Mechanical Memories Magazine

Issue: 2013-October - Issue 79

Threes Pinball Machine
By Stuart Dale
This month I thought I would share with you the story of my latest pinball machine, it
is the third machine that I own of this type and style, and by coincidence it is called
Threes. I feel sure that most of you will have seen the Tuck Shop pinball made by
Shields of Bridlington, and also the similar Shoot pinball made by Jamieson' s, also of
Bridlington. Both have been featured in earlier issues of this magazine.
I am not 100% sure who made the Threes machine, as it has no makers name on
it, but my money is on it being a Jamieson machine. However, Ian Jamieson says he
can' t remember it, but he says he was only about 9 years old when it was produced
and he may have forgotten about it.
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The Threes machine pays out a packet of Polos as a reward, there is also bell that rings
to signal a payout when you manage to get a winning combination of playing card
symbols on the head box display. Although the machine only has one ball bearing, a
very cleaver mechanical star shaped wheel lets you fire the ball three times for one old
penny, so you have even more chances of getting a winning combination.
Internal view of the head box,
showing at the top nine relays associated with each of the nine card symbols.
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