Star Wars Pachinko - super cheap start price!!

[hanabi]

Here's an original Star Wars pachinko in the white lumina frame, for sale on eBay UK

Star Wars Pachinko pinball style machine on eBay (end time 09-Apr-11 11:31:58 BST)



Super cheap starting price of £-99p and looks like there's no reserve,

Although not many balls with it, it could be a good chance to get your hands on a Star Wars at a bargain price

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[Drunkenclam]

Link didn't work for me. Try this

Star Wars Pachinko pinball style machine on eBay (end time 09-Apr-11 11:31:58 BST)

Got a link to here

[hanabi]

Link didn't work for me. Try this

Star Wars Pachinko pinball style machine on eBay (end time 09-Apr-11 11:31:58 BST)

Got a link to here

That's odd, I always check the links by previewing posts before posting, and it worked in the preview

Thanks for the link, I've edited my post and hopefully that will work now

[lozpeters]

I am very interested I this pachinko (i have the pachi bug now and want more machines!!!) But I also have my eye on some other pachinko and pachislo machines.
What do people think this machine is worth as a rough estimate?? Coz if it's out of my price range I will get one of the other machines!!
Cheers

[Drunkenclam]

Its abit late now but you could have popped round and seen mine Prices for this have been a bit up and down. I got mine for £70, but I've seen it go for twice that since, But as Hanabi says. You will need extra balls, like 1000 extra.

I like it, My only real criticism is that sometimes the reaches and reel spins go on abit long and hold up game play.
Plus its a lumina frame, and there are many cels you can swap with. (cheaper to import a cel than complete machine)

[lozpeters]

When u got ur machine for £70 did it have balls??*
The place I got some balls for my vintage machine would be about £50 for 1000 (they do require some polishing which would also take ages!!) but they were not genuine pachinko balls just 11mm chrome balls.

Ime stuck in a position where I have been offered a pachislo machine, no tokens tho and I don't want to miss this machine waiting for the pachinko then be outbid and miss out on that pachinko and I can't afford both, even if I could my misses would kill me if I brought 2 back with me!!!

Arrrrgh these r just like busses u wait for ages then loads come at once!!!

[Drunkenclam]

Came with 500 balls, But had to drive to Bristol to collect
You need a rock polisher. Can make your own if talanted,
Plenty of resources on that there web

That would also depend on what pachislo it was.
Your quite welcome to come down and see mine, But be warned. The summer house is a mess also I work all over the south east so times I get home vary greatly. And mine suffers from the star wars cold start syndrome, same as the one listed.

Also I look nothing like my avatar

[owennewton]

Also I look nothing like my avatar

so much for that fantasy

[lozpeters]

I think I will wait for the pachinko as i think I would prefer it to a pachislo!! Plus I love star wars!!

I would come and see ur machine but ime too busy at work ATM end of term and all. But if I did get this machine ime sure I could easily make a ball polisher, another fun project!!!

Is the star wars cold start normal then??

[Drunkenclam]

I think so, If you reasearch the errors with star wars here, Its always the same I'm sure daverob has the same issue with his. But hanabi's is fine. Seems to be temperature dependant

[owennewton]

both of my starwars cells have the issue so, yes I would say it is more normal than not

[hanabi]

Mine did indeed seem to be the exception and always booted up fine, but it did start to show the same slow start as others have with theirs, not every time in my case but now and then it needs to be switched on for a few minutes to warm up

There are a few threads / posts about it in the forums

[joyousjake]

The last star wars pachiniko i bid on i left at over £200 but then again Drunkenclam got his for only £70..

[hanabi]

The last star wars pachiniko i bid on i left at over £200 but then again Drunkenclam got his for only £70..

I think Drunkenclam got a bargain at £70!!

I know I paid a LOT more for mine, well over £200, but that was in 2006 I believe and it was the going rate back when we had UK Importers, since then I've noticed that eBay prices are a bit hit and miss and lots of Pachinkos that I thought should be fetching good money have gone for low amounts, unfortunately they are usually ones I already have, so can't take advantage of the low prices

Star Wars is always one of the popular Pachinkos, especially because of the Theme and also because it's in a Sankyo Lumina Frame and that gives you options to just buy cells that fit in the frame, there's a long list of titles like Julie Pinball, Indiana Jones, etc etc. I believe there are quite a few Star Wars in the UK now and they do come up for sale on ebay, although not as regularly as they used to

The main problem in the UK is getting the Pachinko Balls in any good quantity, people tend to keep hold of them and not sell them with their machines nowadays

[joyousjake]

Did you win the auction then lozpeters?

[lozpeters]

Did you win the auction then lozpeters?

No not this time. I ended up getting a pashislothat I am in the process of getting working which I think has been more fun and cheaper!! (I only saw you have a jet set radio pachislo ime soooo jelous of u I LOVE jet set radio, I think that has to be my next machine!!!)

[joyousjake]

Pachinko first got me into the scene and for a while pachislo didnt really appeal to me but once i saw jet set i knew i had to have it and am still loving it! Cant recommend it enough