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The Wiggler / IPD No. 2777 / August, 1967 / 4 Players
 
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Manufacturer: Bally Manufacturing Corporation (1931-1983) [Trade Name: Bally]
Project Date: February 27, 1967
Date Of Manufacture: August, 1967
Model Number: 810
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 3,410 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Fantasy
Specialty: Zipper Flippers [?]
Notable Features: Zipper flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Mushroom bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Kick-out holes (2), 3-ball multiball, Chicane lane, Left drop lane, Right outlane ball return gate.

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

Replay wheel maximum: 25

Design by: Ted Zale
Art by: Jerry Kelley
Notes: First game from this manufacturer to have the lift-up playfield glass.

The manufacturer produced the backglasses in both crystal glass and Plexiglas.

The left drop lane has a single metal pin in its path which may or may not deflect the dropping ball out of the outlane and to the left flipper. This factory-installed pin may have been removed, or replaced with a post or mini-post, by an operator or game owner.

A factory add-a-ball version of this game was located in France having serial number 3022 and is pictured in this listing. The backglass and playfield are no different than the replay version. It was factory-wired with an add-a-ball stepper unit in addition to the standard replay stepper unit. The replay unit operates only to register multiple credits when a coin is inserted. The add-a-ball unit is not a kit and is mounted in the backbox in place of the 0-9 unit (match unit), assisted by two add-a-ball relays mounted nearby. Because there is no 0-9 unit, each player’s "ones" score reel is not wired for match operation at end of game. The silkscreened match numbers 1 through 9 on the backglass are used to count the added balls, leaving the number 0 not wired. Added balls are awarded for high scores (in multiples of 1000 points only) and for Wiggler Jet Super Bonus scores. Each player can earn up to 9 balls during the ball in play, and all added balls must be played off by that player before the next player is up. The Same Player Shoot Again indicators remain lit continuously for a player from the moment the first added ball is earned until the last added ball is shot into play. We don't know how many games were wired this way. No reference to this version has been found in the Bally Parts Catalogs. The owner had stated, "No setting was wired by Bally in this game to switch from replay mode to add a ball mode." However, we see in the backbox top center an apparent option for replay or add-a-ball that is not found in regular replay games, but the owner no longer had the game by the time we asked him further about this. We showed it to Federico Croci, a collector in Italy where add-a-balls were the norm in the 1960s. He replies, "Yes, I own a Wiggler add-a-ball, but it's the usual Italian add-a-ball with no credit unit in the backbox, no credit window in the backglass, while the match unit is used to keep count of the extra balls. Never seen a backbox like the one he has, with those changes..."

A special version was produced for Germany and was named just 'Wiggler'. Both versions had the same project number and project release date. The US version schematic part number is W-1042-41a and the German version is W-1042-42a.

Photos in: Pinball Machines (Eiden-Lukas)External Link, page 150
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2777  (External site)
Documentation: 2 MB PDF German Manual [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  989 KB PDF Manual [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
  6 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Files: 1 MB RTF Hi-Score Adjustment Chart (Re-creation) [CompuFox]
  14 MB PDF Score Motor Unit Switch Chart [Bally Manufacturing Corp.]
Images:
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Image # 3921: The Wiggler Flyer, Back
Flyer, Back

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Image # 6073: The Wiggler Backglass
Backglass

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[Doug H.]
Image # 17188: The Wiggler Backglass
Backglass

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[Dan Hagman]
Image # 17189: The Wiggler Playfield 
(The metal pin barely visible in the left-side drop lane is not original to this game and likely was added by an operator.)
Playfield*

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[Dan Hagman]
Image # 17852: The Wiggler Early Production Game 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Game*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18054: The Wiggler German Machine
German Machine

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18152: The Wiggler German Cabinet
German Cabinet

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18153: The Wiggler German Backbox
German Backbox

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18154: The Wiggler German Playfield
German Playfield

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18237: The Wiggler German Cabinet - Right
German Cabinet - Right

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18238: The Wiggler German Backbox
German Backbox

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18391: The Wiggler Early Production Blue Cabinet 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Blue Cabinet*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18392: The Wiggler Early Production Blue Cabinet 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Blue Cabinet*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18393: The Wiggler Inside Early Production Backbox 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Inside Early Production Backbox*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18394: The Wiggler Inside Early Production Backbox 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Inside Early Production Backbox*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18395: The Wiggler Inside Early Production Cabinet 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Inside Early Production Cabinet*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18396: The Wiggler Early Production Game 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Game*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18397: The Wiggler Early Production Playfield 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Playfield*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18398: The Wiggler Early Production Backglass 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Backglass*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 18399: The Wiggler Early Production Front 
(This game is serial number 1077, the 77th game produced.)
Early Production Front*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21169: The Wiggler Inside German Cabinet - Service Card
Inside German Cabinet - Service Card

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21170: The Wiggler German Backglass - Detail 
('GEKIPPT' means 'TILT')
German Backglass - Detail*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21171: The Wiggler Inside German Cabinet - Service Card
Inside German Cabinet - Service Card

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21172: The Wiggler German Backglass - Detail
German Backglass - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21173: The Wiggler Inside German Cabinet
Inside German Cabinet

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21174: The Wiggler German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn (Wiggle Alley)
German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn (Wiggle Alley)

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21175: The Wiggler German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn Entrance
German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn Entrance

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21176: The Wiggler German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn Exit
German Playfield - Wiggle Bahn Exit

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21177: The Wiggler German Playfield - Multiball
German Playfield - Multiball

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21178: The Wiggler German Playfield - Detail
German Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21179: The Wiggler German Playfield - Zipper Flippers Closed
German Playfield - Zipper Flippers Closed

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21180: The Wiggler German Playfield - Detail
German Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21181: The Wiggler Under German Playfield
Under German Playfield

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21182: The Wiggler German Game - Raised Glass 
(The white posts blocking the outlanes were added after-factory.)
German Game - Raised Glass*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21183: The Wiggler German Playfield 
(The white posts blocking the outlanes were added after-factory.)
German Playfield*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21184: The Wiggler Inside German Cabinet - Adjustment Card
Inside German Cabinet - Adjustment Card

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21185: The Wiggler German Playfield - Detail
German Playfield - Detail

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21186: The Wiggler German Ad 
(From the German operator magazine Automaten Markt, December 1967. The machine in this ad is the blue Early Production model.)
German Ad*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 21677: The Wiggler German Ad 
(From the German operator magazine Automaten Markt, September 1967.)
German Ad*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 22500: The Wiggler German Backglass - Reverse 
(This game is serial number 2620.)
German Backglass - Reverse*

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[Christian Jacobs]
Image # 28486: The Wiggler Backglass - Detail
Backglass - Detail

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[Bruno Durand]
Image # 38504: The Wiggler Multiball Trough
Multiball Trough

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[Miroslaw Adamczewski]
Image # 50085: The Wiggler Illuminated German Backglass 
(Serial number 2988.)
Illuminated German Backglass*

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[Reto Fornara]
Image # 53448: The Wiggler Illuminated Backglass 
(Serial number 2765.)
Illuminated Backglass*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53449: The Wiggler Playfield 
(Serial number 2765.)
Playfield*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53450: The Wiggler Illuminated Playfield 
(Serial number 2765.)
Illuminated Playfield*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53451: The Wiggler Inside Backbox 
(Serial number 2765.)
Inside Backbox*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53452: The Wiggler Backbox 0-9 Unit 
(The 0-9 unit (match unit) is in the center and has a bell underneath. Its identifying tag is located on its other side. Serial number 2765.)
Backbox 0-9 Unit*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53453: The Wiggler Backbox 0-9 Unit 
(The 0-9 unit (match unit) is on the right. Its identifying tag is visible. Serial number 2765.)
Backbox 0-9 Unit*

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[Basil LeBlanc]
Image # 53454: The Wiggler Inside Backbox - Add-A-Ball Unit Installed 
(The stepping unit to the right of the replay unit is wired and labeled as an add-a-ball unit. It steps both up and down. In the lower right corner are two add-a-ball relays that are not present in other games. Serial number 3022.)
Inside Backbox - Add-A-Ball Unit Installed*

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[Guy Cave]
Image # 53455: The Wiggler Backbox Add-A-Ball Unit 
(This is a factory-installed unit. Its two coils allow it to step both up and down. Serial number 3022.)
Backbox Add-A-Ball Unit*

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[Guy Cave]
Image # 53456: The Wiggler Front View - Factory Add-A-Ball Version 
(From the outside, no visual differences exist between this game and the standard replay version. However, a mini-post in the left drop lane is seen near where the factory had placed only a metal pin. Serial number 3022.)
Front View - Factory Add-A-Ball Version*

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[Guy Cave]
Image # 74328: The Wiggler Plexiglass Backglass
Plexiglass Backglass

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Image # 74329: The Wiggler Plexiglass Backglass - Reverse
Plexiglass Backglass - Reverse

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Image # 74330: The Wiggler Backglass - Modified For 5-Digit Scoring 
(The ten match numbers were modified to appear in white circles.)
Backglass - Modified For 5-Digit Scoring*

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Image # 74331: The Wiggler Early Production Cabinet - German Coin Door 
(The cabinet paint was badly peeled and was removed by the owner. Serial number 1013.)
Early Production Cabinet - German Coin Door*

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Image # 77733: The Wiggler Backglass - Corrected Photo
Backglass - Corrected Photo

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