i am told that aristocrat and jubilee's parent co is UK based and has been around since the turn of the century.
i looked up the patents on my 1964 and 65 jubilee one armed bandits and they belong to the UK company. I think they were manufactured up to a point in the UK and some later stuff (1968 onwards) was made/assembled here. Even the name Nutt and Muddle sounds pommy.?
Interestingly, the 5 and 10 center machines are very collectable, and real hard to find in great condition.
The only mechanical spring loaded jubilee model i have found/seen manufactured in Australia, was done under licence and built in Kings Cross, Sydney of all places. But it was only the outer cabinets, not the entire internal housings.I think u will find that the internal workings of most aristocrat and Jubilee pokies are UK made. My 1964 and 1965 models are.
that website i posted has some real nice resto's done on there. Beautiful colours. Pokies are fun to collect, just hide them when the boys in blue come over for a drink !
Interesting!. Thanks for that.
You wouldn't think the coppers would be interested in mechanical bandits. Perhaps the video ones. Dunno.
