While back, I picked up a Gottlieb 'Fun Park' - the Add-A-Ball version of 'Fun Land'.
I was wondering how serial numbers worked between the versions of a game like that. Were they completely independent? Or linked somehow?
Supposedly there's 580 units made of Fun Park. Despite that, my serial number is 01249, so thought I'd investigate how that worked there..
Quoted from pinhead52:serial ranges were independent of each other. And they started at random places. Check out the pinball serial nunber database to see where yours falls
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Interesting, thanks - was this true for games that were adjustable between the two and left the factory in one mode or the other? (Like, as far as memory serves, WMS 70's machines like Big Ben)?
I'll have to add my game to the list there..!
Generally, each individual name (e.g., Fun Land, Fun Park, Fun Fair) has its own serial number range. Based on what pinhead52 showed, it appears that Fun Park had numbers from 1001 to 1580, which is plausible for Gottlieb.
There is still room for research on Bally games with the same name and sub-lettering on the model number. For example, Bally Trio is known to have the replay model as project# 768, plus variants 768-A and 768-C, all named Trio. Can anyone confirm a 768-B? I wonder if each variant has an independent serial number sequence.
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Quoted from dmarston:For example, Bally Trio is known to have the replay model as project# 768, plus variants 768-A and 768-C, all named Trio. Can anyone confirm a 768-B? I wonder if each variant has an independent serial number sequence.
Wonder if the fact that some TRIO's had the PF with almost no graphics
and other with more playfield graphics had anything to do with the variants
or that the variants refer to AAB versions (as released from factory to USA market or Italy export versions)
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pasted_image (resized).pngQuoted from dmarston:Generally, each individual name (e.g., Fun Land, Fun Park, Fun Fair) has its own serial number range.
I would be curious too, as like my Big Ben, it was same graphics and everything, except the Add-A-Ball version had a different ball count mech, and a couple relays different. But everything else was the same.
Quoted from pinwiztom:Wonder if the fact that some TRIO's had the PF with almost no graphics
and other with more playfield graphics had anything to do with the variants
or that the variants refer to AAB versions (as released from factory to USA market or Italy export versions)
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That's amazing. It almost looks like they just 'forgot' the screen layers with the additional artwork. 
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