Manhattan one armed bandit

[polaris]

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Picked up another machine, was on holiday but wife didn't mind doing trip on way home to collect . Anyway, maybe just me as not had proper look at it yet but appears not quite right. Also, can't find any reference to (Manhattan).

[riche100]

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[badpenny]

Check this site for old Sega models

Your machine from a quick glance looks to have hand made graphics on top box and award card.

The escalator is interesting and is a model I've only seen once before.

BP

[pennymachines]

A couple of Manhattans (with different top boxes), one listed as Mills, can be found in the Arena. I've owned one or two myself.

[urbanbody]

The escalator is interesting and is a model I've only seen once before.

I've found one like this for my Diamond 3 Star.

[polaris]

Thanks for info. It does appear to be somewhat cobbled together. The only part of the award card that seems original is '2' for a single cherry. Also, it has Alfred Newman on the reel strips. Are these original?

[treefrog]

Polaris,

Your machine looks nice from the pictures, good paint (even if not original), good chrome, looks like someone has made some effort (I appreciate pictures can be deceiving). Can't see anything wrong with the escalator, other than it needs adjustment, as the coins are not within the jaws of the horizontal coin slide grips, very common issue. I do not believe this is Sega machine and there are many other threads on this topic....possibly a British copy using mechs either from Sega or other sources. I think I can see SG on the rear clamps, so Sega mech. The bulls eye rear door is a givaway and probably original to the machine.

I do have a spare award for this type of machine, but I am afraid a 20 coin payout (currently a pot plant in the garden). The man who knows more about Lite-Up variants than anyone else, but does not use the forum, and has had made loads of top box awards for Mad Money machines and awards plates has stated before that not all these parts are interchangeable with non Sega machines, so be warned.

Why are you concerned about the machine? By the way I have a box full of top box plates for various themes for non Sega machine I bought from the above person, so if you want something different looking, I will try and find them and post a pic.....

Also worth checking if it has 10 payout slide or the full 20, as some were disabled and can be converted back..

[polaris]

Hi TF,
I'm not overly concerned about the machine - just trying to understand what's going on with it. I would like to tidy it up so a new award card would be nice but, like I say, the payouts are random and some don't correspond. Also, Mad Money connection on the reel strips - if relevant I could maybe put the MM theme in top box.

[cheeky]

Just to add another dimension to the discussion. The Mills machines had Mills deeply embossed in the metal in a similar fashion to Sega machines.

I remember sometime back that there was a suggestion that another company was copying the design. Certainly, there is evidence that some mechs were neither Sega nor Mills. I had one of these machines in the past but never really got to the bottom of who made it.

[aristomatic]

Here's an old pix that I still have on my desktop pc. It's one of the myriad of models described within this thread. I have never bothered checking the inside of the castings on any of these model variants. Perhaps I should have done on the one pictured and may have gleaned more pertinent information. I have heard people refer to these models as "light ups", e.g. "it's a Sega lightup".

Back to the pix.

The machine had a Mills logo topbox sign and a Mills logo non jackpot award glass. The Mills logo on the front castings was just a badge though, so whether this was officially Mills manufactured or one of the many knock off machines being supplied with both original and knock off parts, I have no idea. If anyone has a similar machine, I'd be interested to know whether the inside of castings are stamped MLB. However, that of course doesn't guarantee it is/was Mills manufactured.

This Mills badged machine had the chromed edging running down either side of the front castings, which was flat and not grooved, as you tend to see on most, but not all, Sega embossed versions. However, these could have again been cheap knock offs for this version or replacements at a later date etc.

GP

[coppinpr]

The Manhattan appears to always have the Mad Money reels. The case is almost certainly a copy. A sure way to tell is to try a rear bonnet from a Sega. If yours is a copy, it won't fit. Check to see if the Mad Money is paying out. If it is, then yes, change the top box and it will be correct. I don't think the payout card ever has the Alfred E Newman symbols on it. There were several Mad Money top boxes at the last Coventry auction, I think.