my never ending collection of machines

[mxfaiman]

I know how we all say that once you get one machine it will turn into many but this wasn't what I was first expecting. On Saturday we made the long journey from southern California to northern California to pick up a lot of 60 machines. Almost all of them are Nishijins, but there are some other brands in there. Here are some of the other brands that I saw (there might be more I don't yet know, because I haven't really had time to check) I saw a Sankyo, a Sanyo, some Heiwa’s, and Okumurayuki carcass, and many more I can't think of at the moment. I will be slowly posting pictures up here of the machines. (Front and back only) It will only be about 5 machines at a time as I inventory them. This lot also came with two boxes of parts. (Sorry parts aren't up for grabs yet I need to know what I need first.) Here are some pictures of some of the machines so far.
#1 is a Heiwa (Apollo 5)
#2 is a Nishijin front overflow (crown)
#3 is a Nishijin single ball conversion (sun flower)
#4 is a Daiichi (s. diver)

[lasse-pin]

well, good luck and enjoy ...

[JamesM]

Enjoy your find, and keep us informed

[yose]

Nice find, thats a good project to keep you busy

[pachinkojeff]

My wife would have killed me!

[mxfaiman]

okay here are another 3 machines I inventoried today.
#5 is a Nishijin model B (clown or joker can't really tell)
#6 is a Nishijin model A (cherries/chrysanthemum)
#7 is a Nishijin front over flow (diana)


not the best ones so far but are in okay condition. All of them are super dirty.
I hope to have about another 5 or 6 on by tomorrow

[mxfaiman]

Okay today I inventoried another 7 machines

#8 is a Nishijin model B (5 tunnel)
#9 is a Nishijin model B (Super Tulip)
#10 is a Nishijin model B (Tiki)
#11 is a Nishijin model B (Super Tulip / Cat & Mouse)
#12 is a Nishijin front overflow (Airplane propeller / windmill)
#13 is a Nishijin model B (Super Win "at least that is what I call it")
#14 is a Nishijin model B (Jester's Hat)

I know a lot of model B's at the moment but I am randomly grabbing them, so I never know what I’ll get. I hope to have some more on here tomorrow.

[mxfaiman]

Here is the rest of the pictures

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sorry i'm having some issues posting the pictures. but if you click the link they will still appear.

[mxfaiman]

I don't know if most of you were able to view the pictures but I was told that some people couldn't see them. But here they are again. (Hopefully you could see them if you couldn't before)

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[Microbus99]

My wife would have killed me!

It took me a few years to get around the 50 I have but I have some moderns mixed in. What are your plans for all these machines? I hope you're retired and alot of time to restore machines!

[mxfaiman]

Okay today I inventoried another 4.5 machines.

#15 is a Nishijin model A (Can't tell due to no center)
#16 is a New Matsuya (Clover Tunnel)
#17 is a Okumura-Yuki (all 10) (I might have some plans to turn this into a franken-pachi )
#18 is a Nishijin model A (Pac-Man)
#19 is a National (clown or joker)
#20 is a Kyoraku (Fishing Monkeys)

It looks like I might actually have enough parts to add onto #17 to make it fully functional. It just might come out looking interesting.

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[mxfaiman]

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[WondersPachi]

I don't know if most of you were able to view the pictures but I was told that some people couldn't see them. But here they are again. (Hopefully you could see them if you couldn't before)

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I restored that third machine for my boss. One of them thats cool to see another does it say pachinko house of georgia??

[mxfaiman]

It took me a few years to get around the 50 I have but I have some moderns mixed in. What are your plans for all these machines? I hope you're retired and alot of time to restore machines!

My plans are to basically clean all of these machines up and get them back to working order and then go and sell them off. Of course I'll keep some of them and do a nicer job on those ones.

Also while looking through some of the machine I realized I have a lot of 5 tunnel machines. For these ones I plan on getting an artist to design a cell for me and put it on the machines and do some other modifications and then go sell them off. But I'll keep one and probably make one for the artist who designed the cell.
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One of them thats cool to see another does it say pachinko house of georgia??

Can you tell me which machine you are talking about? However, most of these are stamped with companies based on the West Coast.

[MrGneiss]

I don't think I've ever seen a Rolling Stone (#18) one that was an A..Mine and all the others I've seen were B's I think..Pretty cool!!

[Moparformances]

I don't think I've ever seen a Rolling Stone (#18) one that was an A..Mine and all the others I've seen were B's I think..Pretty cool!!

i cant say for sure either but i think they have all been "B"s as well

[mxfaiman]

I do have a rolling stone model B that I got before these. And I will say that is a little odd to see it in the form of a model A. the only downside is that someone cut the string for the star that drops down. It might be an easy fix though.

[Moparformances]

I do have a rolling stone model B that I got before these. And I will say that is a little odd to see it in the form of a model A. the only downside is that someone cut the string for the star that drops down. It might be an easy fix though.

im sure you can get it fixed.. especialy since you have two

[mxfaiman]

Okay today I inventoried another 2 machines.

# 21 is a National (all 10) (unfortunately this will become a parts machine )
# 22 is a Heiwa (ivy or 2 doves)

I hope to have another 4 at least on here by tomorrow

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[grocco]

Just out of curiosity, what did you end up paying for the entire lot?