Hello Pachinko People
Just registered today. Posting to introduce myself.
I was given a pachinko machine by my in-laws that they picked up for $5 for me somewhere (estate sale or thrift store, who knows) because I have a couple of pinball machines/arcade video games/jukebox etc. and they figure it would fit it. Pachinko was totally new to me (well, I knew they existed, but didn't know anything about them) so it just sat around for the better part of a year. Well, that and I figured it was incomplete because there was a bare metal shaft sticking out the front with nothing on it (would later learn that's a "finger rest").
Anyhow, about a month ago I pulled it out, blew (some of) the dirt off of it, and starting googling to try figuring out what I had. After a while, I had determined it's a Nishijin single-shot model that was converted to have an auto-feeding ball tray on the front. I'm now pretty sure it's circa 1969.
Been enjoying cleaning it up and getting it working. I've spent about $80 on 1000 pachinko balls, and another $80 in parts & supplies, and it's now (mostly) working and looking presentable.
I suppose I'll put more details... and pictures... in the "Vintage" sub-forum.
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Re: Hello Pachinko People
and biscuits
Originally Posted by Pachinko Botan
