Identify this, and is it worth money?

[guids]

last night I was bbq'ing, in the backyard there is a garage with a normal garage door, and a stable next to it, underneath the stable is a trap door, with steps leading down to a room that was used to store moonshine, and other things of that nature when my grandpa and uncles did that stuff, I decided to do a little urban exploring and went down there, no one has been down there in forever as the whole room was COVERED with spiderwebs, like you see in the movies, almost looked like a thick fog. Anyways, I found this machine, dont know what it is, it fits on a table, and I assume is used for gambling?? It has a bunch of ball bearings in the back, and pegs and holes on the front, along with a picture of a lady. anyone know what it is, and would it be worth any money? I didnt haul it out, becuase I didnt want to break it doing it by myself, but hopefully I can get some pics tonight.

[miajag]

Pachinko?

[Evan]

I doubt it's worth anything, but it could still be cool.

[Duke]

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Pachinko?

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Either a crappy Pachinko rip-off or the world's first mechanical porn were my 2 thoughts.

~D

[guids]

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Pachinko?

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Hey ya, google images:



It looks just like that but a little more ornate and bigger, WTF is pachinko?



edit: it looks more like this one

[szw]

You've already google imaged it, can't you wiki it?

[sillyarms]

Link

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an automated, mechanical game of chance in the form of what is basically a vertical pinball machine. An extremely popular form of gambling in Japan. Read more

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[whipsaw]

Depending on condition, you could ebay it somewhere in the neighborhood of 50-150 bucks. Congrats!

[Vehn]

is it just me or are people who put the word "urban" in front of some other verb really lame?

[emon87]

If it looks cool keep it as a decoration instead of eBaying it. A good conversation piece. Also, can you take pictures of the secret warehouse? It sounds cool.