Mechanical Memories Magazine

Now let's look at Jackpot, P/entywin etc. (for clarity, J shall now refer to these five
allwins as the ' mystery' machines). The most distinctive feature is the aluminium casting
across the width of the door, which acts as a backplate for the trigger and payout knob.
But there ' s one feature of these allwins which is completely different to the machines of
other makers (and I missed it at first)! Whales, Parkers and Kraft machines all have the
topflash built-in as an integral part of the case. Now look at the mystery machines; the
topflash is part of the door, not the case. And have you noticed the hinges yet? They're
Bryan's type, not the extruded type used by other makers.
I asked Dave a number of questions when we met at the Salisbury auction recently. I
was interested to know what sort of backflashes were used in Parker's machines, and he
said they were printed on the reverse of clear plastic, like Whales. So what about the
mystery machines? The backflashes on these machines are paper or card, with clear
plastic in front for protection, like Kraft and Wonders. So, something else that doesn 't
'stack up ' . Dave also said that he too was beginning to have doubts about the Parkers
theory.
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