Pachinko machine?

[0352Marine]

My mom gave me this Pachinko machine and the lights don't work. I was wondering if anybody knew anything about it? This one is a model B nishijin Shiroi-kamome super deluxe. My dad brought it back from Veitnam in 68 or 69 anyways I would like to restore it cause they are just cool looking and they range in price from $350-$650 restored.

 

[0352Marine]

Sorry I put this in the wrong forum can anybody move it to general discussion forum. my bad

 

[Stingray]

I'm going to go ahead and reply since it's still here in this forum. I have a couple of newer model pachinko machines. Both of mine run off AC power. Unless I'm mistaken, those earlier mechanical models don't actually require any power to operate (it shoots and pays out without any power, only the lights require power), and so many of them have non-functional lights. I believe the lights are set up to run off DC and can be pretty easily converted to batteries if you know anything at all about electrical stuff. Sorry I can't be more specific without actually seeing the inside of your particular machine.

Tons of info about these great little machines can be found here:
http://pachitalk.com/

Oh, and I hate to be the one to tell you this, but even fully working and in super nice shape, you'd be lucky to get $150 out of an early mechanical pachinko.

Here are the one's I have:

I paid $50 for the red one and $75 for the yellow one. These games just don't bring much cash unless you have one of the highly desirable Star Wars or similar themed electronic pachis.

-S