Where to buy Pachinko balls in the UK

[Spud69]

Just bought a Indiana Jones Pachinko from 777Heaven (Steve) in Hartlepool, but i need extra balls (he didn't have any to spare). I can get 11mm SS balls but will cost £160.
Any ideas where i can get any from.
Thanks...Andy

[birdbrain]

just buy them from arby. the flat rate shipping across the pond is very low, especially with the weak US dollar right now. a private message to Mr. Arbycoffee should do it quickly!

[Sid]

Heck even the Canadian dollar is even doing better... First time its been ahead of the US Dollar since 1977...

[birdbrain]

it sucks to be us right now can't buy anything overseas

[Sid]

well its definitely making American products more attractive to us here...

[Spud69]

Thanks all but sent Arby a pm but said it would cost an arm and leg to ship to UK.

Any other ideas??

[birdbrain]

how many do you need?

[Spud69]

how many do you need?

Thanks, looking at about 2000 - should be enough to keep one machine going.
Regards...Andy

[birdbrain]

spheres are approx. 12 Lbs per 1000. flat rate box from USA to old Mother England is $37.00 USd max weight of 20Lbs. so you could get approx. 1600 balls in each box. plus purchase price of about $40.00 per 1000

[daverob]

spheres are approx. 12 Lbs per 1000. flat rate box from USA to old Mother England is $37.00 USd max weight of 20Lbs. so you could get approx. 1600 balls in each box. plus purchase price of about $40.00 per 1000

That's not really a good deal, when you consider that it's very likely to get hit for duty and tax when it gets here. It'll probably end up at a total cost of £75 (approx $150) for 1600 balls, and to be honest if I thought I could get that much for them, I'd be happy to sell some of my own.

There was a Pachislo vendor based in South Wales who used to regularly advertise pachinko balls on eBay UK, user id 'lisacardigan' trading as FXArcadia. I've never dealt with them before, and don't know if they still have any pachinko balls, but it might be worth trying to contact them through eBay.

Also Nik from Just Pachinko's may have some left, but last time I spoke to him I thought he was running out as well.

BTW, regular pachinko balls are not stainless steel, they're just chrome steel, so it might be worth checking the price of standard ball bearings again.

[arbycoffee]

I PMed you about importing from Japan

[Spud69]

Thanks to everyone, very helpfull.

Just looking at the options now but it seems that no-one in the UK has any.

I tried a price for Chrome steel balls and these where only marginally cheaper.

Thanks all...

[hanabi]

to PachiTalk Spud69!!


I'm not sure you will find Pachinko Balls for sale in the Uk at the moment,
the last ones I bought came from Steve many many months ago...

If you've already tried Sir Arby, then the next option is to import them from Japan,
or you could also try searching ebay worldwide, sometimes they are listed for sale in Canada, etc,
although the postage costs may be too high??


The other option is to consider converting your Pachinko(s) to cyclic or semi cyclic which requires a lot less Pachiko Balls to play

I'm not personally a big fan of this, but if you eventually plan to put your Pachinko in a Cabinet then this might be a solution??

You could also try placing a wanted Ad in the Auction here

[MrGneiss]

WELCOME!!

[Spud69]

Just found a user selling industrial 11.1mm chrome steel balls from ebay, user id j200tab, 1500 for £52.00 inc p&p.

Best price i can find so i've ordered these.

Thanks for all the help and info...