New Owner - No Clue

[vintagelover]

Hi everyone. I just joined and am a new owner of one of these machines. I have no clue what I have and have never played the game and know absolutely nothing about it.

I recently acquired one of these from a woman who had stored this game under her house in a crawl space. She said her son, when he was a kid, loved to play it. I know it needs restoration and am trying to sell it for parts. I do need to be able to advertise it (model #, mfr year, etc).

If anyone can identify details about this piece and give me some idea of what I should ask for it, I'd appreciate it.

[CarlW]

Hi Vintage Lover,
You have a Nishijin Model B. I refer to that model as the JAL center feature. It is fairly common.

Almost all of the back (mechanism) is missing from your machine. It needs a lot of work to function.

This is what the back looks like.

After Back.jpg

Your extra pieces are broken off the back and not much use, sorry.

It's not worth anything to me because it's in bad condition front and back. So, if you can get anything, it's good for you. Ask $20?

[vintagelover]

Well, then I am not even going to bother trying to sell it. However, if there are some pieces left on there that can be used by someone in their restoration project, I'll be willing to give them away. I could mail them if the receiver pays the postage. I would need advice on how to dismantle it in such a way as not to break whatever parts are left on there that are useable. The colorful front alone could be used, right?

Thank you so much. I'm not surprised. Result of BAD storage, lack of care on the part of the person from whom I got it. Shoulda seen the other stuff I got from there. Most was taken to the dump.