Internet Pinball Machine Database: Gottlieb 'Volley'

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Volley / IPD No. 2743 / October, 1976 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

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

Date Of Manufacture:

October, 1976

Model Number:

394

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

3,013 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

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

Theme:

Sports - Tennis

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), 5-bank drop targets (3). No slingshots. Wedge head.

Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points.

Design by:

Ed Krynski

Art by:

Gordon Morison

Notes:

The sample games in this listing have very different playfield artwork than the production version. The flyer shows the production version.

The sample game shown here with serial number '01016 S' uses a plastic playfield overlay glued to particle board. In one image, the overlay is shown as falling a half-inch short of the edge of the board. The game owner was not sure if this half-inch margin appeared on all edges of the playfield.

Tim Arnold contacted us with the following information for 'Volley', 1977 'Big Hit', and 1977 'Jacks Open':

I have noticed a mystery on these three games I can solve for you. I have had many examples of these machines over the years. Playfields with PAINT over [flipper] swipe area and top arch are made of CHIPBOARD! I first saw this at Cleveland Coin back in the day when we were thinking of buying the game off the floor. Our salesman told us to take one in the box as the painted over area was "Pressed wood". I later talked to Cliff Strain [in Sales] at an annual trade show. He told me they were trying new materials because of a spike in the price of plywood. I have had two of these three machines since then, and the paint seems to stick to the wood just fine, but the surface turns rough and bumpley (sic) under the paint.

We previously showed a date for this game of August 26, 1976. The new date is per Gottlieb documentation.

Gottlieb Domestic & Export Sales Sheets for Volley: 2900 total
Domestic Sales: 1790
Export Sales: 1110

The above total does not include 113 Sample games produced in 1976 per handwritten documentation identified by Wayne Neyens as coming from Bob Malvasio, a draftsman for Gottlieb whose initials RHM can be found on schematics.

Photos in:

The Complete Pinball Book External Link

, pages 170-171
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Pinball Perspectives External Link

, pages 251-254
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 217

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2743 (External site)

Documentation:

5 MB

PDF

Installation Procedures And Game Operation Instructions (Manual) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Company]

3 MB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Company]

Images:
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Playfield 468x541 [Russ Jensen]	Playfield 410x640 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer 884x1147	Cabinet - Front View 724x1018	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]
Upper Playfield 400x300	Cabinet - Left 400x163	Cabinet - Front 400x270	Backglass 344x324 [Bob Graham]	Illuminated Backglass 537x480 [Bob Graham]
Lower Playfield 640x480 [Bob Graham]	Playfield 640x480 [Bob Graham]	Upper Playfield 432x324 [Bob Graham]	Illuminated Front View 381x563 [Bob Graham]	Cabinet - Right 551x219 [Bob Graham]
Backbox 455x620 [Bob Graham]	Sample Game - Backglass* 512x480 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Playfield* 437x640 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Upper Playfield* 640x480 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Lower Playfield* 640x480 [Jeff Grummel]
Sample Game - Full View* 431x640 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Full View* 447x631 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Cabinet Serial Number* 640x480 [Jeff Grummel]	Sample Game - Backbox Serial Number* 640x480 [Jeff Grummel]	Backglass 1024x1292 [Vic Camp]
Backbox - Left 952x1352 [Vic Camp]	Backbox - Right 988x1328 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Left 776x768 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet - Bottom 1024x1284 [Vic Camp]	Backglass - Reverse 1024x768 [Vic Camp]
Backbox Insert - Obverse 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Illuminated Front View 856x1364 [Vic Camp]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Illuminated Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Detail 1024x768 [Vic Camp]
Left Drop Targets 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Right Drop Targets 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Center Drop Targets 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Ball View 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Center Playfield 1024x768 [Vic Camp]
Playfield - Detail 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Detail 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Flipper and Outhole Area 768x1024 [Vic Camp]	Upper Right Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Upper Left Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Illuminated Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Cabinet Neck 1024x586 [Vic Camp]	Replay Meter 1024x768 [Vic Camp]	Inside Backbox 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Insert in Service Position 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]
Inside Cabinet 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Under Playfield 1024x1365 [Vic Camp]	Playfield - Detail 922x1382 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Instruction Card 1024x746 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Score Card 1024x458 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Playfield Plastics 957x1484 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastic 428x1434 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastic 917x1297 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastic 909x1454 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Playfield Plastic 1024x422 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Upper Playfield - Light Shields Removed 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Upper Middle Playfield - Light Shields Removed 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Lower Middle Playfield - Light Shields Removed 1024x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Lower Playfield - Light Shields Removed 968x683 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Backglass 1024x1128 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Backglass 1200x1230 [Mark Clayton]	Backbox - Front 1200x1367 [Mark Clayton]	Playfield 1122x2000 [Mark Clayton]	Cabinet - Left 1200x606 [Mark Clayton]	Cabinet - Right 1200x557 [Mark Clayton]
Sample and Production Games* 480x640 [Olivier Mathe]	Sample and Production Playfields* 1200x900 [Olivier Mathe]	Sample Game - Serial Number* 1041x1409 [Olivier Mathe]	Sample Game - Playfield Overlay* 640x480 [Olivier Mathe]	Sample Game - Particle Board Playfield* 640x480 [Olivier Mathe]
Sample Game - Playfield* 886x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Upper Playfield* 1200x828 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Playfield - Detail* 845x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Playfield - Detail* 1200x744 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Cabinet - Left* 1582x648 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Sample Game - Serial Number* 1200x755 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Cabinet - Front View* 777x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Cabinet - Full View* 1200x1426 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Under Playfield* 917x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Inside Cabinet* 1073x1600 [Jean-Pierre Renault]
Sample Game - Inside Cabinet - Middle* 1200x948 [Jean-Pierre Renault]	Sample Game - Upper Playfield* 974x900 [Dave Bunel]	Sample Game - Lower Playfield* 1002x900 [Dave Bunel]	Sample Game - Cabinet* 676x908 [Dave Bunel]	Sample Game - Serial Number* 1200x900 [Dave Bunel]

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