Monihan Pachinko on Craigslist Albuquerque

[SteveJ]

Anyone familiar with the Monihan brand of Pachinko machines? Any thoughts?
http://albuquerque.craigslist.org/clt/2176460452.html

[JACKSJE4]

I have never heard of that brand, but I LOVE the machine! Looks like a keeper to me!

[Moparformances]

[BigBearSteve]

I think you should get it Steve!

[SteveJ]

Think I'll ask for photos of the back... see if it looks complete. Says it works? but doesn't have any balls, so I'm wondering how he knows it works. Hadn't seen that brand mentioned on Pachitalk, the world authority on Pachinko machines. Thanks to everyone for the feedback. Does have an interesting looking cel. Let you know what happens.

[SteveJ]

I emailed the person, then I got to wondering, maybe its supposed to be a Maruhan.

[Moparformances]

more pics will tell the truth...

good luck to ya

[Microbus99]

I think you're right Steve. Monihan? Sounds a little too European to me.

Still very cool for the price...You must aquire!!!

[hanabi]

It deff looks like a Maruhon, I was sure I'd seen something very similar with that cell design background, word 'Best' in red on it

and if you compare the pics from the CL Ad below

00maruhon1.JPG00maruhon2.JPG

with the ones at this link,

1970s Flower - VP0126 - a set on Flickr

you can see that although the centre piece is different, the rest of the cell and frame more than suggest it's a 70's Maruhon

I love the colours and you don't see as many of these as you do sanyos and nishijins etc and what a cheap price!!

[Drunkenclam]

yes similar to the one here on ebay before christmas.

[SteveJ]

Alas, email was answered, advised he would send pictures... received another email a couple hours later saying he sold it. If I hadn't been at work I could have been out buying a Pachinko machine. Having a job is overrated. Thanks all.

[JACKSJE4]

I hate it when a job gets in the way of rescuing Pachis! There should be a law against it. I have lost several that way.

Trust me, there will be more in your future to tempt you.

[BigBearSteve]

Having a job is overrated.

Yes it is

But without one, We couldn't afford pachi's

[SteveJ]

True BigBear... has anyone here tried taking a tax deduction for Pachinko expenses? Tax time is coming, let's be creative here.

[luckydog]

maybe list them as a mental health expense

[SteveJ]

maybe list them as a mental health expense

Good point, I would rather be shooting steel balls than be in the finest psychiatric hospital in the nation.

[SteveJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bd2B6SjMh_w