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Skipper / IPD No. 2189 / October, 1969 / 4 Players
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Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture: October, 1969
Model Number: 279
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 1,675 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Water Sports
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Kick-out holes (2), Hold-over vari-targets (2), Rotating arrow bumper.

Unlike other games, the vari-targets did not score and reset upon being hit. Instead, each target remained in its hit position until a ball landing in the adjacent kick-out hole collected the Target Value. An operator adjustment determined if the vari-targets would reset after each ball or after each game. If reset after each game, they became a carry-over feature from player to player. Repeated hits by either player could increase Target Value until collected.

Maximum displayed point score is 9,999 points per player.

Sound: 3 chimes, knocker.

Design by: Ed Krynski
Art by: Art Stenholm
Notes: The flyer for 'Skipper' indicates new "multi-tone chimes" were used. The game that preceded it in production, Mibs, used bells. This would establish 'Skipper' as Gottlieb's first game using the three-chime assembly. The schematic for this game identifies a 'ones' chime, a 'tens' chime, and a 'hundreds' chime.

We previously showed a date for this game of November 1969. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Photos in: Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, pages 53 and 67
Files: 42 KB ZIP Reproduction Backmask A-9995 card (Availability limited by copyright)     [Inkochnito]
Images:
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Image # 4736: Skipper Flyer
Flyer
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 		 Image # 7867: Skipper Playfield
Playfield
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[Jim Stahlecker]		 Image # 14424: Skipper Backglass
Backglass
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[Philippe Thibault]		 Image # 14756: Skipper Backglass
Backglass
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[Russ Jensen]		 Image # 14757: Skipper Playfield
Playfield
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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 15298: Skipper Cabinet - Left
Cabinet - Left
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 		 Image # 15299: Skipper Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right
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 		 Image # 22522: Skipper German Press Release (From the German trade magazine Münzautomat, October 1969.)
German Press Release*
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[Christian Jacobs]		 Image # 23044: Skipper Backglass
Backglass
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[Jürgen Mayer]		 Image # 23045: Skipper Playfield
Playfield
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[Jürgen Mayer]
Image # 23046: Skipper German Ad (From the German trade magazine Münzautomat, January 1970.)
German Ad*
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[Christian Jacobs]		 Image # 28480: Skipper Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail
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[Bruno Durand]		 Image # 47730: Skipper Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet
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