My First In-Process Cleanup/Restoration of Nishijin C... This is a Blast!

[TailTrauma]

Hours and hours... I love it!

Check it out! Looking good and playing well... First pic is 'before', last few are as of tonight.

Lookit the clown! He's dead! There's a dead clown in my pachinko!

[Moparformances]

nice looking Pachi.. we seem to have a clown theme running lately

[Microbus99]

Lookin good!!!

Nothing like a dead clown to brighten your day!

[Sid]

Great job!!!

Looks really good!

[hanabi]

Are you sure he's not just sleeping?? You know how devious those clowns can be...

Great job on the cleaning / restoration, it's looking nice and sparkly now

[Drunkenclam]

at least not getting freaked out by this clown.

[takethecastle57]

Two canibals are eating a clown. One leans over to the other and asks "Does this taste funny to you too ? "

Thank you, Thank you . I'll be here all week . Please try the brisket.

[newbie]

OH MAN !!! A clown !!! My fav... still waiting on my offer for the Nishijin C clown I want ... hope the guy takes it... Yours looks much cleaner than the one I am looking at , the one I want has lots of water damage..., but other wise looks good,

Good luck !! Am I am jealous, but am happy for ya !!

[JACKSJE4]

Great job on the restoration!!! Your machine is looking like new again.

Personally, I think doing the restoration work is most of the fun of collecting Pachinkos. You can literally take a piece of dirty and crusty junk, and make it look and play like new again.

Keep up the good work and enjoy the ride. I'm sure this will only be the first of many restorations you complete.

Jeff

[Hope Chest]

History behind that centrepiece: above your dead clown is written "Pierrot". Pierrot is a centuries old figure in stage comedy, a buffoon who is married to Columbine, whose lover is Harlequin. It doesn't represent the latter two or any of the story arc but it does portray the more whimsical side of the idea of Pierrot as the prototypical clown. He's represented in two distinct ways, identifiable by the difference in hats. Pantomimes with Pierrot & Co. can still be found in Europe and are always very entertaining.

Very cool machine!!

[TailTrauma]

Are you sure he's not just sleeping?? You know how devious those clowns can be...

Great job on the cleaning / restoration, it's looking nice and sparkly now

Thank you!

Hmm... You may be right. Unmoving clown deep in a protected hole, multiple mobile clowns out in the world... The 'dead' clown is a queen! Oh no! I've got a clown hive!!!

OH MAN !!! A clown !!! My fav... still waiting on my offer for the Nishijin C clown I want ... hope the guy takes it... Yours looks much cleaner than the one I am looking at , the one I want has lots of water damage..., but other wise looks good,

Good luck !! Am I am jealous, but am happy for ya !!

Thanks! I really like the look of the machine you've offered on... This one has water stains, too, perhaps not quite as dark (but that could be the photography, too...) I like the centerpiece on your offer machine a -lot-, good luck on your offer!

Great job on the restoration!!! Your machine is looking like new again.

Personally, I think doing the restoration work is most of the fun of collecting Pachinkos. You can literally take a piece of dirty and crusty junk, and make it look and play like new again.

Keep up the good work and enjoy the ride. I'm sure this will only be the first of many restorations you complete.

Jeff

Thanks! I've probably spent six hours restoring to each hour playing. I'd agree, I'm getting great satisfaction out the restoration process. I wouldn't bet against your prediction... I've already got four more machines in the queue.

History behind that centrepiece: above your dead clown is written "Pierrot". Pierrot is a centuries old figure in stage comedy, a buffoon who is married to Columbine, whose lover is Harlequin. It doesn't represent the latter two or any of the story arc but it does portray the more whimsical side of the idea of Pierrot as the prototypical clown. He's represented in two distinct ways, identifiable by the difference in hats. Pantomimes with Pierrot & Co. can still be found in Europe and are always very entertaining.

Very cool machine!!

How very cool! Thanks for the history, it makes the centerpiece even more appealing to me.