C.O.C.A. Times
Issue: 2008-November - Vol 9 Num 3 - Page 11
The auction ended and I was the winner. One other
person thought enough of the game to participate but
only enough to offer the opening price. Just as I sus-
pected, all you coin-opers missed this gem because of
the poor description and the improper category listing.
I got the little dicer for $40.99. Fantastic! I must be a
doggone brain surgeon!
Postscript:
As my mother used to say,
"Not so fast there , Buckaroo! "
The above story was written before
I placed the dicer for sale on Ebay.
I figured all I had to do to complete the
article was to insert the final auction price,
which I did. What I did not account for was
the more interesting part of the story that
developed after the auction began .
I eagerly awaited
my latest joy from
Quebec, Canada.
It eventually ar-
rived in nice con-
dition and after
chasing al I the
Styrofoam pea-
nuts away from
the mechanism, I
grabbed a penny
and dropped it
down the slot.
Nothing.
No
light, no shaking
dice, no smile on my face. Several pennies later, I de-
cided that I better open it up and check out what was
or was not going on inside. The interior, Photo "C" is
what I vaguely saw in the photos on Ebay. What they
did not show is that the wiring was only partly connect-
ed. One of the wires from the 3 cells of "D's" taped to-
gether was hanging loose inside the case. Referencing
the above paragraph, I'm a brain surgeon so I must be
able to figure out this circuitry in short order. Right?
That, my friends , is the subject of
"Schlock and Awwwww, Part II. "
Stay tuned .
Two-Bit Restorations
Specializing in the total restoration of
the Bally Relianc:e and Buckley Bones
dke machines of the 1930s
Jeff Frahm
(928) 710-8731
www.rwobitrestoracions.com
SLOT MACHINES
TRADE STIMULA TORS
JUKE BOXES
Coin--Operations
Paul Hindin
3712 W. Scenic Ave.
Mequon. WI 53092
262-242-3131 or 414-559-9681
E-mail: Bcdvibr8or@a ol.com
Wrong! Many hours of experimentation later, the
dam thing still won 't work properly. I can make the
dice shake and the light illuminate by touching the
loose wire to various terminals and places on the metal
plating but I cannot make the circuit work by way of
the arm dropping down with the coin to make and then
break the circuit. So, instead of a cute little one-of-a-
kind fully operational all American original, I have a
homemade clunker that only operates by hand-on-wire,
mine. What's a poor fool to do?
We buy. sell, and trade.
GUM & PEANUT MACHINES
ARCADE MACHINES
CROW RIVER TRADING CO.
YOUR SOURCE FOR A.B.T.
GAMES, PARTS & LITERATURE
BOUGHT & SOLD
GAMES RESTORED
GUNS REPAIRED
TEL: (888) 596-4992
FAX: (952) 931 -7948
Why, I do what all the other fools do. I put it back
on Ebay. And you know what? It sells for $101.99. As
I said before, I am a doggone brain surgeon!
E-MAIL: INFO@CROWRIVER.COM
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: WWW.CROWRIVER.COM
(YOUR GUMBALL & PEANUT MACHINE PARTS SUPERMARKET)
11
person thought enough of the game to participate but
only enough to offer the opening price. Just as I sus-
pected, all you coin-opers missed this gem because of
the poor description and the improper category listing.
I got the little dicer for $40.99. Fantastic! I must be a
doggone brain surgeon!
Postscript:
As my mother used to say,
"Not so fast there , Buckaroo! "
The above story was written before
I placed the dicer for sale on Ebay.
I figured all I had to do to complete the
article was to insert the final auction price,
which I did. What I did not account for was
the more interesting part of the story that
developed after the auction began .
I eagerly awaited
my latest joy from
Quebec, Canada.
It eventually ar-
rived in nice con-
dition and after
chasing al I the
Styrofoam pea-
nuts away from
the mechanism, I
grabbed a penny
and dropped it
down the slot.
Nothing.
No
light, no shaking
dice, no smile on my face. Several pennies later, I de-
cided that I better open it up and check out what was
or was not going on inside. The interior, Photo "C" is
what I vaguely saw in the photos on Ebay. What they
did not show is that the wiring was only partly connect-
ed. One of the wires from the 3 cells of "D's" taped to-
gether was hanging loose inside the case. Referencing
the above paragraph, I'm a brain surgeon so I must be
able to figure out this circuitry in short order. Right?
That, my friends , is the subject of
"Schlock and Awwwww, Part II. "
Stay tuned .
Two-Bit Restorations
Specializing in the total restoration of
the Bally Relianc:e and Buckley Bones
dke machines of the 1930s
Jeff Frahm
(928) 710-8731
www.rwobitrestoracions.com
SLOT MACHINES
TRADE STIMULA TORS
JUKE BOXES
Coin--Operations
Paul Hindin
3712 W. Scenic Ave.
Mequon. WI 53092
262-242-3131 or 414-559-9681
E-mail: Bcdvibr8or@a ol.com
Wrong! Many hours of experimentation later, the
dam thing still won 't work properly. I can make the
dice shake and the light illuminate by touching the
loose wire to various terminals and places on the metal
plating but I cannot make the circuit work by way of
the arm dropping down with the coin to make and then
break the circuit. So, instead of a cute little one-of-a-
kind fully operational all American original, I have a
homemade clunker that only operates by hand-on-wire,
mine. What's a poor fool to do?
We buy. sell, and trade.
GUM & PEANUT MACHINES
ARCADE MACHINES
CROW RIVER TRADING CO.
YOUR SOURCE FOR A.B.T.
GAMES, PARTS & LITERATURE
BOUGHT & SOLD
GAMES RESTORED
GUNS REPAIRED
TEL: (888) 596-4992
FAX: (952) 931 -7948
Why, I do what all the other fools do. I put it back
on Ebay. And you know what? It sells for $101.99. As
I said before, I am a doggone brain surgeon!
E-MAIL: INFO@CROWRIVER.COM
VISIT OUR WEB SITE: WWW.CROWRIVER.COM
(YOUR GUMBALL & PEANUT MACHINE PARTS SUPERMARKET)
11
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