eBay bargains, maybe

[treefrog]

Interesting with high prices for some items, there are still bargains popping up on eBay if you're quick or maybe keen......

Firstly a nice old Skittles machine on eBay needing a bit of restoration sold the other day for £60

Then a Jubilee with jackpot yesterday for £76

Then the crazy pair of Mills War Eagles in Devon left in a leaky shed for 40 years.... and needing a little tender care. Missing doors, hoods and one had a rotten pace mechanism in it. Having made mistakes a few times now on garden slots and realising there is a point they cannot be recovered, someone was keen at £181

[coppinpr]

I wish I'd seen that skittles machine, one of the cleverest machines made by Jamiesons - simple, deceiving and addictive.




Don't look for allwins on ebay expecting a bargain. I had a lady contact me through my website yesterday looking for an allwin for her husband for xmas. I offered her a "Win a Spangles" at top price because I didn't really want to sell... She grabbed it at once!! Made me think, so I looked on ebay and people are asking £1,300 for allwins at the moment. No wonder she snapped it up!

[paul]

HI ALL,
I have had a couple of skittle machines over the years, TIP THE SKITTLE and SKITTLE LOLLY, more or less the same. The one I had in the small Cheddar arcade was a great favourite with everyone. I would recommend these for any arcade…

[slotibartfast]

Don't look for allwins on ebay expecting a bargain. I had a lady contact me through my website yesterday looking for an allwin for her husband for xmas. I offered her a "Win a Spangles" at top price because I didn't really want to sell... She grabbed it at once!! Made me think, so I looked on ebay and people are asking £1,300 for allwins at the moment. No wonder she snapped it up!

Hi. What is your website address please? There are a lot of allwins going on Ebay north of £1K over the last few months, but not many seem to be selling at that price. A fair few seem to be very overpriced for the model in an average condition. I guess if you don’t ask you don’t get.

[coppinpr]

Hi. What is your website address please?

www.penny-arcade.info

[brigham]

There's an upcycled 'Cromputer Win' on at the moment, at the usual absurdly-inflated price.

I wonder if any still survive in workable condition?

(Was 'Ice Cold Beer' a variant of this?)

[pennymachines]

I played a Cromputer Win in an arcade (now gone) near Penarth Pier, Wales. The game was post-decimal of course. It would have been huge otherwise.
Lucky Strike appears to be one variant.

I see Cromptons Leisure Machines Ltd. launched a new version in 2004

[cait001]

There's an upcycled 'Cromputer Win' on at the moment, at the usual absurdly-inflated price.

That Cromputer Win was a bit of a head-scratcher!
What year are machines like that from? all I could find was "1970s". Anyone have video?

and no, Ice Cold Beer is has no connection, wildly different gameplay. It isn't a coin drop game. You use a joystick to control 2 motors, one on either side of the bar, to raise a ball up into winning holes.

[pennymachines]

1972 brought the launch of the new penny play and 'tax free' Cromputer Win, which was described by more than one person at that year's Preview as being "a sure-fire winner." With its colourful orange and green cabinet, and dimensions of only 2'6" by 1'6" (taking up minimum floor space) it was excellent value for money.

Page 5, Inventing the Coin Pusher, Arena

Similar in format to the Tooty Fruity

...at the usual absurdly-inflated price.

Might seem slightly less absurd if it wasn't for:

It was floor mounted however we cut it down, removed all the inner workings and reduced its size so we could wall mount it.

[brigham]

The mentality of it defies belief.
Can you imagine doing same thing with a car, or a motorbike?