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The seller says it is by Mills.

Never seen one like it. If it's coin op and you like it and have a place for it and it's reasonable price for you
Why not? I try not to buy for resale or flip I enjoy these beasts too much.

I looked through a couple books and couldn't find it. Mills made the Jumbo Parade . (Also a console) With circus animals on the reels. The part on the right looks like a pinball mech to make this a"skill" device. I hade a Jumbo Parade that had a pinball device added on the side. You had to use it when you had a winning combination on the reels. You couldn't miss, the ball went up and down a short track and hit a switch the triggered the payout.

Consoles that I've seen usually don't bring the same as conventional slots. I always liked them. You don't need a stand and there is usually some great graphics on the silk screening.

I believe it is a mills. do you have more photos ?? looks very familiar to me. BUT, by the time I hunt it down in my saved images , someone else should have chimed in with better information.
I agree , consoles sell always for far less, in part due to their size, also they are always half mechanical ,half electronic,which if there's a electrical issue , tough to fix at times, finding parts = forget about it. Plus many have issues with the art on the glass as many old pinball machines have = the printers ink flakes off over the years. Can be very hard to repair.

I bought 3 consoles at once from 1 guy. belonged to his father from Reno. been sitting in storage for last 10 years untouched.
he was local, many out side of the state had interest in them, but this guy would not ship. in the end I bought them for $1,200.00 for the set. took a bit of elbow grease to clean these up inside. but add a little oil , ect. , they run like champs.
1) Evans bang tails (1948)
2) keeney's super bonus bell (1946)
3) Bally high hand (poker card slot) 1941).

If you Really want it, bring some coins, & play it for a bit to ensure it actually works properly. I'm thinking this would be pre war made (but could be wrong).

most consoles tend to be rare also
jeff H.

If you dont want it ... I will take it.
Dave F

It could be Mills, but I am not familiar with this model. It has a similar play theme, as the "Jumbo Parade", only without
the back-glass portion. More pics might help identify it better. I can't make out what it says on the glass in this photo.
The Skill Shot pinball shooter feature, is very similar to the unit that is in my Pace "Saratoga". Who copied from who, I
do not know, but this machine is not a Pace model.

Hi, the machine is a Mills Square Bell from late thirties.

I am not familiar with a Mills "Square Bell" model, and I don't see that name on the glass. It would help considerably, to have
better pics of the glass, as well as the entire machine. What I was trying to figure out, was the yellow script, in the upper left
of the glass. The first word, starting with a 'C', looks like it could say 'California' ? The second word, definitely looks like 'Skill'.
But I have never seen this lettering on a Mills, or any other model before.

jslots:
Where are you getting your info from, and do you have pics or literature?

A Google search on "Mills square bell" brings up a bunch of links to old Billboard magazine sale ads for that slot. They are listed in the "console" listings.

I haven't found a photo as of yet.

I also notice that on the top middle of the glass in the first post, there is a red monkey character.

Over the past thirty years I have owned two of these machines. On the glass it says compulusary skill. They came in two versions, one with the animal character reel strips and one with numbered reel strips. I think I have an original order form and instruction manual I got from DIck B years ago.