Big Bang Bar
Capcom, 1996
Big House
Gottlieb, 1989
Black Hole
Gottlieb, 1981
Cybernaut
Bally, 1985
Haunted House
Gottlieb, 1982
Mars God of War
Gottlieb, 1981
Xenon
Bally, 1980A friend mentioned to me that in the early to mid-90's, he worked for a company that made a clear, lighted plastic tube for a pin. The ball was to travel through the tube, and he believes it was lighted on both ends. He thinks the manufacturer was Williams. Anyone know which pin this may be?
Also, are there any pins with plastic tubes? Would seem to be a real pain to clean. 
Xenon is the only one I can think of right off the bat but something tells me there are a couple others also. I don't remember Williams machines having any but I think both Bally & Gottlieb used clear plastic on some machines.
Thanks for the responses. I had no idea there were so many. I would have thought it would be a no no in the pinball world because you can't easily clean the tubes.
None of these actually fit the description though. Anyone remember one from the early to mid 1990s with a light at one or both ends that was attached to the tube and lit it up?
Quoted from Nokoro:Thanks for the responses. I had no idea there were so many. I would have thought it would be a no no in the pinball world because you can't easily clean the tubes.
None of these actually fit the description though. Anyone remember one from the early to mid 1990s with a light at one or both ends that was attached to the tube and lit it up?
Manufacturers didn't care about cleaning the games.
Someone mentioned Big Bang Bar.
Xenon was the first, I believe, so they were still experimenting on what worked best.
Your friend thinks it was a Williams. Here are two lists of Bally/Midway and Williams titles from 1990-96 with links to pictures and details; you can expand the years if you want but you said early to mid 90s.
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?mfgid=214&yr=1990-1996&sortby=date&searchtype=advanced
http://www.ipdb.org/search.pl?mfgid=349&yr=1990-1996&sortby=date&searchtype=advanced
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