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mr2bob:
Hello everyone, Newbie here…. I just  purchased my first Slot Machine last week. Great information here and it lead me to buy from SamRonslots. Also they had the machine I wanted. . It is a WMS 5 reel mechanical Monkees machine.It arrives this week and it is for my wife's birthday. Will not see it for a couple weeks because I am traveling and will not be home till after the first of August. Wife knows nothing about it, she will be surprised. Just a couple questions:I believe this is a Bluebird 1 model?I want to add a topper to it, will only a WMS (Williams) model fit without modifications? I am a retired Biomedical Engineer so I have been working on electronic and mechanical devices for over 30 years, so I hope to do the work myself for any upgrades (topper) or repairs.  As soon as I get the machine set up I will let everyone know how everything is working. So far Ron at SamRonslots has been great. Below is a picture of the machine before it shipped from Ron. Thanks, Bob

rickhunter:
Yes, it is a Bluebird 1 machine, and although you could propbably adapt just about any topper to any machine, save yourself a headache and just stick with the WMS toppers, they are all about the same $$$ anyway.

777sizzler:
Bob,  It looks like a nice game!.   The topper thing should not be that big of a issue for it.  Given your back ground as per your post you should take to this stuff easilly.  Also welecome aboard If no one said it earlier--777.

mr2bob:
Thanks guys for the welcome. Just got word it is being delivered this afternoon. Will not be home for 2 weeks.  Wife's birthday is 8/3, so that is going to work out great since she is with me. Ron hasn't found me me a WMS topper yet so I am going to start looking myself. I agree, stay with the WMS topper, anyway I like the way it looks. Any good source for WMS toppers? I see a lot of Bally and IGT stuff but very little WMS. Look forward in being part of this group, even though I can see buying and diddling with this things could be addictive. lol

rickhunter:
Ahh, if only you knew just how addictive this can get.  Wait until you get home, setup the machine and go to sleep.  Within a few days they will mysteriously multiply. This is how it's going to go...

Gee, this is pretty slick, I wonder what I can add to this?  Wait, you can buy a glass kit and replace the one that is there and basically get a new machine for under $100 worth of parts? 15 kits later...

This is a mechanical reel bluebird, those video bluebirds sure look fun.  What? I can convert my 5 reel bluebird to a video machine with a few hundred bucks worth of parts?  A few hundred dollars worth of parts later...

This changing the machine back and forth is a hassle, I should just get a video bluebird and be done with it...

And then there were two...

You know those quick hit machines at the casino's are a lot of fun, I wonder what they go for...

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