Phenomenal Gavin that you have these machines, actually almost unbelieveable. With Steve's recent passing, these would have to be that more special for sure
They're just games mate... for a while i was caught up in getting rare as possible machines... they cost a pretty penny to own and at the end of the day, i could own a 1948 TRIPLE ACTION that worked by buying another.. its rarity is neither here nor there.
The upright prototype is not a great player by any means, but it does have a lot of charm.. especially the scoring... it goes up to 999 on paper decalled reels. If you press RESET button it has to count down ALL 999 steps.. takes bloody ages and each time a number drops by one.. the bloody bell goes TING!... But it is nice to know it came from Steves personal collection of rare stuff... not sure id ever sell it. Not because its only one of two, but because its something different in the collection and its nice to mix up the type of machine i reckon
