Help required to identify my idol daiichi

[gerald]

Hello, my name is Gerald. I collect pinball machines, but have a few pachinkos. I bought 3 vintage pachinkos about 10 years ago from a japanese man.
In the internet i have never seen this pachinko; its called 'Las Vegas City' and is about 1980.
One of the oldest and biggest gamblinghall here in Munich is also called 'Las Vegas City' - with a similar font. My theory is, that this pachinkos are special editions for the gambling hall (for testing, but pachinko is almost unknown in Germany).
On the playfield there is a picture of an old BMW (typical Munich) and also 'Las Vegas City' and 'München' (German for 'Munich') on the car - i think, this is strange for a japanese machine.
Can anyone tell me what the genuine name of the machine is? Idol Daiichi??? Daiichi is manufacturer i think, but how does the 'normal' playfield look alike.
The two other machines have the same playfield, but 3 numeric LED-Segments in the middle instead. When gambling '777', a hole opens and you can win a lot of balls.
Thank you very much
Gerald

[gerald]

more pics...

[new in town]

Welcome to PachiTalk gerald.

That's a nice looking machine and the first time I have ever seen it.

[hanabi]

Welcome to PachiTalk!!

That is a really interesting Pachinko, especially if it has been made specifically for the German market or an arcade, etc

Thanks for the pics, hopefully you will get some more information on this model from one of our knowledgeable members when they see this thread

[takethecastle57]

A very "Special " run on the playfield art .

[dattia]

I have never seen a machine like that before, it is pretty cool.

Good luck in getting more information on it and thanks for sharing something that is probably new for most of us!

[compirate]

Is the picture of the one open the game with the LED's or the other one? If the other one, take a good clear picture of the inside of the one with the LED's, I'm hoping there is a control box with a label on it.

[gerald]

Thanks for your comments! Seems that this models are real special!

@compirate: All pictures are from the non-LED one. Today i made photos of the LED-version. This label is on the back inside

There are not 3 LED segments, but 4. More pictures tomorrow...

[compirate]

The top center LED is probably number of rounds, the other 3 are the 'reels'.

Right below the 'reels' is アイドル 7 'IDLE 7'

Which I now see is on the bonus door, duh (to me )

The other label says

合格証 'Certificate'

Probably patent numbers

I was hoping there was a name label on that big dark blue box, but it looks like it's just connector labels

If all is as you say, I'd say they're customs for that gambling hall you talked about. Either direct from the factory (likely), or by the hall. It was a lot easier to custom machines back then because the center themes are more generic, just a custom printed background.

Have you contacted the gambling hall to see if they know anything about them?

[gerald]

Thank you very much, compirate!
In the 80s, the 'Las Vegas City' was the biggest gambling hall in Europe. The founder was a pimp, made millions with it and lives in California now. In that time, they had no problems to order let's say 50 pachinkos just for testing purposes. I cant imagine they self-made the modifications.
Now the hall is a little bit dirty, connected to a porno-cinema and have a lot of trouble with the police because of too many criminals and drugdealing. I dont think that there is anyone who can help me.

Two more detail pictures. The tulip for LED ('Daiichi' City) and Non-LED (UFO)

There must be a unmodified version of this pachinkos! Does no one know the original model???

[gerald]

Some more pictures (LED version)
(1st pic is the instruction card in german.)

[scotaku]

:drool:

As a confessed BMW geek, let me know if either one ever wants a new home!

[delica88]

sorry to revive a seriously old thread but i have this machine also, the led version. Does anyone know what sort of money this machine is worth?

[candyflip]

Nothing special I wouldn't think - whatever someone is willing to pay.

The machine itself is a curiosity - but the layout/etc are not especially collectable, or 'rare' per se.

It's a nice machine - and the theme might make a few people bite. Don't expect to retire on the proceeds though.

[Drunkenclam]

True But if its in the UK, Might get £100-£150 depending on factors like condition, amount of balls, location in country, Time of the sale (just past payday is best )

[hanabi]

sorry to revive a seriously old thread but i have this machine also, the led version. Does anyone know what sort of money this machine is worth?

Welcome to PachiTalk!!

The majority of members here are in the US and have many more pachinkos available to them, so they would probably value your pachinko quite low

The UK Market is a lot smaller and with less machines available, so I agree with drunkenclam above, that you will be looking in the region of £100 to maybe £150 depending on the condition and how many balls you have with it

[MrGneiss]

Well I don't think I've ever seen one come up in the US, but if I had money and saw one I'd probably pay $200 for it because I think its cool!!

[Card Shark]

​Welcome to Pachitalk!

[hanabi]

Well I don't think I've ever seen one come up in the US, but if I had money and saw one I'd probably pay $200 for it because I think its cool!!

That sounds about right, looking at the currency conversion

200.00 USD = 130.18 GBP
Exchange rate: 0.650900
Rate valid as of: 2/6/2012