The power that was Gottlieb

[greenechidna]

Found some nice photos here on some French forum:
http://www.retro-flip.com/t2429-GOTTLIEB-FACTORY-TOUR-IN-71.htm

This is a must see for anyone with an ounce of love for Gottlieb.......what a great find.

There is the slight possibilty that's my Outer Space right there

[andypinboy]

Great photos - nice to look back at how it was. Imagine if that room (in it's entirety incl. chairs etc) could be your pinny room at home.  

Edit - what r the tables on the right? Baffle balls? Assume by Gottlieb?

[Pop Bumper Pete]

Great photos - nice to look back at how it was. Imagine if that room (in it's entirety incl. chairs etc) could be your pinny room at home. 

Edit - what r the tables on the right? Baffle balls? Assume by Gottlieb?

early gottlieb games
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=865&picno=30608

remember, pinball machines were different way back then

[pinnies4me]

Great photos, thanks for posting the link.

I still have a couple of gottliebs, they really were great at innovation, so many different things like the BH lower playfield.

[pinball god]

Great photos thanks

[4_amusement_only]

Not the original factory, but the only one of the Premier factory on the net.

http://mediaburn.org/video/chicago-slices-raw-pinball-wizard/

Designer Jon Norris takes a tour of the factory. From 93' so they had 3 more years till they finished up due to bad investments in other areas.

Great to see a brand new Bounty Hunter in there. 9 years old at the time!

[andypinboy]

That's awesome. He, "I collect all their games, I have around 70 or 80". Great to see brand new shiny Wipeouts. Hairstyle on receptionist gives this era away asap (GnR were still alive ). Great vid 4AO - thanks 

[vinito]

Yeah US in a nutshell indeed. Surprised it's not a Starbucks

There's probably a Starbucks inside that Walmart, and a nail salon and bank and optometrist and oxygen bar. Amazingly cheezy things today, these Walmarts. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw a massage parlor and liposuction clinic in one. Really.
I avoid going there like most folks. I just buy what I want off the net. The most I go to brick & mortar anymore is the local grocery.

[andypinboy]

Yeah US in a nutshell indeed. Surprised it's not a Starbucks

There's probably a Starbucks inside that Walmart, and a nail salon and bank and optometrist and oxygen bar. Amazingly cheezy things today, these Walmarts. I wouldn't be surprised if I saw a massage parlor and liposuction clinic in one. Really.
I avoid going there like most folks. I just buy what I want off the net. The most I go to brick & mortar anymore is the local grocery.

Amazing isn't it. Nearly the same here now. The net has made getting info & getting good deals easier - but I miss the bricks & mortar stuff myself - you know when you went to a local hardware & you knew the owner & he looked after you. Different times. I'm still staggered by the size of that Gottlieb factory - in the early 1970s!!

[Steve2010]

Great thread .... loved looking at the photos from the French link.  Gottlieb had an amazing run during the 1900's - what, at least 5+ decades.

[scottnds]

Just had a look at the French pics-wow how many people do you think worked there? A lot of tables in the lunch room.