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Average Fun Rating: | 7.5/10 (6 ratings/5 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manufacturer: | D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Date Of Manufacture: | August, 1959 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Model Number: | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type: | Electro-mechanical (EM) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Production: | 1,300 units (confirmed) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serial Number Database: | View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Theme: | Music - People - Singing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Specialty: | Mechanical Backbox Animation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notable Features: | Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (2), Gobble hole (1). Mechanical backbox animation (fan moves). The fan steps fifteen times to reveal the lady and awards 1 to 4 replays at the fifteenth step (operator adjustable). This is a carryover feature from game to game. Backglass has a "Score To Beat" window allowing the operator to place a card behind the backglass showing a suggested high score visible to the player. Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points. Sound: 2 bells, knocker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Design by: | Wayne Neyens | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Art by: | Roy Parker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes: | This is Gottlieb's first single player game to use reel drum scoring. The backglass carries Gottlieb's famous phrase: Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs! Compare playfield design to Gottlieb's 1958 'Double Action'. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s, page 117 The Complete Pinball Book, pages 117, 128-129 Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2, page 190 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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