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Nip-It / IPD No. 1680 / July, 1973 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: February 08, 1972
Date Of Manufacture: July, 1973
Model Number: 940
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 4,580 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Sports - Fishing - Alligators - Water
Specialty: Zipper Flippers [?]
Notable Features: Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Mushroom bumper (1), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), Kick-out holes (2), Multiball (2), Left kicker lane, Right outlane ball return gate. End-of-ball bonus.

Maximum displayed point score is 99,990 points per player.

Tilt penalty: game over, per player.

Replay wheel maximum: 25

A ball-grabbing device in the upper right playfield, called a 'Balligator', is activated by a 'Gator' button, located next to the right flipper button, to pull the ball into a special high-scoring lane. As the flyer illustrates, the game was initially produced using a molded alligator to jump out from under the swamp reeds to capture a nearby ball. However, the plastic alligator kept breaking on location, so this design was changed early in production to instead use a bare metal bar to grab the ball, while the swamp reeds lane plastic was redesigned to show the alligator. Only a minority of games produced have the original Balligator design.

Design by: Ted Zale
Art by: Dick White
Notes: 'Nip-It' was the last electro-mechanical game to feature zipper flippers. Bally used it once more, in a solid-state game, in Bally's 1981 'Medusa'.
Photos in: Pinball Trader pp. Volume 2 Issue 5
Pinball! (Sharpe) page 80
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 69
Pinball ArtExternal Link, page 74-75
Pinball 1External Link Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 238
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 84
The Pinball Compendium 1970-1981External Link, page 48
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, page 182
Pinball PerspectivesExternal Link, pages 9, 163-167
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 196
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/1680  (External site)
Documentation: 636 KB PDF Playfield Chart from 1976 Parts Catalog [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  13 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous, dated 7-2-73) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  14 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (in two halves, dated 10-10-72) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Files: 5 MB PDF Installation And General Game Operation Instructions [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 1620: Nip-It Backglass
Backglass

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Image # 1622: Nip-It Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 1623: Nip-It Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 3840: Nip-It Flyer, Front
Flyer, Front

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Image # 3841: Nip-It Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 9962: Nip-It Illuminated Front View
Illuminated Front View

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Image # 13489: Nip-It Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail

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[Bruno Durand]
Image # 16520: Nip-It Gator
Gator

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[Dr. Rocky]
Image # 16521: Nip-It Lower Playfield
Lower Playfield

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[Dr. Rocky]
Image # 16522: Nip-It Upper Playfield
Upper Playfield

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[Dr. Rocky]
Image # 16523: Nip-It Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Dr. Rocky]
Image # 19255: Nip-It Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Adrian & Sarah Lodge]
Image # 19256: Nip-It Illuminated Playfield
Illuminated Playfield

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[Adrian & Sarah Lodge]
Image # 19257: Nip-It Illuminated Full View
Illuminated Full View

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[Adrian & Sarah Lodge]
Image # 27355: Nip-It Backglass - Reverse
Backglass - Reverse

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[Doug Fox]
Image # 34076: Nip-It Gator Button Sticker
Gator Button Sticker

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[Knut Singer]
Image # 40242: Nip-It Under Playfield
Under Playfield

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[Ted Pepper]
Image # 40243: Nip-It Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Ted Pepper]
Image # 40244: Nip-It Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Ted Pepper]
Image # 41009: Nip-It Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 41010: Nip-It Playfield Plastic
Playfield Plastic

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 41011: Nip-It Instruction Card with French Score Card
Instruction Card with French Score Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 43011: Nip-It Balligator
Balligator

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[Thomas Karasch]
Image # 43012: Nip-It Playfield - Detail
Playfield - Detail

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[Thomas Karasch]
Image # 43013: Nip-It Playfield - Ball View
Playfield - Ball View

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[Thomas Karasch]
Image # 52844: Nip-It Playfield Glass Sticker 
(This is a clear-backed sticker that was placed on the playfield glass to draw attention to the extra flipper button on the side of the cabinet.)
Playfield Glass Sticker*

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[The PinGame Journal]
Image # 52845: Nip-It Prototype Balligator 
(The game shown here is a production game, once owned by a Bally Employee, who had placed the factory prototype Balligator device on it.)
Prototype Balligator*

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[The PinGame Journal]
Image # 52846: Nip-It Prototype Balligator Cover 
(The game shown here is a production game, once owned by a Bally Employee, who had placed the factory prototype Balligator device on it.)
Prototype Balligator Cover*

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[The PinGame Journal]
Image # 61031: Nip-It Backglass
Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61032: Nip-It Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61033: Nip-It Instruction and Score Card
Instruction and Score Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61034: Nip-It Cabinet - Front
Cabinet - Front

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 61035: Nip-It Cabinet - Front View
Cabinet - Front View

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 80976: Nip-It Balligator 
(Damage is evident.)
Balligator*

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Image # 80977: Nip-It Balligator 
(Damage is evident.)
Balligator*

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Image # 80978: Nip-It Balligator 
(Damage is evident.)
Balligator*

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Image # 80979: Nip-It Balligator 
(Damage is evident.)
Balligator*

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Image # 80980: Nip-It Balligator 
(Damage is evident.)
Balligator*

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