This picture shows cutting the head of the Balls-a-Poppin game. I used an old, incomplete Bally bingo game. Later on, I made the head more wide, matching the exact dimensions of the original.

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Creating the cabinet graphics.

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Reconstruction of the panel. I used Bally 60's parts. The construction of the stepper units was very time consuming.

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Silkscreen printing of playfield. This was the most difficult part of the project. I didn't know much about graphic programs like Photoshop and Illustrator. It took me a couple of months to construct the graphics of the playfield. Pictures show different printing stages.

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These pictures show some of the original Ball-a-Poppin game parts: score motor, 6 relays, reset bank, 4 sling shot kickers.
The reset bank was reconstructed by myself by cutting a bingo reset bank in half. In the course of the project I found an original reset bank, so I replaced the copy by the original. Pictures show copy.
Other original parts used: flipper buttons, tilt assembly, coin shute, credit button, plunger, lock bar, cigarette holder, kickout hole unit, outhole kicker unit, wild ball kicker unit (partially), 20 playfield posts, 4 plastic shields, 6 rollover buttons, instruction and score cards.

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And this is the result, a complete Balls-a-Poppin' game!

Hope you guys like it.

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Thanks!

Hey thanks a lot! I will give it a thought, I never visited this venue before, I will check it out and will let you know

Thanks a lot!

Hi Ryan, thanks a lot for your compliment. The credits I share with a friend of mine who has a big screen-printing table. The printing itself is executed by a hand cranked handle to support the squeegee. Especially the films were big and unhandy. I had never printed on plywood before, so it took me some time to I figure out how to prepare it.
I visited your website, very cool work you do. I checked your biography (I am impressed) and the Pinball at the Zoo poster is great! I will check out your profile here at pinside later, got to go now, food on the table!
Rob

Thank you! I actually went to Raphael Lankar's museum in Paris to measure his Balls-a-Poppin game in detail. So the game you played over there was the primary example of the game I built.

Hi Jappie, thanks ! The sling shots are original parts powered by the correct voltage so that's the way Bally wanted them to be However the power is a bit unusual indeed. But great fun. It helps moving the balls to the center hole.