"70 Or So, More Years Old"

[Trey314159]

Hmm. Doing my daily sweep of ebay, I found a bunch of vintage machines for sale, pretty cheap ($25, plus $37 S&H):

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZwuzie123QQhtZ-1

First thought: for $37, they are going to either lose money on shipping, or lose balls in shipping.

Second thought: this seller is either clueless of deceitful.. each description says "70 OR SO, MORE YEARS OLD". They seem to have confused "from 1970 or so" with "70 or so years old".. I suppose if you asked someone, "how old are these machines?" and they said "oh, 70 or so", you could get there from here. I mean, I couldn't, but someone could.

Anyway.. just an interesting tidbit I stumbled across.. just wanted to prove to KennithX that we sometimes talk about pachis here.

[compirate]

This one looks worthwhile

There are a series of solenoids that open and close the tulips based on what pocket the balls go in. A little more elaborate than the average 'vintage'.

[Meathead]

I love this person's "Engrish"

The machines are sold "is-is." It's also good to know "There are no broken grass." And When did Mattel start making pachinko balls??

I'm going to feel like a jerk if the seller is a member of Pachitalk...

[slotter]

He's using the same (duplicate) pictures in several of the auctions, so what you see might not be what you get...