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Pinball as a commercial device was about making coin. Remember that the first pins did not even have flippers, they were pretty much all drain lanes/outlanes. The flippers were introduced to allow players to ATTEMPT to keep the ball in play longer, peaking interest, getting them to put in more coin. Too long and the amount of coin going in is slower, so the outlanes were mostly kept.
Quoted from Skypilot:I sold a non-pinhead a fishtales last year. The first thing they did was open it up and put rubber bands across the outlanes. Sold him a Partyzone in the fall he had the rubber bands waiting. LMAO
LMAO right with you. Everyone that plays Pinbot with the center post says I should add a center post to all of my games!
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