Which Machine to get?

[The13bats]

Forget USA tokens I still have many questions about the import tokens,
Yea, it has been said and it was said that these import machines take .984
I have interest in what you are saying that you can get them in cool styles, And like I said before I dont want to for Example buy the Cherry ones if they are not going to fit right in my machine, in that example was it the token or the machine that wasnt right,
Do you know of any vender that sells tokens in mixed styles all I see are pretty much all the same logo,
Also will the bimetal ones work they look cool as do the gold ones?

[johntofva]

I am not sure about the bi-metal ones, but stay away from the copper ones. They will bend and jam the hopper up.

[The13bats]

Ok, here is a question,
You put the token into the machine does that get added to the bin that pays the jackpot or is it just stored?Do you get back in jackpot the same tokens you insert?

[johntofva]

Yes... It goes into the same tokens you get back.

[H20Dreams]

Most of the tokens that you mention will work including the bi-metal ones which are cool. Most of the time that I have bought tokens on e-bay or from this site for that matter, have been packages of mixed tokens except for the bi-metal ones that I have purchased.

Just start buying and you are going to eventully end up with an interesting collection of pachi-tokens.

[logicprobe]

The '.984' token is actually .984 inches in diameter.
It's also known as 25mm since Japan is metric of course, as well as being called 25pai.
Those fit MOST pachislo machines... the exception being those from Okinawa, which use the larger 30mm (30pai) tokens.

There have been rare instances where members have mentioned a problem with thickness of SOME of the 25mm tokens, and some have mentioned a problem with bi-metal tokens working in SOME machines. A thorough search, and you should be able to find those threads and posts if that is a concern to you. When I come across tokens that jam up a machine, I discard them or just set them aside. Easy enough.

And, like JohnTofVA mentioned, the 'aftermarket' copper/brass tokens have caused problems for some members because they are so soft and bend easily.

Just about every lot of pachislo tokens I've ever received have been a 'mixed bag'. If you're seeing bag lots from vendors that all look the same, they are probably using a stock photo.

[RaymondV]

We stay away form talking about conversions and inner-change-ablity.

I thought it might be going that way

Nobody was talking about token to coin conversion, just talking about the size of them.