compacted pachinkos reach the US

[JamesM]

A lone Yahoo seller in Japan is reaching out to the U.S. on eBay.
Is the Japanese popularity of "compacted " pachinko emerging here as well?
See the future here

$120 + transformer swap $35 + $97 shipping
although this one does not come assembled inside a nice well finished box like some.

[Bilko44]

Sorry,
I view it more akin to attaching an electrical stimus to a dead frog and watching it jerk.

Taking a game apart and powering up the screen to see the video programming holds no interest for me.

"A working pachinko game is a terrible thing to waste."

Or as Col. Kurtz said,,,,"The Horror! The Horror!"

[azlew]

I can't see it as the future either but I guess if I had all the Pachinkos I would ever want then maybe getting this type of thing in a nice individual display box might be a consideration.

Or is this the future and all we do is just exchange out the old for the new + keeping the same case and just put the new screen in? Is this being done now in Japan?

[logicprobe]

I agree with Bilko... a terrible thing to waste!

Like the difference between a zoo and a taxidermist display.

[JamesM]

What you say is true,
unless say...you just want the Yellow Cab screen to see the girls
We're lucky here to have enough room to store & enjoy multiple full sized pachinkos
Space was the only reason I never collected pinball games.

[Kamehany]

What is that pile of parts I'm looking at. Does it do anything but play video? How do the video sequences play? ................

[johntofva]

Looks like something you would see in a sci-fi transporter malfunction.

[Kamehany]

Exactly!

Jeff Bridges - The Fly........Pachinko - Popey Mutation. What a shame!

[Tulsa]

I think I'll stick with the originals!

[JamesM]

It's a pachinko machine after being in Jeff Goldbloom's matter transporter with an unseen housefly.

[syph]

I don't have a problem with these at all, I think they look awesome, and a couple or three on my living room wall would ROCK. Also pretty sure that if I ever manage to get out to Japan, these would fit in my suitcase where a full machine (sadly) would not. Some of these on yahoo japan (thanks JamesM) are really gorgeous. Wish I had a bidding agent (who I could trust, who spoke english, etc etc)...

[arbycoffee]

A torched Soul there

[azlew]

James :

Thanks for continuing to keep us up to date on the items being offered in Japan. I for one enjoy seeing these items :-)

[RKnarr01]

I see a lot of people looking for a bidding agent that they can trust i am dealing with a guy right now and after i have my items shipped and (hopefully) received i will update everyone and hopefully maybe it will be possible to get some harder to find items here in the US.