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Flying Saucers / IPD No. 906 / October 27, 1950 / 1 Player
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Manufacturer: Genco Manufacturing Company, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1931-1958)
Date Of Manufacture: October 27, 1950
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 745 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Outer Space - Science Fiction - Space Fantasy
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Kick-out holes (7). The advertised "Visible Tilt" is a pendulum tilt inside the backbox visible to the player through a clear area in the backglass. Tilt penalty is ball in play, tilt is reset by ball passing through any of the three outlanes at bottom of playfield.
Design by: Steve Kordek
Notes: All pictures presented here are of the same game, before and after an after-factory coat of brown paint was removed from the cabinet, rails, and apron.

The owner stated the knocker operates not for replays but for the 10,000 point scoring, and he described it as producing a rapping sound instead of a loud knock. There are no bells in the game and he saw no holes where bracket mountings for bells would have been. He wondered if a previous owner had removed any bells and rewired the knocker from replays to scoring, but there is no schematic available to confirm this.

Production start date: 10/27/50
Production end date: 12/05/50

We previously showed a date for this game of November 1950.

Photos in: The Billboard, Nov-25-1950, page 129
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book A-F
Images:
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Image # 887: Flying Saucers Billboard Ad (The Billboard, Nov-25-1950, page 129)
Billboard Ad*
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 		 Image # 7870: Flying Saucers Backglass (The rectangular window on the right side of the backglass allows the player to view a pendulum tilt.)
Backglass*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 7871: Flying Saucers Playfield (This game has after-factory painted rails, apron, and ball arch but is presented here to show the white pop bumper cap not seen in other images.)
Playfield*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58519: Flying Saucers Billboard New Game Announcement (The Billboard, Dec-2-1950, page 79)
Billboard New Game Announcement*
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[Rob Hawkins]		 Image # 58730: Flying Saucers Promotional Photo
Promotional Photo
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[Duncan Brown]
Image # 58731: Flying Saucers Promotional Photo - Detail (This image shows all three outlanes will reset the tilt.)
Promotional Photo - Detail*
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[Duncan Brown]		 Image # 58732: Flying Saucers Backglass (The rectangular window on the right side of the backglass allows the player to view a pendulum tilt.)
Backglass*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58733: Flying Saucers Playfield (The white pop bumper cap printed with 'VENUS' is missing in this picture. The words 'Tilt Reset' are inexplicably missing from the playfield directly below the red post between the flippers.)
Playfield*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58734: Flying Saucers Upper Playfield (The white pop bumper cap printed with 'VENUS' is missing in this picture. )
Upper Playfield*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58735: Flying Saucers Lower Playfield (The white pop bumper cap printed with 'VENUS' is missing at the top of this picture. The words 'Tilt Reset' are inexplicably missing from the playfield directly below the red post between the flippers.)
Lower Playfield*
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[Bob Jarm]
Image # 58736: Flying Saucers Cabinet - Full View (A coat of brown paint has been removed from the cabinet and rails, and from the playfield apron and trim. The white pop bumper cap printed with 'VENUS' is missing from the playfield.)
Cabinet - Full View*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58737: Flying Saucers Inside Backbox (Blue tape on the replay wheel holds new and old numbered strips. The knocker can be seen in the upper left area.)
Inside Backbox*
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[Bob Jarm]		 Image # 58738: Flying Saucers Under Playfield (Both flippers are activated by a single coil.)
Under Playfield*
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[Bob Jarm]		  
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