Expert: Rodger Knutson - 8/15/2011

Question
I have a Buckingham IA Ltd Slough slot machine with Alfred E Neuman glass front and reels..fully operational.  I was wondering when it was manufactured ...it might be British.  Also what value it might have. I would appreciate any help on this item.Thanks, Kevin

Answer
Hi Kevin,

I have answered about this machine before so I have put the past answers together for you below and lets see if this will answer all your questions OK? As for value, I would guess from 500.00 to 1,200.00.
See below......

Now the Sega Mad Money, Mills had three set of stamping dies, one set was never used. When they were about to close the doors forever, Sega bought this new set of machine dies from Mills and when home, and started making Sega machines. These Sega mechanisms are very nice, instead of anodizing there parts like mills did, they plated them like chrome plating, so if a Mills mechanism looks like rough chrome, it's not a mills mechanism, but it's a Sega Mechanism. Sega was making the Mad Money intending to export them to the U.S.A. Mad Magazine got word of this and with there Alford E. Newman copyright, they told Sega that if even one Sega Mad Money slot machine shows up here in the U.S.A., that they would sue Sega. So, Sega just made them for the overseas marked and they stayed there. I have had a couple of these machines in the past, but don't have any now. I have seen reel bundles for the mad money and reel strips on ebay over here, but rarely, search under slot machine parts and just keep watching. If I run into a set of Mad Money reel strips I'll drop you a note, OK?

Thank You
Sincerely
Rodger Knutson

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Answer
Hi Tim,

   I know the machine you have, I have one myself, do you need another one? I don't know anyone who make reproduction reel strips for mad machine, never heard of any being made. These Segas were originally make my the Japanese I believe, in the 60's for the American market using one of the three tooling set that mills had for building machines, I understand sega bout the best tooling set when mills closed it doors. The problem was that they used Alfred E Newman's trade mark with the MAD Magazine and understand they were told that if these came to the U.S., that MAD Company would sue over the trade mark issue so sega sold them overseas to the UK and other places. Below is a list of reproduction reel strip supplyers, you might try them.

thank You
Rodger Knutson
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