I have one! I've had Miss Annabelle for several years.

Nice game.
Just curious (never played one): how useful are these lateral flippers? Safer shot for the red and yellow standup targets?

Lovely game Joe & great vids-thks for sharing.

Thanks for posting. That is a beautiful game! The old back box animation is pretty neat, and that has to be one of the best ones I've seen. I have a HI-DIVER and Dancing Dolls that I enjoy over here.

8-59, Miss Annabelle was the first Gtb single player (maybe first Gtb?) with score reels. 10 months later, 6-60, Dancing Dolls was the last Gtb with bulb scoring. A couple significant games I think.

Looks cool. My daughter is named annabelle and someday I'd like to find this game. I already have a new glass hanging on the wall. Thanks for sharing.

Hi Joe,
I had posted an article about Miss Annabelle in a different thread: https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/some-nice-looking-em-classics-just-came-up-on-ebay/page/97#post-3067723. Fun game, according to the Encyclopedia of Pinball, it's a "top 100" game.

Relatively easy to win on points. At least my machine was set for 1000. Could readily make it harder, but without a playfield special, wanted to hear it pop.

Enclosing a scan of the flyer.

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I'd love to get a nice one of these as my Father-In-Law has fond memories of playing the one in a local bowling alley in his youth.

1 on ebay...

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I like those deep blue rollover guides at the top of the playfield. Are they the old style? Never saw that color before.

Thanks for the praise Joe, but I did not make a music video for this one. I did make a private video of the game playing for a buyer, but mostly pinball porn shots of closeups of the insides, etc.

I had one given to me in May of 2014 and did a major overhaul on it, I don't think the previous owner ever cleaned it and the balls were all pitted and rusted but I think all the play field gunk actually saved it from damage. They also put duct tape over the drop hole which caused damage to the play field. The Miss Annabelle plastic was warped which didn't allow the spinner from activating Etc Etc Etc. Overall I spent a good 20 hours on sanding, painting and getting her back together, she has a cracked back glass but the paint is good.

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Miss Annabelle was my first pinball machine. This was sometime back in the late 70s. I went with a friend to look at a used dirtbike. Miss Annabelle was sitting in the corner with no glass, covered in dirt. My friend bought the bike and I bought the game, for $5.00! Yep, that's 5 dollars. Cleaned it up and it played! A few years later I gave it away to make room in my little shed so I could build the futuristic pinball cabinet that got me my first pinball job at Bally.

A nice looking game for sure. If anyone's interested in getting one a local collector who is a good guy has a nice looking one up for sale that's ready to be gone thru. I'd think he'd be making the trip to Allentown as well.

baltimore.craigslist.org link

For those of you that may not know, Double Action is the same playfield layout as Miss Annabelle (The art and backbox being better on Annabelle, IMHO) I fixed up a DA and sent it off to the Pacific Pinball Museum.
Those flippers tend to send the ball to an outlane drain if you're not careful.

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