Interesting toy Rosco mechanical pachinko ball game toy

[browne92]

A toy slot machine that uses pachinko balls as tokens:

Very Very RARE and Very Near Mint Mechanical Pachinko Ball Game by Rosco | eBay

[hanabi]

Nice find

I think those are very cool and have been very tempted myself over the years, but so far haven't got one yet

Here's a thread that shows you the prices they can go for, you can see it varies a lot, and sometimes you could get a bargain

Ebay Auction: Mechanical Pachinko Ball Game

https://www.pachitalk.com/forums/showthread.php?26717

[hanabi]

and looks like this one has been relisted at a much cheaper starting price of $49-99 (@ £32 GBP)

or BIN of $89-99 (@ £58 GBP)

Very very rare and very near mint Mechanical Pachinko Ball Game by Rosco | eBay

[browne92]

The price is still not down to the point where I'm willing to bid. Too many other projects fighting for my time/money. But I will watch it and see what it does.

I'd love to see how it works, especially the payout mechanism, as it apparently needs no batteries. I just thought the idea of using pachinko balls as tokens was a great idea. It has to be much easier to build a mechanism to handle a ball shape than a coin shape.

Maybe someday. But for now, I'll join you in the ranks of 'watch and see'.