Thinking about buying a cool modern pachinko? Here's a tip!
If you've been browsing this board learning about pachinkos and thinking of what to buy, you have a very unusual opportunity.
One of my very favorite modern pachinkos, CR Fireworks, is on auction for an incredible price.
I bought this same machine from Arby when it was new to our shores. The attention to detail in preparing the machine, including the concern for safety with a proper transformer and play platform, impressed the heck out of me.
If you buy a machine from CF at present, it won't be a Fireworks, and should it get to you in one piece, you would have to buy and replace the transformer, buy the parts for and build a proper stand so it doesn't fall over, get the proper cleaner and clean the ball tracks so the cell doesn't get dirty, and do the modifications to cyclic that are never provided by the volume vendors to get a cyclic machine that makes this family-friendly game a pure delight to play for the new pachinko owner.
If you have around 20 hours to do all of this (and are willing to risk blowing up the machine) you can approach what Arby has already done here.
But this is Fireworks...with the coolest Anime theme of an earnest Japanese young man building (in impressive detail) different fireworks displays (which can also impress his girl!) See one for sale anywhere else?
There is no more authentic expression of Japanese culture than this machine.
I have played mine for countless hours.
If you get this machine, you will pay a fraction of what I paid-guaranteed.
I wouldn't trade my Fireworks for anything.
Why would I write this? Greg (Arby) is a friend of mine. I just stole the Tiger Mask from him on the last 1 cent auction. I was stunned at how low it ended. The least I can do is say my piece so he gets a slightly fairer price on the next one.
http://www.pachitalk.com/auction/CR-...auctiondetails
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