cpiFeb 16
scan: Automatic Amusement Machines - Bolland's Amusement Machine Supply Co., Ltd (1930s)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/02/scan-automatic-amusement-machines.html
#retroarcade #uk #allwin #pinball #slotmachine #wallmachine #arcade
Show threadcpiFeb 16
scan: Arcadia 85 Illustrated Auction Catalogue 1985-10-05
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/02/scan-arcadia-85-illustrated-auction.html
#retroarcade #uk #allwin #slotmachine #arcade #germany #mutoscope #pennyarcade #pinball
Show threadcpiJul 29, 2025
Videos part 11: another 3.2 GB collection of movie/tv clips with pinball and arcade. We have movies from Japan, Germany, France, UK, USA, etc. A whole bunch of old timey shooting galleries, too!
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2025/07/videos-part-11.html
#retroarcade #pinball #allwin #germany #japan
Videos part 11

We are back with another pack of movie and TV clips with pinball and arcade machines. Prior video posts:  1 ,  2 ,  3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , ...

cpiFeb 29, 2024

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Show threadcpiNov 4, 2023

scan: ヨーロッパに生まれ日本で育ったパチンコ百年史 [A Centennial History of Pachinko Born in Europe and Raised in Japan] (2002)
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/10/scan-centennial-history-of-pachinko.html

#retroarcade #japan #pachinko #allwin #arcade #scans #gamingalexandria

scan: ヨーロッパに生まれ日本で育ったパチンコ百年史 [A Centennial History of Pachinko Born in Europe and Raised in Japan] (2002)

A perfect companion to the episode TVムック故郷は欧州　意外なパチンコ進化論 (TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution) that I posted ,...

Show threadcpiNov 4, 2023

exploring the arcade in 1992-01 TVムック故郷は欧州　意外なパチンコ進化論 / TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/10/exploring-arcade-in-1992-01-tv-tv-mook.html

This was an incredible amount of work. When someone says "prewar game", we have to specify WW2, WW1, Russo-Japanese war... because some of these machines go into the 19th century.
The translated documentary is also linked.

#japan #pachinko #allwin #germany #uk #usa #arcade #retroarcade

exploring the arcade in 1992-01 TVムック故郷は欧州　意外なパチンコ進化論 / TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution

I just recently was able to share  1992-01 TVムック故郷は欧州　意外なパチンコ進化論 / TV Mook Mystery Journey: Surprising theory of pachinko evolution in ano...

Show threadcpiOct 17, 2023

Niche Mechanisms 006: Spirals
https://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/10/niche-mechanisms-006-spirals.html

#nichemechanisms #retroarcade #japan #usa #germany #allwin #tradestimulator

Niche Mechanisms 006: spirals

The ball spirals further inward!  We're not talking about machines that use circles or curves or even spirals to launch balls, no these are ...

Show threadcpiMay 17, 2023

Just in case you think I've been slacking, I have another major announcement:
The Nic Costa Archive is now online!

Costa is one of the premier historians of #coinop and has donated his archives to a university. His documents have been scanned and are available to peruse. A treasure trove of #retroarcade research
#pinball #arcade #allwin #uk #medalgame

http://pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-nic-costa-archive-version-11.html

the Nic Costa Archive version 1.1

Overview Nic Costa is one of the premier researchers of coinop history.  Similar to what Dick Bueschel achieved in the USA, Nic Costa pursue...

Show threadcpiDec 11, 2021
so two of those machines are now gone and with a bit of money on top on my side they turned into THESE TWO machines.
I had a Kicker Catcher on my wantlist for a while. This is the less pretty version from the 50s but it looks way better in person.
The art deco #allwin is probably 30s? And might be a keeper because of how good it looks. Someone had jammed it full of pachinko balls, so it wasn't working, but I had a spare allwin ball straight from the UK with proper weight
#retroarcade
cpiMar 30, 2021
@ifixcoinops guess who's back home?
It's my frankenstein machine but it has new track on and it plays excellent.
#allwin #retroarcade
It had it's case hurt by Fedex, it had an old track that never worked, needed extra glass to fix the gap, has regular cabinet hinges as replacements, but the guts and wood and metal are are original.