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Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 12:05 pm
by cleantex
Hi Guys,

I just found a flyer about the original machine in the States!?!? If it arrive, I will put a scan also in here. Still missing some technical description. This could really be a great candidate for some replica.

Best Greetings,

Armand.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 2:50 pm
by badpenny
Hey ... well done, look forward to it!

Badpenny

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:19 pm
by slotalot
Hello all, :D This is an American version of Wheel Em In from 1993. Looks like a close match to the UK model we all remember from the 1960s, but I think :-? it pays out in tickets, not cash? :tarah: slotalot.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 7:41 pm
by cleantex
Yes, you're right. This is the new generation "replica" from Bromley. But it's electronic, so the inside is not so much our machine.
When you read this column about former boss of Streets Automatic Machine Co Ltd., this could explicate the remake in the States: Breaks Is Latest Recipient Of Mary Openshaw Award

I found a small video about the Bromley version:



Greetings,

Armand.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:02 pm
by cleantex
And here is the flyer, he arrived today from the States in perfect conditions.
I am also on the trace from the former boss of Streets Automatic Machines, Shane Breaks.
He lives in France and perhaps possible to catch some more informations, or best, documents.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2008 5:11 pm
by badpenny
Nice one .... let us know how you get on.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2008 11:57 am
by pennymachines
Great poster. I've copied it to Resources.

Hmmn... 5ft x 6ft 3" x 4ft 9". I think there's room for one of these in the kitchen...

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:10 pm
by malcymal
Great flyer, well done. Basically what they are trying to say is "this machine will fleece your customers in very little time and you will coin it!". Much appreciated, I will try and get down to Pagham and get a video of this machine working which is still in use. The machine is still in operation at the Pagham amusement arcade, West Sussex and was manufactured in 1973 (got a label on it) and in a yellow casing paying 2, 4 or 6 coins flying down the glass. Will try my best, know how amusement arcades are twitchy with cameras.

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Nov 22, 2008 3:43 pm
by cleantex
Hey Guys,

Always nothing from the inside ?

On my side I found some puzzle parts and put some more informations in my (German) forum.
http://www.antik-automaten.de/wbb2/thre ... 73#post873

I'm Luxembourgish, as you know, but most of my collector friends are in Germany, for this the language issue.

What found I out ?

First, some informations about Streets family in the coin slot magazine from 1982.
Second, that the name before was WIN-A-LOT, but was changed due to doggies. !DOH!
Third, some speculations:
Because even after intense patent research, nothing about Streets brothers and game machines. I think that anyway most part of mechanism was behind and lower as the playing field. I guess that the payout was made with such kind of sliding mechanism, but not with coil, because
you should hear the noise at the payout. Possible alternate could have been a turning disc with holes for the coins, driven by main motor and with some cam wheels and release levels on the same axle. Just speculations. More interesting, I found a Japanese patent, much later (they often made it much later after the
real inventor) that show exactly coin transport between 2 conveyor belts to a higher level.

So, grab your cam, and prove that I am talking bullsheet :***
Seems to me some grammatical error in the preceding :idea:

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 1:16 am
by pennymachines
Yeah malcymal - put your camcorder where your mouth is. Or just a bit above it. :D

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:20 pm
by malcymal
Ah yes, I was supposed to be doing this wasn't I??? Doh..... I will get down to Pagham amusements as soon as I can with camera.
There are two classics in there, the Streets Wheel Em In and another machine called Colorama which is a big roulette wheel with a large rubber ball. Bet on red and blue for 2, green for 4, yellow for 6 and white for 10. I have a memory like a Swiss cheese, full of holes...
I will try asking the owner if he can undo the back of machine... will wait and see. Malc

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:26 pm
by pennymachines
That would be fantastic Malc - we all wanna see the Wheel-Em-In's innards!

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 2:47 pm
by slotalot
Yes, I second that :D , always wondered how it worked :!?!: ...

Re: Old UK slot machine located Picadilly Circus

Posted: Sat Nov 29, 2008 4:16 pm
by malcymal
You might have to give the guy honorary membership, he's been there for at least 30 years at the arcade. Last time I heard he wasn't well and his wife and son were running it. My next free evening is Wednesday, I will try and pop by there on the way home from work. Malc

Streets Wheel Em In and Streets Colourama

Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2009 7:02 pm
by malcymal
At long last,
Streets Wheel Em In from Pagham Amusements, Bognor Regis:



Streets Wheel Em In:



Very rare now, Streets Colorama, one of only four machines left that are in working operation in the UK, see the Brenco Ring Vender top left of pic??



A gaggle of Bally's still in operation:




I had a pleasant day in the amusements, playing the Colorama and the Wheel Em In. The Wheel Em In was given to the owner 25 years ago from Havant Amusements, Hant. I also played their selection of Bally's. The owner told me they make a lot of income from these old machines as the local holiday campers just love the old equipment more than the new stuff. We are giving a Bally to him which will become a fully working machine for all and sundry to have fun with. Enjoy...any questions, fire away. Malc

Re: Wheel Em In identified at Picadilly Circus

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:38 pm
by cleantex
Thanks to have given me information about the running auction on ebay :
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/220950164261? ... 1438.l2649

I asked the owner about some photos from the inner mechanics, but the machine is closed and too heavy for him to move.
I will continue to look after this, there is already a bid and I will try to contact the new happy owner in some times,
I really wish that after all this time finally we will see the inner construction of this machine. !!COOEE!!

Re: Wheel Em In identified at Picadilly Circus

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:40 am
by slotalot
I see the Streets Wheel-Em-In went for a respectable price. If I had the room I might have given it a go. I hope that if the winner is a forum member, he will put us all out of our misery and post some photos of the mechanics... !WORSHIPFULL!
And good luck with the restoration, I am sure we all would like to see it working. !!THUMBSX2!!

Re: Wheel Em In identified at Picadilly Circus

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:14 pm
by cleantex
!!THUMBSX2!! !!THUMBSX2!!
Anyway the seller promised me to provide contact to the new owner.

Re: Wheel Em In identified at Picadilly Circus

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 5:49 pm
by pennymachines
That's good to know, Armand. Keep us informed. I'm as keen as you to see what's inside.
I didn't dare bid. It was a battle of the inner \|\/|/ !!DIABLO!! \|\/|/ (demons). I'm afraid the ones I share a house with won!

Clearly it's earlier than the one in the Pagham arcade, so must have been converted from old pennies to new. This couldn't be very easy. Presumably the belt would need narrower stripes too.

Re: Wheel Em In identified

Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:05 pm
by badpenny
I've always guessed it's as simple as three micro switches wired in series.
1st normally closed on first black line edge
2nd normally open in middle of white line
3rd same as 1st but on second black line edge.

So a coin in the white but not touching either black line will trigger the payout solenoid. If however the coin is out of the white, although it still trips the middle switch it will open one of the others thus isolating the payout switch in the middle..... no payout.

The ones that threw the coins at you down the glass top could have had some sort of belt or Archimedes screw that powered up when the coins in the payout got low and tripped a switch?

Alternatively it's smoke, mirrors, Crackerjack pencils and bacon rind. !!RAYOF!!