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Dolly Parton / IPD No. 698 / November, 1979 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: October 06, 1978
Date Of Manufacture: November, 1979
Model Number: 1162-E
MPU: Bally MPU AS-2518-35
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS) [?]
Production: 7,350 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Celebrities - Licensed - Music - Singing
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (7), Kick-out hole (1), Spinning target (1), 4-in-line drop targets. A ball rollover in middle right playfield scores 5,000 points and returns the ball to the shooter lane.

Actual measured weight: 224 lbs (includes legs).

Design by: George Christian
Art by: Dave Christensen
Notes:

We had understood from a Bally employee at a past Expo seminar that this game license had been a difficult one because singer Dolly Parton kept changing her mind about how she should be portrayed on the backglass, due to her crossover status at the time from country to pop. The Early Production cabinet side art in this listing depicts a bouffant-haired Dolly playing a guitar while the rest of the production run cabinets omit this image, making us wonder if this depiction had been rejected by the singer. Indeed, the flyer shows the singer standing next to the machine with a hairstyle more in line with her backglass portrayal than with the bouffant style that was removed from the cabinet. Believing it was Paul Faris who had spoken at that Expo, we asked him to comment for this listing. He replies:


With Dolly Parton, we did have to change the backglass artwork from a country theme to a more crossover mainstream look on the backglass art only. Since the playfield was completed, they (she) agreed to let it stay "Country" in her denim outfit. I honestly don't remember the cabinet [with her image on it] but it is possible that was an early sample of a cabinet that was later used. The artwork sequence was usually: Backglass concept first (for approvals), then production art on the cabinet, playfield and plastics, and finally the finished backglass art. It is possible that the [cabinet with her image] was a cabinet done BEFORE the backglass art changed and the version [without her image] was another concession to her crossover look and used for production. Different sample color cabinets was not unusual before a final version was determined.


A more detailed account of the backglass changes can be found here.

Photos in: Pinball ArtExternal Link, pages 94-95
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 95
Pinball (Ciuffo), page 171
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/698  (External site)
ROMs: 8 KB ZIP ROMs [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Documentation: 9 MB PDF Installation and General Game Operating Instructions (with paginated schematics) [Bally Mfg. Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 4166: Dolly Parton Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 4167: Dolly Parton Flyer, Page 2
Flyer, Page 2

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Image # 4168: Dolly Parton Flyer, Page 3
Flyer, Page 3

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Image # 4169: Dolly Parton Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 11062: Dolly Parton Press Release
Press Release

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Image # 11063: Dolly Parton Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo

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Image # 13845: Dolly Parton Playfield
Playfield

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Image # 13846: Dolly Parton Machine
Machine

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Image # 15175: Dolly Parton Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 15176: Dolly Parton Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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Image # 21079: Dolly Parton Bumper caps
Bumper caps

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Image # 22472: Dolly Parton Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Brian Whitt]
Image # 26323: Dolly Parton Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[John Gray]
Image # 26330: Dolly Parton Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[John Gray]
Image # 26331: Dolly Parton Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[John Gray]
Image # 26332: Dolly Parton Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left

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[John Gray]
Image # 26333: Dolly Parton Backbox - Left
Backbox - Left

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[John Gray]
Image # 30974: Dolly Parton Playfield
Playfield

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30975: Dolly Parton Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 30976: Dolly Parton Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 40851: Dolly Parton Early Production Backglass 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Backglass*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40852: Dolly Parton Early Production Backglass - Reverse 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Backglass - Reverse*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40853: Dolly Parton Early Production Cabinet - Left 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Cabinet - Left*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40854: Dolly Parton Early Production Cabinet - Right 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Cabinet - Right*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40855: Dolly Parton Early Production Backbox - Left 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Backbox - Left*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40856: Dolly Parton Early Production Backbox - Right 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Backbox - Right*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40857: Dolly Parton Early Production Serial Number 
(Serial number EDP 1003 stamped on side of lower cabinet.)
Early Production Serial Number*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 40858: Dolly Parton Early Production Handwritten Wiring Harness Tag 
(Serial number EDP 1003.)
Early Production Handwritten Wiring Harness Tag*

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[Don Brownback]
Image # 48565: Dolly Parton Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 63356: Dolly Parton Promotional Record Sleeve 
(Reportedly, Bally purposely made this sleeve to be generic so that distributors could insert the Dolly Parton 45-rpm record of their choice.)
Promotional Record Sleeve*

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[Bruce Thompson]
Image # 71574: Dolly Parton Partially Stripped Playfield
Partially Stripped Playfield

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
 

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