Arrange Ball Miracle Buffalo parts

[MiracleBuffalo]

Hi, I have a Satomi Arrange Ball Miracle Buffalo machine. It used to work but years ago, opened it and the front fell off and crashed into wall. Looks like the ramp at very bottom that feeds the balls to front of machine is broken. I'm wondering if anyone knows anything about getting replacement parts and manual for this machine. Love to see it work again. Also, does anyone know value of these machines? Thank you for reading. Have an awesome day!

[Tink]

Parts will be hard to find. Posts a few pics and maybe we can help.

Fabrication may be required.

[emmadog]

there's little to no official info about the history of these and i've been collecting these machines for a long time and have never seen any type of manual. working machines in good shape are around 500 or so and go up from there and as Tink said, parts are only available from donor machines so they're extremely hard to find.

[Moparformances]

Welcome to Pachitalk

[MiracleBuffalo]

Parts will be hard to find. Posts a few pics and maybe we can help.

Fabrication may be required.

I am failing the aptitude test. I've tried to upload photo and it keeps saying it has failed. This is all new to me

[Tink]

Pics must be less than 2mb, you may need to crop or resize. It sometimes fails on 1st try but usually works after that.

[hanabi]

I am failing the aptitude test. I've tried to upload photo and it keeps saying it has failed. This is all new to me

hi, this link explains how to upload pics here

https://www.pachitalk.com/forums/sho...-Post-Pictures

Hope it helps

[MiracleBuffalo]

Did I pass the test?

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[Tink]

If you have the broken piece you could epoxy it back on. If to damaged you may have to fabricate something to direct the balls to the hole.

[Moparformances]

send you a PM.. did you get it??

[MiracleBuffalo]

If you have the broken piece you could epoxy it back on. If to damaged you may have to fabricate something to direct the balls to the hole.

I don't have the piece. Doesn't look too difficult to fabricate something. Wish I could find the coin box. Never did have a key. Maybe I'll replace lock with something else. My husband told me that the bull doesnt work anymore. He thought it might be a loose wire of fuse. I called a pinball guy. Said he'd look at it. It will such a joy to see it work again! Thank you for all of the input. Much appreciated, for sure! I'm having trouble finding what people have sold these for, in completed auctions and the like. Anyone know where to find such info? Just like to know a ballpark value on it by seeing what people actually paid for them. I'm assuming the guy wanting $17,000 never got it, righ? LOL I guess we all have to have dreams

[emmadog]

as I mentioned above, 500 would be a good starting point for a clean, working one and prices can go up from there.
it’s hard to find sales history because hardly any of these machines made it to the US, with even fewer remaining these days.
another problem is finding replacement circuit board components or modern equivalents which may or may not be an option.
i have this same machine and if I remember correctly, a ball in a certain pocket is what triggers the bull’s horns so the problem may be with the micro switch that the ball hits.