Pachinko balls... Any value?

[Ellis86]

Have interesting game balls. Do you have any
Worth or history?

[Firesting]

Pics?

[owennewton]

Pics?

You pick up our habits fast

Now to the posters question, are you looking to see if you have some that are collectable? Or just about odd - unusual ones in general?

[Ellis86]

both

[hanabi]

If you could post pics or at least tell us what the markings are, then it would give our members something to work on

Most of my own pachinko balls are engraved, lots of different designs / markings and I even have some coloured ones but I don't class any of them as being particularly collectible. However, other members may like to add designs to their collections that they don't already have??

[Ikaria]

To me they're just metal marbles to make the machines go. Value? About $.04 ea. shipped.

[owennewton]

I dig through and set aside any odd ones and one or two of each that I get, I have around 230 or so different ones put away from the 26,000 I have for play but not really trying to collect them.

[DrDark]

None are as valuable or rare as the fabled UNICORN BALLS

[mxfaiman]

To me they're just metal marbles to make the machines go. Value? About $.04 ea. shipped.

[luckydog]

my balls are priceless

[Drunkenclam]

There was some Sakura balls on eBay a while ago. I think they sold for over $50 for 3 balls.
The threads here somewhere.

[MrGneiss]

There was some Sakura balls on eBay a while ago. I think they sold for over $50 for 3 balls.
The threads here somewhere.

To be more accurate there was an insane person that tried to sell 3 balls for $50!!

Special Balls!!

[takethecastle57]

I Have at least 500 of those "Unicorn" engraved Pachinko Balls

[Ikaria]

I Have at least 500 of those "Unicorn" engraved Pachinko Balls

[BigBadger]

To me they're just metal marbles to make the machines go. Value? About $.04 ea. shipped.

I only wish that was the case... I cannot find balls anywhere in Canada. If I order them through one of the few I have found in the USA, I am looking at $0.12 per ball on average... includes shipping, of course. eBay is a complete waste of time as most won't ship to Canada and their prices for balls only have been consistently higher than anywhere else I have seen.

My girlfriend is hoping to play with some unicorn balls... I can only play with the small handful I had to start with.

[Rival]

Surely someone must have a source for bulk purchases at a steep discount. I mean, suppose i wanted 10,000. at 4 cents each thats $400.00. I bet there are sources that could import 20,000 or more for $400.00, if only we could find them.

[luckydog]

thr main problem is the delivery weight of 10,000 or 20,000 balls

[mxfaiman]

yes. you could buy 20,000 for $400 but it will cost you close to $200 in shipping.