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Can You Help Identify This Machine ?

By flasteve57

3 years ago


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#1 3 years ago

Ahh the days of bowling alleys and pinball machines.....
I have attached a photo. I couldn't blow it up enough to make out the title. The photo was taken in 71'.
I know the one next to it was Williams Olympic Hockey. and the one being played is a Williams as well (I think).
My favorite Williams of the day was Expo.

Thanks,
Steve in Fla.

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#2 3 years ago

That's "Fan-Tas-Tic".

John

#3 3 years ago
Quoted from Dayhuff:

That's "Fan-Tas-Tic".
John

#fan-tas-tic
https://www.ipdb.org/machine.cgi?id=820

Note that IPDB gives June 1972 as manufacture date. Doesn’t match with your photo date.

#4 3 years ago

Swinger on the far right. The one to the left of it will be tricky to figure out.

#5 3 years ago

The game between Swinger and Hockey pinball is likely a BLY or WMS single player.
Swinger did not go into production until late 72 early 73, with exception of the sample games production.

#6 3 years ago
Quoted from pinwiztom:

The game between Swinger and Hockey pinball is likely a BLY or WMS single player.

Glad you weighed in on this. More to check out but I’m wondering if it’s a pin or some kind of novelty machine.

If the OP wasn’t such a ham (like me) in the pic, we might know by now.

1 week later
#7 3 years ago

Thanks to all who helped. I wasn't the one in the photo, twas' a friend of mine.
Hey - trying to remember something from when I was 14 or 15 was a stretch !!
I have a way more challenging photo (I'll have to scan a Polaroid) from one of the arcades at Daytona.

Much appreciated !!

Steve

#8 3 years ago
Quoted from pinwiztom:

The game between Swinger and Hockey pinball is likely a BLY or WMS single player.
Swinger did not go into production until late 72 early 73, with exception of the sample games production.

I guess we can never know for sure, but I'll take a stab at it and say it's a Bally "Trio".

#9 3 years ago

One more vote for Fan-Tas-Tic. The cabinet art matches as does the backglass.

#10 3 years ago

Obviously the game he's playing is a Williams "Fan-Tas-Tic". That's not debatable. The third game in the row is not readily identifiable. I think we can only guess what it is considering the photo that's been posted.

#11 3 years ago

Some clues on the unknown machine: The three identified machines are Williams machines, so it might be that the unknown machine is also a Williams, because some operators only dealt with one manufacturer. Big clue is the color of the pedestal the backbox sits on is a red/orange color. I think most Williams machine of that era had a black pedestal. It could be a 1-player machine, but the angle of the photo might hide that it's actually a 2/4 player machine. Also, the three identified machines were released in 1971-1972. I'm assuming the unknown machine was released in the same time frame - 1971, 1972, early 1973? Trying to match the backglass art shapes and colors, it looks similar to a Super Star , but that machine had a black pedestal. It's still a mystery ?????

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