Circle Skill and variants
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Re: Circle Skill and variants
This red-painted machine from the John Morley sale is identical to several of the coin-payout versions featured earlier in this thread, with one difference - it has only three win cups, where they have four. The middle cup is on a separate plate, suggesting a modification to reduce the player's chances. Three cups is standard for cigarette payout Circle Skills.
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Re: Circle Skill and variants
From another thread, a very early (Circa 1919) variant, Handan-Ni's Mystic Wheel:
And another German variety called Indra:
And another German variety called Indra:
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Can anyone identify this please?
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Firstly, thank you for a fascinating web-site. I have a small collection of coin operated machines assembled over the years. Can anyone please identify this machine that says 'Made in Saxony.' It gives out small boxed prizes, which I have removed as they tend to be torn up by the machine when dispensed. I've used the search facility but only come up with 'Saxony Allwins' which don't appear to be the same. Thank you very much for any comments.
Firstly, thank you for a fascinating web-site. I have a small collection of coin operated machines assembled over the years. Can anyone please identify this machine that says 'Made in Saxony.' It gives out small boxed prizes, which I have removed as they tend to be torn up by the machine when dispensed. I've used the search facility but only come up with 'Saxony Allwins' which don't appear to be the same. Thank you very much for any comments.
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Re: Can anyone identify this please?
Circle Play, others will be along soon to laugh at me and ridicule me publicly.
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Circle skill
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And welcome by the way.
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Thank you all. Your identification of it as a Circle Skill and the links you provided took me to the very version of the machine I have! Much appreciated.
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Following my first ever post recently, Badpenny asked...’What interests can you share with us?’
I think the most pertinent one is that I am a stereoscopic photographer and have always had an interest in coin operated stereoscopic viewing machines. I have about 4 of them in various conditions and once wrote an article for a stereo photography collectors magazine on them. Presumably if I want to post something about this I’d be better creating a new thread?
I think the most pertinent one is that I am a stereoscopic photographer and have always had an interest in coin operated stereoscopic viewing machines. I have about 4 of them in various conditions and once wrote an article for a stereo photography collectors magazine on them. Presumably if I want to post something about this I’d be better creating a new thread?
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Let's hear what you have to say atticbrowser, go for it......(although not coin op but I used to love those View-Master viewers!)
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Searching for something on the Patents page I found GB351399: Improvements in Coin-Freed Delivery Apparatus applied for in 1930 by Charles Knight of 585, Seven Sisters Road, Tottenham, London. I posted a picture of this game to this topic in 2015.
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I used to own this machine. It only paid out a single cig, not a packet like the patent suggests.
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Hi all
I notice on the EH auction for this coming Sunday there is a Circus Skill Machine which looks interesting. Having not looked at one of these before though, it's silly questions time - I'm a bit confused at the workings. As you will see from the pics there appear to be 3 prize drawers but only 2 award chutes inside. Is it something obvious in that the middle one is missing or does the centre section have another function?
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I notice on the EH auction for this coming Sunday there is a Circus Skill Machine which looks interesting. Having not looked at one of these before though, it's silly questions time - I'm a bit confused at the workings. As you will see from the pics there appear to be 3 prize drawers but only 2 award chutes inside. Is it something obvious in that the middle one is missing or does the centre section have another function?
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Yes the middle column is missing from the Circle Skill, you can see the mark where it was screwed at the top and the two empty holes.
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Thanks Gameswat, thought that might be the case but wondered if I was missing something (apart from the tubes!). Do you by any chance know what this machine was designed to pay out? Would it be cigs for example? Sorry to be so thick but haven't seen one of these before.
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Brianh, yes small packets of cigarettes. They are usually nice quality machines. Though less skill required than the name would suggest as the ball tends to drop very quickly though the pinfield with little chance of aiming it into a cup! I always preferred trying to keep the ball in the pinfield for as long as possible. I could sometimes make the play last up to 45 seconds when I had my wits about me.
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The above link* leads you to all you need to know about Circle Skill machines. Not sure about Circus Skill ones though.
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