Picked this up at a garage sale today. Nishijin Sophia. Finding a lot of information online about restoration. I'm just excited about it.
a long time ago.....on a planet far away....I actually got to play one of those.. they're really cool.....but the ball drops so fast .....ya gotta keep yer eye...on the ball !! They make a funny noise too ! Nice find !
Saw quite a few much like this one when I visited DH in Okinawa in the early 1980's... Never played one, but always thought they were sort of cool... eBay seems to have a number of similar models right now...
Oh wow! Does it work? About 4 years ago, my now-former daughter-in-law picked up one of these at GW for my son's Christmas present. It wasn't completely working - I think the problems were mostly light related, but it could have been worse. She and a very "handy" friend worked on it for many hours - had to get some electrical parts too - but had it working in time for it to appear under the tree on Christmas morning. Came with lots of the little steel balls. What a racket it made! Grandson loved it (even though it wasn't his.)
18 billion, and one, of them though like all things some would be worth more than others but still fun to play. I've had 2 and one was shot so I took it apart for my palette of stuff to make assemblages.
I bought one at a garage sale recently. Worked great, some lights were out though. I didnt bother replacing them. Its super fun to play and the kids loved it. Watch rusty balls though, they will jam up the machine
