Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Merry-Go-Round'

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Merry-Go-Round / IPD No. 1578 / December, 1960 / 2 Players

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

December, 1960

Model Number:

173

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

750 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Amusement Park

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Gobble holes (3), Rollover buttons (2). "Round Robin" scoring disc: This is a clear rotating disc with three different score values for the game's three gobble holes. Disc rotates when activating certain playfield switches and the value that stops over a gobble hole is the point score awarded when that hole is made. 3 or 5 ball play.

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

Replay wheel maximum: 26

Sound: 2 bells, knocker

Tilt Penalty: game over, per player

Design by:

Wayne Neyens

Art by:

Roy Parker

Notes:

First Gottlieb multi-player game with steel rails, although a small selection of games were built with wooden rails.

Photos in:

Pinball Snapshots External Link

- Chapter 26
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s External Link

, page 133
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book G-R

Documentation:

5 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
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Flyer 1112x812	Score Card 1024x1327 [Scott Phillips]	Backglass 725x594 [Alan Tate]	Playfield 750x1319 [Alan Tate]	Full View 780x1328 [Alan Tate]
Backglass 604x570 [Peter Colley]	Upper Left Backglass 1024x768 [Peter Colley]	Upper Right Backglass 1024x768 [Peter Colley]	Lower Left Backglass 1024x768 [Peter Colley]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Peter Colley]
Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Peter Colley]	Rotating Disk 1024x768 [Peter Colley]	Backbox - left 562x672 [Peter Colley]	Under Playfield 796x1200 [Guy Cave]	Backglass* 1200x973 [John Svirk]
Illuminated Backglass* 1200x963 [John Svirk]	Illuminated Playfield* 576x1024 [John Svirk]	Playfield* 1200x1781 [John Svirk]	Illuminated Playfield* 1200x1600 [John Svirk]	Illuminated Playfield* 1200x1873 [John Svirk]
Cabinet - Front* 1200x1148 [John Svirk]	Backglass - Reverse 1200x990 [John Svirk]	Backbox - Insert* 1200x1406 [John Svirk]	Inside Backbox* 1200x915 [John Svirk]	Under Playfield 1200x1937 [John Svirk]
Inside Cabinet* 1200x1600 [John Svirk]

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