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    Searching for an arrangeball.

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    Default Re: 4 challengeball machines - sfbay, CA

    Wow! I a little too far as well, but if I was closer I'd grab all 4.

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    Default Re: 4 challengeball machines - sfbay, CA

    I would get them but I have all the machines that I can handle . Some of them have been on the to do list for almost Twenty years .
    When things don't go right the 1st time , Step back ,Take a break and come back renewed. RGS

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    Default Re: 4 challengeball machines - sfbay, CA

    the old "working when put away". cool machines and hopefully they work.
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    Default 4 challengeball machines - sfbay, CA

    Quote Originally Posted by emmadog View Post
    the old "working when put away". cool machines and hopefully they work.
    Not unlike the classic “ran when parked” line people say when trying to sell some dilapidated rust bucket that’s been parked in their backyard for decades…

    It couldn’t take more than a few minutes to plug them in and test them if they are original owners and know how to use them…suspicious!

    That’s said I’d buy them all probably if I lived close in hopes I could pull a miracle..
    Last edited by lotsoballs; 08-01-2024 at 09:02 AM.

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    Default Re: 4 challengeball machines - sfbay, CA

    As one of the semi-local crew to these machines.... I can almost guarantee they will be 500x worse in person than how they look in this listing. I have come upon so much absolutely rusted to hell junk over the past month.

    Suspiciously copped pictures = suspicious.
    ALWAYS looking to buy a Heiwa CR Bunny Girl pachinko! Please PM me!

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    i don't think any of these machines have them but some arrangeballs and in particular some Taiyo models that i own with simple digital displays have proprietary ROM chips that have a shelf life. i forget the length of time but we're way past it although mine still worked last time i checked. it's another potential failure point that is not obvious when dealing with these machines.
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    Did anyone get these? I'd love to see more photos for the arrangeball list/database
    WANTED: 10¥ candystore games, pre-1950s Japanese machines (+fortune tellers), スマートボール (Smart Ball), Pickwick-style (~1905)
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