Mechanical Memories Magazine

man in a chair. Spooky stuff! The light goes out and the fire place closes, then in the
silent room behind poor Willie Winkle, a female spooky ghost appears in the hall way
(a mirror image that was used a lot in the early machines). The machine comes to a
halt and the insert coin light comes back on. A 45 second scene with a nice bit of cam
work.
It is a lovely machine and looks the antique machine of its time. I'll be sorry to
see this one go but must make some more; I just love it. I have a fortune question and
answer machine under construction now, which is not such an old machine. This one
pays out a scroll telling your answer to the question and a little bit of advice. It's a
great eye catcher.
Future machines in the pipeline are American Execution (Electric Chair) honific
in its time (1903s) and the Spiritualist Room, from the 1950s. I do all this round fixing
and restoring service for existing customers. If all goes well I have been in touch with
Dreamland and am hoping to have few of the Victorian machines in there.
Finally my dream is corning true and those old mechanical machines run again.
TimFroome
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