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THE BLIND LEADING THE BLIND ~ or ~ A TOTAL B.S. AD ON EBAY

Postby Midcoast Vintage » Wed Dec 17, 2014 6:33 pm

READ THE DESCRIPTION...LAUGH... THEN CRY!
Las Vegas... a store that obviously knows what slot machines are... and this is how he represents himself?
HOW DID THE BUFFOON / FRAUDSTER GET A GAMING LICENSE (necessary to deal slots in nevada)????
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mills-25-Cent-T ... 20f2b6c707
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Postby oldslotman » Wed Dec 17, 2014 7:55 pm

Sad, really sad that this is going on. :^o
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Postby SLOT DYNASTY » Thu Dec 18, 2014 12:19 am

Yeah - Right! Mills was producing these in 1940. :^o
Where do these clowns come up with all this BS?
The "Hole-in-One", and the "Grand-Slam" were Fantasy machines, built by Robert Durose,
in the 1990's and on. You generally will just see the slot, not as a figural. Not sure how
many he did like this one. They are fine, for someone that wants something different for
their game-room, and that's just how the description should read.
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Postby mechanic » Thu Dec 18, 2014 9:33 pm

Did you guys catch the Jennings Black Hawk to the right of the pic thats probably not !? Never seen a red one before!
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Postby SLOT DYNASTY » Thu Dec 18, 2014 11:12 pm

Yes, I did notice the red Jennings "Black Hawk". Rather unusual. An obvious repaint. Or not? Unfamiliar with that model.
I did send a note to the seller of the Golf figure. He was quite pleasant in his reply, and wanted to know more info on it,
in which I did reply. Maybe not the clown we think he is? Will let you know more.
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Postby Midcoast Vintage » Mon Feb 02, 2015 1:21 am

He must have not been to concerned.
He has relisted the machine with the same B.S. description.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Mills-S ... 20f2f976ab
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Postby goodguy » Mon Feb 02, 2015 6:35 am

I have to join the attacks, but the most obvious failure of the golfer and minner
is the non-operational hand. The use of a slot handle to activate, and the poor
choice of machines make them just something to decorate a game room and have
no real collectible or historic value. However lets move on the , and i Quote
FRANK POLK RE-ISSUE. Frank Polk did not make it, it is not a "real" Frank
Polk., Truthfully it is an excellent repro- nothing more or less. A licensing
to produce, will never make it an original- it will always be a repro.
When Colt decided to produced the 1850, and 1851 colt from the oriiginal tooling,
in the colt factory--- they labelled them second generation--new numbers etc.
The terminology Re- issue leaves assumption of age that is not true.
For everyones analysis I am Enclosing photos a cowboy I purchased 20 + years ago.
in a new heading" fantastic find". Your comments and analysis wll be appreciated.
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Postby Swami » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:08 am

While I don't support any of these Re-Issue's or Repo Figures, there is nothing wrong with the operation of the machine being generated from a Slot Handle. The only Polk Figures that used a Hand were the One Arm Bandit's. You would pull down on a Gun in the Hand of the Bandit to operate the machine.

All the other Polk Figures used a Slot Handle. This included the Indians, Miner's, Sit Down Cowboys, Buffalo Bill, etc...
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Postby Anglobritish » Mon Feb 02, 2015 10:23 am

James Schafer Reproducing Frank Polk Characters-1.jpg
A Frank Polk and a Skelly Cowboy from the 1950's at a auction in.jpg
The Frank Polk Story-12.jpg
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James Schafer Reproducing Frank Polk Characters-12.jpg
In my humble opinion, you cannot re-issue something that was not mass produced in the first place, Frank Polk was a Cowboy who carved various items, When Character Manufacturing first produced their "Cowboy" slot machines, they just could not get the leg's to look authentic, (See Picture) they commissioned a cowboy called Frank Polk who was carving various objects as an hobby around Reno.

Frank Polk carved a total of 92 characters in various poses (see List) out of those 92 characters only 64 are known to exist, The reason that these characters with the various slot machines models in their bust's are so collectible is not because the rarity of the particular slot machine, but because these characters are classed as the early works of a Cowboy who became a famous Cowboy artist, and was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame for his carvings and Sculptors along with other famous Cowboy sculptors the likes of Remington who was also famous for his Bronze sculptors as is Frank Polk.

Also the machines used in these so called re-issues are not the original machines that Harry Skelly installed in the Frank Polk characters, but just one's that were produced from the original Mills production line. It is also possible that James Schafer used reproduction Mills High Top's, as reproductions were being produced in large numbers during the mid 1980's. Also when James Schafer produced his Frank Polk copies, he probably only had access to the Frank Polk figures that Ron Brooks had left in his collection, and those were not the rarest of models. (See the James Schafer Story reproduced from the December 1985 issue of Loose Change, attached)

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