please post your arrangeball manufacturer plates here

[cait001]

Hi everyone, I have a bit of a favour to ask. I am working on a project to help build a history of the Japanese arcade industry and right now I'm trying to gather specific model information on arrangeball / challenge ball machines. (also sparrow ball machines if you have any!)

Can you please post a photo of your arrangeball machines below (decent shot of the front if possible) but most importantly I want to see the manufacturer plate on each machine, if you can find one.

I think I've asked about these before in other threads, but this post by Nicole reminded me to create a thread specifically for it. https://nicole.express/2023/arrange-all-you-want.html

for example:
behold.jpeg

and the manufacturer plate:
serial.jpeg

If your machine has more than one company-related plate on it, please post them all. Sometimes the info is split up.

thank you!

[sparky kilowatt]

Here's mine.

[cait001]

Thank you sparky kilowatt, any chance you have an image of the playfield before your custom restoration?

[sparky kilowatt]

Here's the front of the machine the day I picked it up before any work was done on it.

[emmadog]

click on my profile and go to albums where you'll see the 15 or so arrangeballs i've owned. i don't have any close ups of the manufacturer label. all my machines are in storage so i don't have easy access to take close ups at the moment.

[lotsoballs]

[cait001]

So people know, that symbol on the manufacturer tag is for Fuji

[lotsoballs]

[cait001]

Is there any manufacturer tag anywhere on this machine, maybe on the back or inside?
It's hard to tease apart stuff with the "Three Star" branding because I think that company went through a few iterations, and are one of the earliest makers for arrangeball. I wonder if a tag would say Three Star or Sansei.

[lotsoballs]

[cait001]

Thanks for all of these. Does that center tag at the bottom say 51? I think it says 51年3月 but it's fuzzy
I know you know what that means, but for anyone new that would mean 1976-03 is the expiry of the license (or at least that's my understanding,) which implies the machine was installed 1975.

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Satomi

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Fuji

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Taiyo

[cait001]

Satomi

Thank you. If you get a chance can you please snap clear photos of these tags in the bottom left, and upper right?
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Arrange Ball Miracle AM-1D - アレンジボールミ&#1.jpg

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Thank you. If you get a chance can you please snap clear photos of these tags in the bottom left, and upper right?
Arrange Ball Miracle AM-1D - アレンジボールミ&#1.jpg
Arrange Ball Miracle AM-1D - アレンジボールミ&#1.jpg

Sorry I cannot...pulled those from my files...no longer have that machine

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Satomi

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Meiyu. No label

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Satomi

[cait001]

I am also confirming dates against advertisements in publications, press releases, and dated photos. If we see a parlor photo from 1974 with a specific model, we know it must have been made by then or earlier.