I picked up a pachinko machine with a Nugget candy vending machine at a garage sale for $30 and they both have sat in the dining room for months. The pachinko was untested because the previous owners didn't have the power adapter and they threw in a bag of what they said were the balls for it. When I got home I realized the balls they gave me were not pachinko balls. They were too big. I don't know what they were for. Everything worked fine on the candy machine and came with the key. I read into the pachinko power adapter and found out that none of the old machines have a power adapter and the power wasn't actually needed for play. It was just to work 2 light bulbs that went off when the balls were out in the back or when you hit a jackpot. I dug out my box of random AC adapters and found one that was suitable. Wired the machine up and found one bulb was out.
The machine sat in the dining room for probably a month and a half before I bought some bulbs. After getting the bulbs the machine sat for another month. I had seen some small rubber grommets at the hardware store and picked up some of those for the light sockets as the foam that was in there originally had disintigrated in my hands when I checked the bulbs for the first time. I finally bought a small bag of 200 pachinko balls and when they arrived I tried the machine out. It works fine, but I didn't buy enough balls. I bought a box of 500 balls and they arrived today. I loaded up the machine and everything works great. It is a lot of fun. I never hear of pachinko owners on this site (so speak up if you got one). My daughter loved playing the game until she hit a jackpot. She hit the jackpot and I told her to watch the light come on and then the bells in the machine chimed in and it scared the crap out of her. She got up, ran, and hid behind her toy box. She didn't want to play anymore tonight. She'll get over it. I have to move the machine into the game room now because she really likes the small, shiny pachinko balls. She's 2 by the way.
The machine sat in the dining room for probably a month and a half before I bought some bulbs. After getting the bulbs the machine sat for another month. I had seen some small rubber grommets at the hardware store and picked up some of those for the light sockets as the foam that was in there originally had disintigrated in my hands when I checked the bulbs for the first time. I finally bought a small bag of 200 pachinko balls and when they arrived I tried the machine out. It works fine, but I didn't buy enough balls. I bought a box of 500 balls and they arrived today. I loaded up the machine and everything works great. It is a lot of fun. I never hear of pachinko owners on this site (so speak up if you got one). My daughter loved playing the game until she hit a jackpot. She hit the jackpot and I told her to watch the light come on and then the bells in the machine chimed in and it scared the crap out of her. She got up, ran, and hid behind her toy box. She didn't want to play anymore tonight. She'll get over it. I have to move the machine into the game room now because she really likes the small, shiny pachinko balls. She's 2 by the way.



