Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Lady Robin Hood'

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Lady Robin Hood

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Lady Robin Hood / IPD No. 1406 / January 31, 1948 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

January 31, 1948

Model Number:

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

6,000 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Notable Features:

Flippers (6), Kickout hole (1).

Design by:

Harry Mabs

Art by:

Roy Parker

Notes:

Gottlieb specially presented two different prototypes of this game at the 1949 Coin Machine Manufacturers Show in Chicago. One of them, pictured below, was a modification to accept multiple coins and denominations. The front of its cabinet was extended underneath to accommodate the large ABT coin mechanism attached to the front door. This mechanism accepted nickels, dimes, and quarters and advanced the credit unit accordingly, without making change. The front coin door had a credit light and an illuminated credit button for dark locations. A Merkle-Korff motor, mounted underneath the playfield, would run one cycle to reset the game, simulating the thrust of a coin slide. The wood legs were uniquely painted especially for the Show, and are pictured here repainted to match the original design.

The other prototype, not shown here, had glass sides with all the interior mechanisms chrome-plated and all the wires laid out in direct, straight runs!

Lady Robin Hood was Gottlieb's second game with flippers, following Humpty Dumpty, and they produced 6,000 units which was nearly six times the volume of each of the three flipperless games that preceded these two games. A brief article in Billboard from Mar-6-1948 p118 reports that Nate Gottlieb was suffering from a laryngitis attack caused, Nate said, by handling so many inquiries for this game.

Photos in:

Automatic World, January 1948, page 31
Automatic World, March 1948, page 4
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 37
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s External Link

, page 39
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Files:

105 KB

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Reproduction Score and Instruction Cards (Availability limited by copyright)

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Images:
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Backglass 440x492	Playfield 482x709	Flyer 824x1126	Backglass 802x790 [Russ Jensen]	Playfield 800x1200 [Russ Jensen]
Cabinet - Left 625x417 [Raphael Lankar]	Cabinet - Right 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield 467x600 [Raphael Lankar]	Prototype - Full View 359x408	Prototype - Front 292x421
Prototype - Coin Mechanism Removed 576x436	Prototype - Cash Box Extended 576x436	Prototype - Coin Mechanism and Front Door 576x436	Prototype - Front Door 576x436	Prototype - Reset Motor 576x436
Prototype - Inside Cabinet 436x576	Backglass 433x480	Playfield 640x480	Upper Playfield 640x480	Upper Playfield 640x480
Middle Playfield 640x480	Lower Playfield 640x480	Cabinet - Left 568x480	Cabinet - Right 576x480	Backbox - Left 516x480
Backbox - Right 533x480	Cabinet - Front 640x480	Cabinet - Left 477x480	Illuminated Backglass 511x480	Coin Slide 388x558
Cabinet - Rear 322x640	Backbox 800x1056 [Raphael Lankar]	Backglass - Detail 700x575 [Raphael Lankar]	Playfield 800x963 [Raphael Lankar]	Playfield - Detail 700x525 [Raphael Lankar]
Middle Playfield 800x445 [Raphael Lankar]	Automatic World Ad* 1200x1664 [Rob Hawkins]	Automatic World Ad* 1200x1650 [Rob Hawkins]

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