That's the greatest thing about the machine. Anyone could have made plastics with dinosaurs or palm trees, or whatever, but it took real balls for them to say "Screw it, let's make them look like Pier One placemats."

I'm wondering the same thing about this playfield out of a 1964 Bally Hayride:

ebay.com link: Bally Hay Ride Pinball Machine 1964 Playfield Look Beautiful

Listed here on Pinside for less, so there's not much incentive for anyone here to bid. It is a nice machine though.

Odd, it's gone now. It was the same machine because he linked to that auction, and it was $1600 here vs. $1800 on ebay.

I'm surprised no one has jumped on the Southern Bell for $900 here on Pinside.

I have one, and it's a beautiful game to look at. The four flippers take some getting used to, especially they way they're wired so the left button operates the left pair of flippers and the right button operates the right pair. That said, mine gets played quite a bit, and I think it's one of the best of the trap hole games, because there's more to do than just the trap holes--the red and blue 1,2,3,4's both lite specials. If I have a complaint, it's that the artwork on the playfield is fantastic, but the game is so under illuminated, especially after you hit the dead bumpers and turn them off, that you can't really appreciate the artwork while you're playing it.

All three are good machines. If you're going to get just one, then Lightning Ball would be my pick. The gobble holes are ruthless, but the blue, green, yellow bank shots to advance Lightning Ball are a lot of fun.

I would think Grand Slam deserves to be on any top 10 woodrail list.

Minstrel Man has interesting (although certainly not politically correct) artwork, but is it anywhere near a top 10 machine for playability?