by JHSS-1944 » Thu May 05, 2016 1:14 am
Drishoff;
in my opinion, parts are hard to come by ,at least here in the U.S. May be in England some one sells parts but, I have no idea of who (I never found them....).
I own a Lord Sega from 1964. the parts non - Mills made seem better quality then Mills.
I needed some parts for mine ,And no one I tried to talk to had anything; Had to make my own (locks, lighting system, just minor misc.).
Mine went from England to Canada , to Arizona. the man was moving back to Canada & He was informed he couldn't bring it back into the country.
Most sold in the u.s. seem to have all the electronic / lighting systems removed (since it's not 120 volts anyhow). mine is a 6d coin ,which is close to a u.s. nickle , Except the nickle is thicker ,So it will not pay out properly.
To convert might be a bit tricky.... might have to make new parts ,specially pay out slides , ect. OR buy vintage Mills parts & switch them out. The coin escalators are totally different.
For mine I contacted 2 coin dealers in the U.K. to buy the correct coins AND still ,never got a reply back from either.
Most "collectors" here, put a very low value on any Sega made slot machine , And most advise NOT to buy one, as it will never have any future value, compared to other slots.
I guess it depends on how You like them , how handy you are (or a friend), & if you plan on keeping them. to buy / fix / resell = you'll lose money for sure.
If you have to have them, wait to others chime in & use this forum topic "as ammo." to get the price low (if possible), from the seller.
how much are they asking on them ?
I'd have to say "working condition ONLY"; top price around $300.00 / $350.00 each (yep, I paid more for mine but, I'm an idiot).
Bear in mind, if "real cheap", you can go nuts on reworking it, repainting it, changing the reel strips to other graphics, ect.,ect. ..... AND NO ONE WILL CARE !!
You can turn it into something way cool that someone Would like to buy (non- slot collector).
Finding ANY information on Segas is real tough too, forget finding any manuals.
I hope this didn't hurt......
Jeff H.