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Just checking out your collection again Dan and there are some real treasures there. You have a very good eye for pieces.

 

At that auction I mentioned at the showgrounds in 1985 there were around five Par 5 penny flickers and a few Skyjump or similar games. There were plenty of older arcade pieces and many pins and videos. We bought an upright Space Invaders for $60, they had about 8 of them. My brother still owns it. The other prices were like that too with most EM pinballs going for $100.

 

The Seeburg Coon Hunt is a real find and a land mark shooting game. That game with its ray gun style pre-dated most large floor standing gun games. I love ball bowlers and to find locally operated ones is very tough. I never saw one on location, but heard there were a few in QLD years ago.

 

A Midway Chopper was on site at Mutual Bowl under Flinders St Melbourne, this later became Invaders after the bowling alley closed. In the 70s Mutual was the best large place for arcade games in Melbourne. Southern Cross Bowl had lots of interesting stuff too and both had Chopper games, numerous rifles like Chicago Coin Coney Island and Shoot Out, Midway guns, Kasco guns, Speed King Driver etc etc There was another arcade on Spring St Melbourne in the Electro mechanical era with a lot of good stuff too. The machines in this Spring St arcade and all the AMF bowling alleys were supplied by California Enterprises. We bought lots of machines from them and later bought out complete locations from them including the sited pinballs, jukes & videos when they were winding down.

 

I like your taste in pinballs too, Strikes & Spares is one of the best and we still have one.

 

I look forward to your restorations and next finds.

 

Thanks mate appreciate it. And love hearing about machines on location I'm still hoping to get photos of some of my games from back in the day when they were in location

 

 

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Knocked up a temporary cabinet today for the trashed playfield. So many missing parts to track down or make to finish properly so this cabinet is just to get it off the bench. So yes it doesn't match the original door yes it would look better stained http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161230/7d8fa4bdc60a904aef4f2120cddac0d6.jpghttps://vimeo.com/197493490

 

 

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looks so good but not as good as what you have coming :cool:

yet another awesome piece in your your collection......lucky man Dan! just reading I noticed the term 'penny flickers' mentioned by @Chicago, I call them win-ezy's, I am curious as to what other people know them by and their 'correct' title, if they have one?

looks so good but not as good as what you have coming :cool:

 

Please explain? lol sounds exciting

Rich, in the UK they call them Allwins. Not sure what the correct term is but heard older operators here refer to them as Penny Flickers. I understood that to mean any wall-mounted spiral type game that were cheap to play (a penny) and where you flicked the ball into a spiral or vertical pinboard for points.

 

They had them on the walls of the Luna Park Melbourne Giggle Palace. I recall some on the passage way into the Giggle Palace near the vibrator plates, rope obstacle and blowers.

Please explain? lol sounds exciting

 

you will have to wait and see ;)

New addition on its way via the prowler express there was just something about this game I had to own it. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170105/b05f150fd25de35e85b33e48faeeeee9.jpg

 

 

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Simply awesome collection, love it , wow

Thank you for posting all those pics , more please

yer I fully get why you bought the Nestles Allwin. very nice game and cool winning bars for prizes.

 

@Chicago Great info, thanks for sharing, Interesting read

is the 'Nestle's' logo original? looks like it's covering something, is it covering something? what's underneath? I see some black....I see some white......

New addition on its way via the prowler express there was just something about this game I had to own it. http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20170105/b05f150fd25de35e85b33e48faeeeee9.jpg

 

 

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Do you plan on stocking it? Is it fully working? I imagine kids would be really into it if there is a chance for chocolate.

 

Could be brought back to compete with claw/chocolate factory machines I reckon. At least this looks fun.

 

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It hasn't arrived yet so not 100% sure on either question

 

 

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Thanks for posting, love it.

 

Your EM collection is the nuts!

 

Cheers,

Ro

looking closer at the pic I see Whales Redcar, google that n get this

looking closer at the pic I see Whales Redcar, google that n get this

 

Yeah mate built by Oliver whales in Redcar, I found that you tube video aswell I love the way it pays out different values

 

 

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Lol at that guy. "That's a two win, it just paid out". So into it.

 

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There used to be one of these on the wall at the Centralia Hotel, now demolished, on North Tce, Adelaide. It was a bowling theme with skittles in the centre, 5c a go. Can't find an image of it.

There used to be one of these on the wall at the Centralia Hotel, now demolished, on North Tce, Adelaide. It was a bowling theme with skittles in the centre, 5c a go. Can't find an image of it.

 

I'm pretty sure I know the game your talking about a friend has one I'll try get a photo of it

 

 

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The prowler express arrived early woo hooo got the old girl unwrapped very slowly as my necks completely stuffed game needs a little bit of loving to get it back to working condition but over all very happy. Won't be getting a restore just a clean up.

 

As for your question Rich yes the nestle is original

 

And Redfern if I can get chocolates the right size I'll fit keep some in there.

 

I'm wrapped it's still set for pennies which is unusual lots of these games were converted to modern currency in 66 so I'm assuming this one has been out of public service for a long long time

 

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Amazing, great find mate!

Another couple of pieces coming with prowler next trip was going to wait till they Arrived but necks playing up so I'll post them now.

 

Not sure of the age of the scales but I had to have them still has the original keys aswell big thanks to tony for the heads up on this one.

 

Also another big project cast alloy penny flicker another cabinet to build formpractice for my cranes and play football machines that I'm still not confident enough with

Hopefully end up something like this one Jason restored for Luna park

 

 

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Well it's been a busy morning Prowler has been delivering my scales and surprising me with the monkey game then just as John left another package arrived with a few more projects. Worked last night so I'm overdue for sleep didnt get much time to play but I'm a pretty happy boy.

The monkey needs lots and lots of love it's had plenty of fingers in there over the years and lots of seized and bent parts but it will love again.

This one needs a frame built not sure which way I'll go with this one but it's a bloody good starting point

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I love this game it's in pieces everythings just sitting in place to see what's missing but managed to get a quick video of how it works was very unsure about this one but I love it

 

 

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Awesome, I don't have the skills or desire to own these but wow they are beautiful :)

I would love to stop in and have a look at your collection one day when Im heading through