GENCO Owners Club

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#1 9 years ago

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There should probably be a category under manufactures for Genco, so this could go there.

Genco Manufacturing Company made a lot of pins up until 1958 when they stopped operations. Here is a list of games that I know of:

1931 BUSTER BALL
1932 JIGGERS
1932 GOOD LUCK
1932 MONTE CARLO
1932 OLD ORCHARD
1932 OK AMERICA
1933 SUPER SPECIAL JIGGERS
1933 RITZ
1933 SKY RIDE
1933 COMMANDER
1933 BLACK BEAUTY
1933 NEW CENTURY SPECIAL
1933 NEW CENTURY
1933 ADMIRAL
1933 TALLY-HO
1933 TIP TOP
1934 SINBAD
1934 STEP UP
1934 SUBWAY
1934 OFFICIAL BASEBALL
1934 GRID IRON
1934 GOAL KICK
1934 PONTIAC
1934 KLEVER LITE
1934 CRISS CROSS
1935 LUCKY STARS
1935 CRISS CROSS A LITE
1935 BASE HIT
1935 BASEBALL
1935 FLYING COLORS
1935 CHEER LEADER
1935 CHECKERS
1935 KING FISH
1935 DUCK SOUP
1935 KINGS
1935 GOLD MEDAL
1935 HEARTS
1935 THE KING
1935 STARS
1935 SCORE-A-LITE
1936 SILVER CUP
1936 SOCCER
1936 POLY POLY
1936 TRICKS
1936 FIFTY GRAND
1936 FLYNG SCOT
1936 CHAMPS
1936 50-GRAND
1936 HAPPY DAYS
1936 SCOTTY
1936 GENCO CHAMP
1936 ROTATION
1937 CARGO
1937 ROLLOVER
1937 ARCHER
1937 FOOTBALL OF 1937
1937 LONG BEACH
1937 AUTO DERBY
1937 SKY HI
1937 SILVER FLASH
1937 CARNIVAL
1937 SPRINGTIME
1937 HOME STRETCH
1937 WIZARD
1937 RUNNING WILD
1937 SWING TIME
1937 MATCH EM
1938 DOUBLE TRACK
1938 BABY
1938 OSCAR
1938 ZIP
1938 STOP AND GO
1938 KLICK
1938 TRIPLE PLAY
1938 HI LO
1938 RAGTIME
1938 JITTERBURG
1938 RUNNING WILD JR
1938 RECORDER
1938 SPLASH
1938 JUNIOR
1938 JUNGLE
1938 GAY TIME
1939 CIRCUS
1939 PUNCH
1939 FLYING SCOT
1939 FAIR
1939 BUBBLE
1939 AIRPORT
1939 BANG
1939 RINK
1939 NATURAL
1939 MR CHIPS
1940 BIG CHIEF
1940 CADILLAC
1940 FOLLIES OF 1940
1940 FORMATION
1940 BAND WAGON
1940 FOUR ROSES
1940 BIG TOWN
1940 METRO
1940 LUCKY STRIKE
1940 BLONDIE
1940 POWER HOUSE
1940 DUDE RANCH
1941 ARGENTINE
1941 ZIG-ZAG
1941 SLUGGER
1941 CAPTAIN KIDD
1941 VICTORY
1941 GUN CLUB
1941 TEN-SPOT
1941 SEVEN UP
1941 SOUTH-PAW
1941 HI-HAT
1942 FOUR ACES
1946 STEP UP
1946 WHIZZ
1947 BUBBLES
1947 HONEY
1947 STATE FAIR
1948 MERRY WIDOW
1948 FLOATING POWER
1948 PUDDIN HEAD
1948 ONE,TWO, THREE
1948 TRADE WINDS
1948 SCREWBALL
1948 MARDI GRAS
1948 BONE HEAD
1949 BIG TOP
1949 CARAVAN
1949 THREE FEATHERS
1949 GLIDER
1949 BLACK GOLD
1949 CAMEL CARAVAN
1949 RIP SNORTER
1950 FORTUNE TELLER
1950 HARVEST TIME
1950 ROCKET
1950 MERCURY
1950 CANASTA
1950 FLYNG SAUCERS
1950 SOUTH PACIFIC
1951 HITS AND RUNS
1951 STOP AND GO
1951 TRI-SCORE
1951 DOUBLE ACTION
1952 400
1952 JUMPING JACK
1952 SPRING TIME
1953 GOLDEN NUGGET
1953 SILVER CHEST
1954 SHUFFLE TARGET
1957 SHOW BOAT
1958 FLYING ACES

Check in if you own one. Parts seem hard to find, so we Genco owners need to stick together to keep these old pieces of art alive for people to see and enjoy.

Mac

Post last edited 7 years ago: “Added TALLY-HO per the IPDB”

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#3 9 years ago

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If anyone has a Flying Aces, let me know. I recently rescued one, and it's going to be a challenge to get this beast up and going.

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#7 9 years ago

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Very nice!

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#20 8 years ago

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Very Nice!

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#25 7 years ago

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Quoted from Dayhuff:
I have a 1934 Genco Subway that someone turned into a coffee table and I just happed upon it last year at an auction, didn't know it was going to be there and lucky for me I was the only one that bid on it.
John P. Dayhuff
Battle Creek, MI.
269-979-3836

Man you run into all the great finds!

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#82 5 years ago

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Quoted from Mpellicano:
1940 'Big Chief' that I picked up today. Complete, not hacked. Lots of dry rotted wires (mostly coil wires). Bargain price of $100. Florida heat took its' toll, but I'll bring her back.
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Post some "after" pictures... nice machine!

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#86 5 years ago

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Quoted from Mpellicano:
Playfield cleaned up well.[quoted image]

Very nice indeed!

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#88 5 years ago

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Quoted from Mpellicano:
I am looking for the little gate that stops the ball from reentering the shooter lane. The bracket is there, but nothing else.

You are probably going to have to "make" that part. Not hard. See: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/what-kind-of-metal-for-making-a-wire-gate

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#91 5 years ago

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Quoted from Mpellicano:
Settle this debate; my brother says that exposed coil wires pose no threat of shorting....I disagree. But, with my very limited knowledge of coils in this condition, I pose this question to the forum. Disregard the heat shrink tubing; too many exposed wires to address the issue using them. I feel that new coils are required. Your thoughts?
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The wires in the coils that look "exposed" are actually coated with a thin insulation. If they were not, they would all short together and not act like a coil. The paper wrapper provides minimal resistance to something scratching the insulation on the fine wires. It is mainly there for identification and cosmetic reasons. That said, I would just make new wrappers and put them over what is there instead of buying new coils. If a coil looks like it has over heated, then that is a sign that it may have developed an internal short, and should probably be replaced.

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#93 5 years ago

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Quoted from Jappie:
Hi Genco guys, I'm looking for an instructions card (or a scan or picture of one) for my 1940 Big League. Or any type of documentation, really.
It's quite a longshot since I haven't seen or heard of another example of this game in almost 10 years of owning it. But it can't hurt to try, right? If you have something, please let me know!
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That is a very nice machine. Have you looked up the US patent on it? Patent #: US002134185

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#103 5 years ago

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Quoted from swinks:
there are now 3 different Genco posts up at Shapeways
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplace?type=product&q=genco+pinballgenco

Very nice! Thanks for posting!

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#190 4 years ago

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Quoted from tomcons:
The latest addition to my Genco collection - a 1949 Three Feathers. The cabinet and playfield are in very good condition, the one issue being sunken inserts which I'm working on now. The backglass on the other hand is pretty poor with a lot of flaking. I'll be doing a repro of it, but the issue is that I'm missing all the detail in the red feather (behind the blonde). If anyone has a nicer backglass & could get me a few high res pics of that area, it would be a big help and greatly appreciated.[quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image][quoted image]

The good news is that you have quite a bit of detail in the other feathers, so duplicating that style for the red one in photoshop will not be as difficult as having nothing at all to go by. In the end, nobody is going to know if it differs a little from the original unless you have a perfect original there to compare it to. Keep the style and look similar to the rest of the art and it will look great!

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#191 4 years ago

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Quoted from tomcons:
Me. Since I always seemed to end up with games that no one was doing repro backglasses for, I figured I had to learn how. So they are all multi-layer digital direct print to plexiglass, and I think look good lit and unlit and compare well to the originals. But it's not cheap and takes a lot of time. And since Genco often uses silvering which can't be replicated digitally, I end up having to manually silver ink them, which also takes a lot of time, but it's worth it.
This is the Trade Winds repro glass I did earlier this year. Original on the left in the 1st pic. 2nd pic shows how it looks lit on a light box.[quoted image][quoted image]

That looks awesome. Care to share any of the detail of the steps you take in your process?

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#194 4 years ago

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Quoted from Jappie:
This Four Roses just popped up for sale nearby. I've seen the machine first hand a few years ago and know it's in very good condition. Exceptional, for a 1940 machine.
Would look great next to my Big League. Same year of manufacture, same cabinet style, same condition.
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Wow, what a nice looking machine!

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#224 4 years ago

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This is the first time I have noticed the "Not inc." after the Genco MFG Co. name. Would love to know the back story on that...

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#253 3 years ago

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Quoted from Pmoore66:
I ordered a bridge rectifier from PBR and made time for the replacement this morning.

Usually, the DC- is connected to the center tap of the transformer, making the common "ground". I think you have the DC- and DC+ reversed from that perspective.

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#255 3 years ago

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Quoted from Pmoore66:
sheprd I pulled the DC+(middle wire) and that short wire from the same connection point on the selenium rectifier. The DC- was at the end by itself. This is my first attempt at this replacement. Machine has been working fine. If they were reversed what would I expect?

Things will still work. The DC creates a magnetic field that pulls in relays and solenoids either way. It's kind of like having an old car with a positive ground system. Still works, but if someone expects it to conform to what is typical in most machines, they will get wrong measurements. If you ever want to ground the metal parts of the machine for safety reasons like all modern games are, you will want to reverse the DC and go negative ground.

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#294 2 years ago

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Quoted from forepar:
Can someone help me track down parts especially a new rubber kit for the 1947 genco honey pinball?

You probably won't find a "kit" for that, but can order whatever rubbers you need from several suppliers. You just need to measure to determine the sizes and quantity that you need. A lot of people like the rubbers that Marco provides. They seems to be good quality. The PBR has a lot of parts for older machines. Hope this helps.

Mac