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Super Star / IPD No. 2446 / March 27, 1972 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]

Date Of Manufacture:

March 27, 1972

Model Number:

378

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

3,800 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Music - Singing

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Drop target (1), Kick-out hole (1). The drop target blocks center playfield kick-out hole. Left and right outlanes each have a pop-up mini-post. Up-post between flippers. 3 or 5 ball play.

Replay wheel maximum: 37

Design by:

Steve Kordek

Art by:

Christian Marche

Notes:

Convertible to Replay or Add-a-ball.
The Add-a-ball only version is Williams' 1972 'Big Star'.

Production Run Records for Super Star: 3800 total

Sample run: 85
Production Start Date: Mar-27-1972 / Production End Date: May-3-1972
First ship date: Apr-5-1972 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 1 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 3715
Production Start Date: Aug-21-1972 / Production End Date: Sep-27-1972
First ship date: Aug-22-1972 / Last ship date: Oct-18-1972

Product History Record for Super Star:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 2923*
Quantity produced for export: 877*
Total quantity produced: 3800*
BOM: $213.38
Price to Distributor: $470.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in:

Playboy, December 1972, pages 160-161
Pinball Art External Link

, pages 73-74
Pinball Portfolio External Link

, pages 54-56
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 65
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 206
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981 External Link

, page 43
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2446 (External site)

Documentation:

1 MB

PDF

English Manual

[Williams Electronics]

4 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous)

[Williams Electronics, Inc.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Flyer 892x1150	Backglass 348x342 [Pete McDonald]	Playfield 412x532 [Pete McDonald]	Playfield 450x600 [Thomas Graham]	Drop Target 640x480 [Thomas Graham]
Cabinet 640x480 [Thomas Graham]	Front 393x279 [Thomas Graham]	Full View 450x600 [Thomas Graham]	Cabinet - Left 566x599	Under Playfield 450x600
Inside Cabinet 450x600	Inside Backbox 450x600	Upper Playfield 640x480	Middle Playfield 640x480	Lower Playfield 640x480
Cabinet - Left 441x416	Cabinet - Right 434x408	Backglass 1200x1457 [Vic Camp]	Backglass 1200x1600 [Vic Camp]	Playfield 939x1598 [Vic Camp]
Backglass* 1200x1298 [Chris Lemon]

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