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Sunset / IPD No. 2422 / November, 1962 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

November, 1962

Model Number:

193

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,275 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

American West

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Passive bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Captive balls (5), Standup targets (2), Rollunder (1), Left and right dual outlanes. Fascinating Boost-a-Ball playfield feature scores special for 5 balls on lighted side!

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 26

Design by:

Wayne Neyens

Art by:

Roy Parker

Notes:

During a period in the 1960s, Gottlieb shipped pinball games to Europe with plastic (Plexiglas) backglasses in them. They stopped this practice when it was learned that players would cheat by drilling a hole in the plastic near the replay mechanism.

Some 'Sunset' pinball machines have these plastic backglasses. One image shown here has a small hole in the replay window area.

Several examples of this game have been reported to us as missing the light socket and wiring on the backbox insert which would have illuminated the red buffalo silkscreened under the first-player score, the apparent target of the rifleman on horseback. The reason for this omission was that the manufacturer placed the replay adjustment score plug assembly to block the hole where the lamp would go. We have two images which show this, from the game with serial number 05530. We do not know if all 'Sunset' games had this issue.

Photos in:

The Billboard, Nov-10-1962, pages 76 and 77
Cash Box, Nov-10-1962, page 103
Cash Box, Nov-17-1962, page 60
Cash Box, Dec-8-1962, page 66
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2422 (External site)

Images:
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Backglass 518x432 [Russ Jensen]	Backglass 502x433 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer 890x660	Playfield 677x883 [Riffhard]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x1560 [Jay Stafford]
Cabinet - Front View 790x1191	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Inside Backbox 904x765 [Jim Palson]	Backbox Insert 996x739 [Jim Palson]	Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]
Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Right Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Jim Palson]
Upper Playfield - Downfield View 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Lower Playfield - Downfield View 1024x768 [Jim Palson]	Upper Playfield 640x480 [Bob Borden]	Playfield 640x480 [Bob Borden]	Boost-A-Ball Feature 640x480 [Bob Borden]
Upper Blank Playfield 433x470 [Bob Borden]	Middle Blank Playfield 539x480 [Bob Borden]	Lower Blank Playfield 548x480 [Bob Borden]	Blank Playfield - Detail 640x480 [Bob Borden]	Blank Playfield - Reverse 353x477 [Bob Borden]
Plexiglas Backglass* 1024x874 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Plexiglas Backglass - Reverse* 1024x861 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Plexiglas Backglass - Drilled Hole 217x217 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Manufacturer Design Flaw* 1024x768 [John Lescher]	Manufacturer Design Flaw* 1024x768 [John Lescher]
Illuminated Backglass With Lighted Buffalo* 1036x798 [Jasper Verheggen]	Instruction Card 1200x900 [Jay Stafford]	Inside Backbox* 1200x900 [Jay Stafford]	Cash Box Ad* 1200x890 [Rob Hawkins]	Backglass 1200x900
Playfield 1200x1600	Cabinet - Left 1200x900	Cabinet - Right 1200x900	Cabinet - Front View 795x1595	Backbox - Left 515x1133 [Matt Ortado]
Backbox - Right* 538x1169 [Matt Ortado]	Backbox - Insert 891x812 [Matt Ortado]

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