Ball Counter for Individual Machine?

[Kamehany]

Does this look like a ball counter for an individual machine or is it a measuring tool for all of the pachinkos in a given parlor? If for an individual machine, IMPORTERS, this would be one cool thing to have! Translation... worth money! I wonder if it could be hooked up to any pachinko or only Sankyo's.

http://babelfish.altavista.com/babel...l&lp=ja_en



As I don't understand japenglish very well, I'm not sure what the text description below means, but here it is:

Text Translated for Sankyo Calldata 110P / Calldata 110S
"

• The simultaneous indication 3 days of big hit including, start past record to 7 times ago
  Besides the fact that contents are indicated classified by color, past colorful data display function such as the highest special prize frequency and past the highest acquisition quantity is possible.
  Specification modification for pachinko and ÉpÉ`ÉXÉç simply possibility.
  When lighting up, both when going out the skeleton cover specification which glows beautifully."

[Bilko44]

I think to make it work, you would need the software program that communicates with each game and posts the information back to these game displays.

Unless someone runs across that, the darn thing probably wouldn't be an export item that would find a place in the US market.

[gwarzin]

These types of devices are available for both pachinkos and pachislos. We've looked into them before. But, unlike pachinkos and pachislos, these counters are reused by the parlors so there isn't a salvage market like there is the machines. So the prices are high. Typically you spend more for the counter that you would for the machine.

Somebody tried to put together a group buy on these but when people saw the price, no one was interested. I think if was over $300, but I'm not sure. Anyone else remember?

[Bilko44]

Somebody tried to put together a group buy on these but when people saw the price, no one was interested. I think if was over $300, but I'm not sure. Anyone else remember?

That sounds about right. I think it was when someone was going to buy a new 100 unit ball handling system in a post on another website and have it sent to US. Much talk but no money ever made it happen.

[Kamehany]

Does anyone know if they would have been functional with any pachinko or only Sankyos?

[Kamehany]

Awesome find. How would you even go about buying it, though? I cannot seem to get this page translated.

[Kamehany]

JamesM,

Thanks for the post even if I don't have a clue how to buy one over Yahoo Japan.

Found another one from the same guy:

[Kamehany]

And another:

[Kamehany]

And another:

[Kamehany]

Sorry this was a duplicate:

http://page8.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/h21907808

[Kamehany]

This guy, goodrichi88, has it all going:

http://openuser3.auctions.yahoo.co.j...r/goodrichi88?

Despite the color, I think I could get pretty comfortable in that AUTHENTIC PACHINKO CHAIR, too. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

[logicprobe]

Nuts!
Here's a consumer model ball counter on Yahoo Japan
only 6,800yen, BIN 12000yen

That's not a BIN price... that's a reserve.
I don't think that's a consumer model either... it's a pull from a parlor.

* Overseas it does not dispatch. (Seller will not ship internationally).
* This 12,000 Yen are set to desired successful bid price to auction.

And you're still talking around $115 US (minimum), plus shipping to get it here... if you can find someone to buy it for you over there!

[Firewire]

Yahoo Japan Bid Agent Service.

http://www.puroresushop.com/pro110.htm