Quoted from Kickout:Bally 1968 RockMakers
Picked this up about a month ago, just started working on it.
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I don't own any zipper flipper Bally's yet but that lower playfield is very interesting. It's the closest thing I've seen to the William's Olympic Hockey table design. It's very well implemented on the Hockey pin and had wondered if it had been used elsewhere. Didn't expect to see it on the Bally.
https://pinside.com/pinball/machine/olympic-hockey
My first pin was a Bally Space Time 10 years ago, had moved it along as we do in this hobby. Recently got a Time Zone and forgot what a silly blast this thing is to play. The pops are just off the charts at 50V but I had forgotten how poor the flippers were compared to Gottlieb's for example.
Does the 2" zipper flipper assembly have better strength and control than the early 3" Bally design? Would love to try a zipper one day.