by Andrew MacBain | Nov 2, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
The Coolest Shooter Rods Every pinball machine has shooter rods that is part of the plunger. The plunger is player-controlled and has a spring-loaded rod that allows the player to send the ball into the game. The plunger is usually located at the bottom right corner...
by Andrew MacBain | Oct 26, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Pinball Adventures, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History
Top 5 Early 80’s Pinball Machines The late 70’s and early 80’s is when pinball first changed from the EM style to digital electronics. Along with this came some of the best pinball machines ever made, ones that are still lots of fun to this day. I’ve played a ton of...
by Andrew MacBain | May 27, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Originally, machines were all single-player games. It was one player at a time. But starting in 1954, Gottlieb came up with the idea to have two or even four people playing at a time. Player one would play ball one, then player two would play ball one. Then player one...
by Andrew MacBain | May 27, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Gottlieb was really good at card themes. They were known for that. Card games like poker, you’re trying to get different hands, a royal flush, they used that name a bunch of times—Card Whiz, Royal Flush, Pop-a-Card. . In the 1950s, Gottlieb would run a machine for...
by Andrew MacBain | May 27, 2020 | Collector's Corner, Micro Pinball, Pinball Buzz, Pinball Canada, Pinball History, Pinball News, Pinball Record
Bally was the first company to do that. They were the first company to get an official licensed theme. During the 1950s, Gottlieb had done some unlicensed themes. They had a game called Guy’s Dolls, and it just happened to come out at the same time as the Broadway...
Punny Factory Pinball (Wood Engraved)$7,000.00
Punny Factory Pinball (Standard)$6,000.00