Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
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Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
The Wondermatic Bonus on ebay - is there a bit of the backflash missing from the top?
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Looking at another couple of Wonder Bonuses, it looks right. It just seems odd - the gap at the top.
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Yes not cheap, but I agree this seems to be wrong. Checked all my Wonders and they all are level with the top of the window.
See bottom of one of mine a Wonder Win and Mystery, taken at a lower angle. If you look at the machine on ebay the inside you can see how low the panel is, maybe a bad fitting when made
See bottom of one of mine a Wonder Win and Mystery, taken at a lower angle. If you look at the machine on ebay the inside you can see how low the panel is, maybe a bad fitting when made
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I can't seem to find it on eBay, but I have seen a couple of these with the top short as in the photo but the same background as treefrog's.
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Re: Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
I have looked on the internet and found two more Wonders Bonuses with that gap at the top. Wonders made some of the best allwins - there must have been a reason why they left that gap at the top, or something is missing from that gap.
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They might have ordered the wrong size backflash, had a lot of orders to get out, and chanced it?
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Hi.
So if possibly the backflash was somehow made too small, how many different themes did this happen to? Possibly it was over a short time period. If that's the case, and it's a common thing, does it make it less valuable than a full size backflash? Or is it part of a uniqueness of the time. Someone must have an idea why.
So if possibly the backflash was somehow made too small, how many different themes did this happen to? Possibly it was over a short time period. If that's the case, and it's a common thing, does it make it less valuable than a full size backflash? Or is it part of a uniqueness of the time. Someone must have an idea why.
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I have never seen another allwin without the backflash going right to the top, and I have seen a lot of allwins.
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I was just "Wondering" are the cases of the later Wonders machines a different size to the originals? If so, these mechs could have been recased in the more attractive oak ones?
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I think you might be right - I have a Wonder Win and a Boomerang. The Wonder Win case is 25 1/2 inches high and the Boomerang is 30 1/2 inches high. If the Bonus backflash was put in to the Wonder Win case it would look right.
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MGH,
Are you sure your Bonus Win is an all original Wonders game? The case looks to me to be a BM Co./ Whales remake. All the Wonders games that I own are in the larger case, just like Boomerang.
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Are you sure your Bonus Win is an all original Wonders game? The case looks to me to be a BM Co./ Whales remake. All the Wonders games that I own are in the larger case, just like Boomerang.
J Peterson
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Nice machines merv
I think back in the day the check list to see if a machine was right or wrong was a very short one
Question: can you still put coins in the slot ??
Answer: YES, the machine is just right
Answer: NO, urgently needs looking at
anything else not important....
I think back in the day the check list to see if a machine was right or wrong was a very short one
Question: can you still put coins in the slot ??
Answer: YES, the machine is just right
Answer: NO, urgently needs looking at
anything else not important....
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I was referring to the less attractive late Wonders cases. As per this example.
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Re: Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
You're entirely correct, Bryans Fan. I had forgotten about these dreadful late model Wonders games even though I own three.
Senioritis or simply early onset dementia?
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Senioritis or simply early onset dementia?
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Re: Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
I think the small one I have got is a Wonders. It might have another coin entry.
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mervyngoodhew wrote:I have never seen another allwin without the backflash going right to the top, and I have seen a lot of allwins.
I don't think this is too uncommon. I have a couple which are also ill fitting. It got me thinking that if these backboards were pre-assembled then fitted to the door, something as simple as the position of the backplate and trigger being out slightly on the door could make a difference as the backboard is fitted in relation to the hammer. I'm probably not explaining this too well or could be talking out of my butt.
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Re: Wondermatics Bonus right or wrong
The only part of yours which is characteristic of Wonders is the backflash. The cabinet, fittings, spandrels, even the striker box, look more like BMCo. That's not to say it couldn't be an early example made before Wonders had a "shop style" but it doesn't resemble other first generation Wonders allwins.mervyngoodhew wrote:I think the small one I have got is a Wonders. It might have another coin entry.
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