3 more today, Kyoraku, Besta and Ishigin

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The other night I spotted a CL ad for 3 pachinkos for only $2560! I sent a email asking where he came up with that price and that he was dreaming if he thought he would ever get that much. I got a email back last night saying he thought he was being very reasonable . Two minutes later he sent another email thanking me for catching the typo and that it should read $25 each or $60 for them all.

After getting that one I replied as fast as I could, firstly to say sorry for being a little snippy with my first message and then asking him to call me about checking out the machines.

He called first thing this morning and I made arrangements to go check them out. I looked at the machines and he said he could not find the balls (or that he wanted to keep them for the Nishijin he was keeping) and asked if I would be okay with him knocking $10 off for them. I took a look at the few still stuck in the machines and I was fine with that (the 100 or so I ended up with are in the tumbler in hopes I will have a few more to test filthy machines with)

He talked my ear off for around 2 hours not making a lot of sense but was friendly enough. He mentioned that he had bought two "Chinese slots" and did not like them and that he gave one to his mom with all the tokens and had the other one just setting around. I jokingly said "let me guess, it is a Million god" and he said "No, I think it is a God game" then he took me out to look at it and I almost died from being right. He said that he paid $80 for it but could not figure out how to use it as it just brought up menus when he plugged it in and he did not want to break it. I thought that it was a good chance to score a deal so I asked what he wanted for it. He asked if $80 for all four would work so I went for it.

The Ishigin is interesting, lots in common with some of the other small-short lived-never imported brands I have seen. it is missing covers on the back and a small chunk of the upper front tray but not part that would affect play

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Interesting fact, the ball tracks above the payout on all three of these, both that I got last week and me daiichi machines are all the same.

The Besta is almost exactly the same as the Isuzu I got last week. The toys on the cell, trays, doors, the frames (including the wing nut mount for the cell and no hinges) and about half the bits on the back. This one was never wired for lights (nor was the Isuzu) both the besta from today and the isuzu from last week are missing parts so I am thinking about parting this one out to make one good machine (this would be parted as the frame is falling apart and the laminate is peeling off the front) but I still am not sure.

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The only bits not the same are the plastics on the lower back but with all the cross over among so many brands I realy think that there must have been two or three manufacturers that made some of these parts in large quantities and sold them to many of the smaller makers.