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The Merit catcher

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Does anyone know anything about this catcher machine? Date, maker? I've never seen one before, but I know little of this type of machine. I assume it's British with a name like "Rola Bola" and that it's a "drop case" rather than an Allwin?
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Re: "Rola Bola" allwin catcher

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We've all been at this for some time now, decades really, and yet new (old) machines I've never seen keep popping up. I love it.

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Re: "Rola Bola" allwin catcher

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As Danny Kaye sang in "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts".
Roll a bowl, a ball, a penny, a pitch.
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Re: "Rola Bola" allwin catcher

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I would view it as a catcher, but that's just splitting coconut hairs :cool:
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Not like you to be shy " arrgee " ... :roll:
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Don't be fooled by the name 'Rola Bola' - those instruction cards don't look very original.
But I do agree that it's probably British, and it is clearly a catcher.
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Re: "Rola Bola" allwin catcher

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Any chance we can get a look at the mechanism, Coppinpr?
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I'm trying.
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The guy who owns it posted pictures on Facebook including mechanism, but has since removed them. Was bought cheap at an auction recently apparently. Not seen this type before.
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Looks very Jentsch & Meerz, to me.
A Bajazzo conversion, possibly.
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