Awwww I’m glad they’re still here. It’s been my childhood memory since small. Although I no longer live in Hong Kong now I would definitely want to go back just to see this amazing mechanics performance again
I remember they installed a ball machine in the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago when I went there as a child. I always thought it, and ball machines in general, were so cool, and this one would be amazing to see in-person as well!
The section at 0:19 is the free falling of the ball. I remember it was so exciting to watch when it was still in operation, years ago when I was a child. I guess it was disabled due to "safety" reason. It is very close to the escalators. And yes I never see the spiral elevator working since its opening.
This is much more impressive in person people. Those are bowling balls! It's actually kind of scary. They don't want no itty bitty tiny marble machine.
Did you notice that there is another ball elevator-- the spiral one, just stand at the side of the chain one? So I guess those two yellow ball rail belong to the spiral one instead of the chain elecator. However, from the looks of that, the spiral elevator is halfly cut and can't take into operation, I heard that this has been like this for decades, and I still don't know the reason why they only use the chain lift.
Does anyone know what happened to the one in Melbourne Central Shopping center? I can not find any video of it. It was similar to this one. I'm even wondering if this was the same one and it was transported from Melbourne to Hong Kong. If it's not the same one, then it's definitely made by the same builder because they are so similar.
This one was purpose built for the Hong Kong Science Museum. There is a George Rhodes machine in Northland Shopping Centre in Melbourne - I am not sure if it was previously located in Melbourne Central?
