1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Bought today an Aristocrat slot machine. Mechanical was stuck and already fixed in a few minutes :lol: Chrome also in good condition - not bad for 175 euros. :HaHa:
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Unusual to see such good chrome on one of these. Well done. !!CHEERS!!
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Nice one henk, I did see it for sale. But it was a big trip for me. I see the last weeks more nice and not expensive machines in your area. Enjoy it.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Nice find..........
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Strangely there is almost the exact model for sale on ebay, same reels same award card, but in poor condition and in tiny pieces.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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The 'pokie' reels aren't common outside of Oz.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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There’s one of these on eBay now for £50, not quite the same condition and described as a Jennings one armed bandit :lol:
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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These are more often for sale in Holland for around 350 euros. I don't think they are that rare but for the price I got it am happy, only I have to replace the reel which got some water damage and I polished the chrome with Commandant 4 because it had some rust.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Nice machine, I would have bought it for that. I wonder if the Starlite badge is right as I believe the Starlite used fruits and had coin reject, this maybe should have a Arcadian badge on. I wonder if it is an Aussie spec machine
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Just sold this one to a member on here..
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Am selling my one
Works nice but am missing the top
Badge
Anyone got one :cool:
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Another mixture, not sure this is a Sheerline, but so many mixes are coming up I am wondering if the rules I set on these machines in the past is cod’s wallop, eg Sheerline should be lift up, not hinged on the left...... :#:

Another nice machine though.....
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Ye your right
Your talking cods wallop
I have seen loads of these side openers
They were prob a option on ordering them
Side or top sir :!?!:
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jingle wrote: Thu Mar 15, 2018 9:09 pm Ye your right
Your talking cods wallop
I have seen loads of these side openers
They were prob a option on ordering them
Side or top sir :!?!:
And this is the reason I have given up collecting amusement machines and now collect clocks, time for a change. I can now profess my lack of knowledge on another topic :HaHa:
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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!!RAYOF!! !!RAYOF!! !!YIPPEE!!
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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Are you showing your hands there Tom?
You can always dial me if you don't want to lose face.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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So here is a proper Sheerline, with uplifting door as they should be. The doors are actually about half an inch longer than Starlites and Arcadians and I believe these came first timeline wise.

Managed to get this 4 reeler which was seized, missing bits and cabinet in poor state. Managed to get running sweet and tidied cabinet although not fully restored. The lock mechanism is unusual on this and cannot decide if a modification or some early variant and on the inside looks very much part of it.

Anyway another one for the collection

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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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That's nice TF, amazing how these things crop up isn't it? ;-)

I've just spent a day perfecting a very nice Mills Hi-top that was almost spot on. Just lacked wire reel brakes, cash box door and lock and inside paperwork. It's nice when you can just do the finishing touches and put your own stamp on a machine.


I thought I saw some 1/- denominators in Derby on Sunday.

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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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I don't think after all this time it matters too much about the 'badge' to the general Joe public who just want to have a bandit in the house as a feature. I've got one of these machines too in need of repair, it's missing its Arcadian badge but I'd happily stick a Sheerline badge on it rather than having nothing on the front and three holes showing for the badge pegs; make it look nice and job done. It's a bit like the later Aristocrats, the Arcadian versus Olympic. I have an Olympic but if an Arcadian flash comes up I will swap it as it allows for the lighting to shine through as the Olympic badge doesn't do that, it's got a metal back. For purists, yes, certainly seek out the right badges etc. but make do with what's available at the time. I'm sure this is what the operators did, different belly glasses, colour schemes etc.
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Re: 1961 Aristocrat Starlite

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As a youth working in my Uncle's arcade on Paignton sea front I recall the two of us levering an Aristocrat mech into a Sega cabinet just to get it earning. Badges?
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