Coin Slot
Issue: 1981 October 080 - Page 8
Coin Slot Magazine - #080 - 1981 - October [International Arcade Museum]
Letters to the Editor continued
any information that you can supply me on this company or any
other baseball card machines and companies.
Frank J. Katen
lished Authors Steve Gronowski(a new addition to our stable
ofknowledgeable writerfor The Coin Slot) and Dick Bueschel
have been plugging away at thisfirst volumefor almost a year
now, and things are getting closer to completion. We got an
advance look at some of the rushes that are being circulated
among arcade enthusiasts asking their comments regarding
value, and see that at leastfour "fortune telling Grandma's"
will be in the book.
The machines are:
Dear Frank,
This one is a stumper. Perhaps some ofthe readers are more
knowledgeable on this than we are. Can anyone help?
Sincerely,
Editor
PALMISTRY FORTUNE TELLER, Mills Novelty Com
pany, Circa 1928; GRANDMOTHER'S PREDICTIONS,
International Mutoscope, Circa 1929; PRINCESS DOR-
ALDINA, Doraldina Corporation, Circa 1930; GRANDMA,
Deco, Inc., Circa 1947.
So hang in there. Soon we'll have some real data on these
Dear Editor
Would you have any literature containing information on
"fortune telling grandmas" arcade machines (other than the
Drop Coin Here book)?
Thank you,
fascinating "Lady in the Box" machines.
Sincerely,
Editor
Dear Editor
First of all, thank you for the copy of The Coin Slot you sent
Richard & Jayne Sedmak
me.
I see in the Coin Slot Review of the six month subscription
Dear Dick and Jayne:
Notyet But it*scorning. The "Arcade Boom" is in its infancy,
and while there are many collectors of arcade machines they
haven't had the rallying point — or literature — needed to get
their machinespopularized beyond a smallgroup ofenthusiasts.
But that will change when "An Illustrated Price Guide to the
100 Most Collectible Arcade Machines, Volume 1" gets pub-
SLOT MACHINE SPRINGS
(Exact Duplicate Wire and Tension
FOR MILLS SLOT MACHINES
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
CLOCK SPRINGS
ESCALATOR SPRINGS
HANDLE SPRINGS
BRAKE WIRE
HEAVY SPRING (On Back of Shaft for Brake)
REPRO CASH BOX
REPRO BACK DOOR
PUSH BAR SPRING AG
STD-650 REEL STOP SPRING
D-620 EXTENSION SPRING
$1.20/6. $14.00/100
$1.20/6. $16.00/100
$3.00/5. $5.50/10
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$2.50 Ea., $6.00/3
$2.00 Ea.. $5.50/3
$4.00 Ea.
$10.00 Ea.
$20.00
$2.50 Ea., $7.00/3
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
50* Ea.. $1.25/3
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
$1.70/6. $20.00/100
$1.70/6. $20.00/100
$3.50/6. $6.00/12
FOR WATLING SLOT MACHINES
CLOCK SPRINGS
HANDLE SPRINGS
BRAKE WIRE
BUTTERFLY SPRING (For Coin Reject)
RIGHT ANGLE ROD (For Reject w/Cotter Pin)
STOP LEVER SPRINGS
REPRO CASH BOX
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$3.50 Ea., $5.50/2
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$4.50 Ea.
$5.00 Ea.
50% Ea.. $1.25/3
$11.00 Ea.
FOR JENNINGS SLOT MACHINES
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
$1.30/6. $16.00/100
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
$1.20/6. $16.00/100
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
$3.50/5. $6.50/10
CLOCK SPRING (Short)
$2.00 Ea. $5.00/3
CLOCK SPRING (Long)
$3.00 Ea. $8.00/3
ESCALATOR SPRINGS
Use Upper Finger Springs
HANDLE SPRINGS
$2.50 Ea.. $6.50/3
BRAKE WIRE
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
HEAVY SPRING (On Back of Shaft for Brake)
$4.00 Ea.
V9-35 and V9-27A OPERATING SPRING
$4.50 Ea., $8.00/2
REPRO CASH BOX
$16.00 Ea.
Write For Our Complete Spring Catalog
Including Jackpot Springs For All Machines
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Pace, Mills, Jennings, Watling, Caille, Fey, etc.
BERNIE BERTEN
9420 South Trumbull Ave., Evergreen Park, Illinois 60642
with a free guide. Please send DMB20.
Also I would like the following.
A guide suitable for my Jennings GOVERNOR, if available.
A copy of "100 Most Collectible Trade Stimulators, Volume
2." BT2, and a copy of "How Honest Are Slot Machines",
GF4.
I have in my collection a "Universal Feature Bell". Please
advise if you plan a guide for this machine in the future.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Yours sincerely,
J. Towner
Dear Mr. Towner
Glad you answered the "free copy" adfor The Coin Slot, and
your free Guide No. 20 for the Mills Bell-O-Matic 21 and
CROWN is on the way. We're hearing from more and more
collectors in the U.K.
Yes, a Coin Slot Guide for the Jennings GOVERNOR (the
export version of the American Jennings SUN CHIEF) is
scheduled, but it is Guide No. 69 and that's at least a year
away. Actually, discounting the cosmetics and cabinet designs
the mechanism is much the same as the Jennings CLUB
CHIEF and STANDARD CHIEF, so Guide No. 5 will do the
trick for the nuts-and-bolts.
No Guide is currently plannedfor the Universal FEATURE
BELL, although we've talked about it a lot Theproblem is that
no manual or instruction sheets have ever been foundfor this
machine, leaving us little to work with.
Perhaps our readers can help. Does anybody have a manual,
instruction sheet or set ofmaintenance sheetsfor the Universal
that we can beg, borrow or buy to work out a guide for this
machine?
The Editor
Dear Editor
After reading your publication of The Coin Slot for the past
three months I have found much valuable information. Thank
you.
Enclosed are some pictures of a slot machine which I
Telephone (312) 499-0688
8-THE COIN SLOT
© The International Arcade Museum
October 1981
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Letters to the Editor continued
any information that you can supply me on this company or any
other baseball card machines and companies.
Frank J. Katen
lished Authors Steve Gronowski(a new addition to our stable
ofknowledgeable writerfor The Coin Slot) and Dick Bueschel
have been plugging away at thisfirst volumefor almost a year
now, and things are getting closer to completion. We got an
advance look at some of the rushes that are being circulated
among arcade enthusiasts asking their comments regarding
value, and see that at leastfour "fortune telling Grandma's"
will be in the book.
The machines are:
Dear Frank,
This one is a stumper. Perhaps some ofthe readers are more
knowledgeable on this than we are. Can anyone help?
Sincerely,
Editor
PALMISTRY FORTUNE TELLER, Mills Novelty Com
pany, Circa 1928; GRANDMOTHER'S PREDICTIONS,
International Mutoscope, Circa 1929; PRINCESS DOR-
ALDINA, Doraldina Corporation, Circa 1930; GRANDMA,
Deco, Inc., Circa 1947.
So hang in there. Soon we'll have some real data on these
Dear Editor
Would you have any literature containing information on
"fortune telling grandmas" arcade machines (other than the
Drop Coin Here book)?
Thank you,
fascinating "Lady in the Box" machines.
Sincerely,
Editor
Dear Editor
First of all, thank you for the copy of The Coin Slot you sent
Richard & Jayne Sedmak
me.
I see in the Coin Slot Review of the six month subscription
Dear Dick and Jayne:
Notyet But it*scorning. The "Arcade Boom" is in its infancy,
and while there are many collectors of arcade machines they
haven't had the rallying point — or literature — needed to get
their machinespopularized beyond a smallgroup ofenthusiasts.
But that will change when "An Illustrated Price Guide to the
100 Most Collectible Arcade Machines, Volume 1" gets pub-
SLOT MACHINE SPRINGS
(Exact Duplicate Wire and Tension
FOR MILLS SLOT MACHINES
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
CLOCK SPRINGS
ESCALATOR SPRINGS
HANDLE SPRINGS
BRAKE WIRE
HEAVY SPRING (On Back of Shaft for Brake)
REPRO CASH BOX
REPRO BACK DOOR
PUSH BAR SPRING AG
STD-650 REEL STOP SPRING
D-620 EXTENSION SPRING
$1.20/6. $14.00/100
$1.20/6. $16.00/100
$3.00/5. $5.50/10
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$2.50 Ea., $6.00/3
$2.00 Ea.. $5.50/3
$4.00 Ea.
$10.00 Ea.
$20.00
$2.50 Ea., $7.00/3
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
50* Ea.. $1.25/3
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
$1.70/6. $20.00/100
$1.70/6. $20.00/100
$3.50/6. $6.00/12
FOR WATLING SLOT MACHINES
CLOCK SPRINGS
HANDLE SPRINGS
BRAKE WIRE
BUTTERFLY SPRING (For Coin Reject)
RIGHT ANGLE ROD (For Reject w/Cotter Pin)
STOP LEVER SPRINGS
REPRO CASH BOX
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$3.50 Ea., $5.50/2
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
$4.50 Ea.
$5.00 Ea.
50% Ea.. $1.25/3
$11.00 Ea.
FOR JENNINGS SLOT MACHINES
UPPER FINGER SPRINGS
$1.30/6. $16.00/100
LOWER FINGER SPRINGS
$1.20/6. $16.00/100
PAYOUT SLIDE SPRINGS
$3.50/5. $6.50/10
CLOCK SPRING (Short)
$2.00 Ea. $5.00/3
CLOCK SPRING (Long)
$3.00 Ea. $8.00/3
ESCALATOR SPRINGS
Use Upper Finger Springs
HANDLE SPRINGS
$2.50 Ea.. $6.50/3
BRAKE WIRE
$2.00 Ea., $5.50/3
HEAVY SPRING (On Back of Shaft for Brake)
$4.00 Ea.
V9-35 and V9-27A OPERATING SPRING
$4.50 Ea., $8.00/2
REPRO CASH BOX
$16.00 Ea.
Write For Our Complete Spring Catalog
Including Jackpot Springs For All Machines
.com
m
u
e
:
rom -mus
f
d
e
oad .arcade
l
n
Dow // MINIMUM
ww ORDER: $5.00
w
:
http
Wt WILL MAKE ANY SPRING YOU NEED
Pace, Mills, Jennings, Watling, Caille, Fey, etc.
BERNIE BERTEN
9420 South Trumbull Ave., Evergreen Park, Illinois 60642
with a free guide. Please send DMB20.
Also I would like the following.
A guide suitable for my Jennings GOVERNOR, if available.
A copy of "100 Most Collectible Trade Stimulators, Volume
2." BT2, and a copy of "How Honest Are Slot Machines",
GF4.
I have in my collection a "Universal Feature Bell". Please
advise if you plan a guide for this machine in the future.
Thanking you in anticipation.
Yours sincerely,
J. Towner
Dear Mr. Towner
Glad you answered the "free copy" adfor The Coin Slot, and
your free Guide No. 20 for the Mills Bell-O-Matic 21 and
CROWN is on the way. We're hearing from more and more
collectors in the U.K.
Yes, a Coin Slot Guide for the Jennings GOVERNOR (the
export version of the American Jennings SUN CHIEF) is
scheduled, but it is Guide No. 69 and that's at least a year
away. Actually, discounting the cosmetics and cabinet designs
the mechanism is much the same as the Jennings CLUB
CHIEF and STANDARD CHIEF, so Guide No. 5 will do the
trick for the nuts-and-bolts.
No Guide is currently plannedfor the Universal FEATURE
BELL, although we've talked about it a lot Theproblem is that
no manual or instruction sheets have ever been foundfor this
machine, leaving us little to work with.
Perhaps our readers can help. Does anybody have a manual,
instruction sheet or set ofmaintenance sheetsfor the Universal
that we can beg, borrow or buy to work out a guide for this
machine?
The Editor
Dear Editor
After reading your publication of The Coin Slot for the past
three months I have found much valuable information. Thank
you.
Enclosed are some pictures of a slot machine which I
Telephone (312) 499-0688
8-THE COIN SLOT
© The International Arcade Museum
October 1981
http://www.arcade-museum.com/
Future scanning projects are planned by the International Arcade Museum Library (IAML).