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Some interesting bandits turning up on eBay recently,

Firstly a War Eagle Console machine and real close to me, which has now been removed. Never seen a War Eagle version in a console and wondered whether it was an original fact item. People went mad for it with bidding hitting over £1800 and then bouncing down and up and down, 5 retractions, could not work out what the issue was, anyway gone now







The next one is still on eBay, a Mills oddity or should I say a showman’s conversion of maybe a Hi Top as it has the bumpers stuck on the front and the original back door fitted with cut-outs for the door lip, why on earth they just didn’t stick a ply door, god only knows. Sadly it looks like the door has been butchered and the lock hole flattened and sealed......not the prettiest of machines

I didn't see the War Eagle Console. An interesting find. I haven't seen one either. This was in Essex/Colchester?

They were based in Bury St Edmunds. Apparently the guy's father ran amusement businesses and this was a machine that was kept from the early days. Definitely not been touched, but I wondered if the case was a later retrofit as were these around in the early '30s.

Never been a massive fan of these consoles as they are so big and a lot wider than the hist machine. I preferred the later slimline consoles made by Jennings and Aristocrat, much sleeker. Having said all that, would happily have one in my collection, but not at £1800.

Of all the machines to keep that is an unusual one. Mind you, did he sell it or was it withdrawn by eBay?

This one going cheap on ebay.

That merchandiser is near me in Norwich. It's a salvage dealer.
I think the price is optimistic, to say the least!
He also has a French crane which is a snip at £16k