

Thank you for your informative stories on Roovers machines. It goes to show that you are never too old to learn a thing or two. I never even heard of the "Educated Monkey" or Educated Bulldog. Will you please tell me the source of your information so I can learn all about them. Should I bu...

Many of the Roovers machines do not have the orignal cast iron stands I had three of them which I purchased from Munves for the grand total of $150.00 ROGER Originally, did the Elephant, Donkey, and Madame all come with the iron stand ? roover stand.jpg

ROGER will never be able to figure out the "User Control Panel" Perhaps gameswat and/or jpeterson can use a regular E-Mail to contact me. I believe we have exchanged E-Mails in the past but I lost their E-Mail addresses ROGER Note....I tried using the Penny machine E=Mail and only had half...

Regarding "JUMBO" I need E-Mail address for gameswat and jpeterson which I seem to have misplaced from my files. ROGER

Perhaps Gameswat can fill us in on a machine that was owned by the late Ken Rubin. The details of this machine read like a "who-dun-it", the details of which I cannot reveal for personal reasons... It can best be described as having a curved glass front. Gameswat should know what I am desc...

Gameswat had to bring up one of my recurring nightmares.......Instead of counting sheep, I see Roovers "JUMBO" and a dozen like him but that's another of my crazy coin-op stories that is best left untold. ROGER

cry.jpg I just found out that pioneer coin-op collector Ken Rubin has passed away. He is best remembered for his book "Drop Coin Here" and his vast knowledge of the hobby. Mention any old time collector and I usually have some associated story. Ken and I were long time friends and serious...

Mr. P has inquired about the operation of the Waddell Bike Machine. As I recall, both numbered wheels would spin resulting in a total score. The owner would then pay out cigars as posted on the award card. ROGER

bike-2a.jpg Over the years I have bid on a number of these "Bicycle" trade stimulators, generally, without success. They were made by the Waddell Mfgr. Co. U.S.A (circa 1900)...better have deep pockets. ALAS, some years ago at an auction in Maine, U.S.A. one came up for sale near the end ...