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Title: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 12:04:29 AM: browsing google images and found this pic. It didnt say what machine its from, and I cant find it on google anymore lol

Anyone know? I love the artwork and color, and would love to know what it is.

(http://www.aussiearcade.com.au/customavatars/avatar2109_17.gif)
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 12:05:15 AM: Looks like Sinbad to me. :D
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 12:06:56 AM: Quote from: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 12:05:15 AM
Looks like Sinbad to me. :D

not my avatar lol, the photo in my post
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Strangeways on January 29, 2009, 12:09:15 AM: There no photo :D

C'mon - I'm curious now #@#
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Retropin on January 29, 2009, 12:25:20 AM: er....could be a SMALL part of X O?
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 12:35:24 AM: OK, can see the pic now.

Bumper cap could be a Williams circa 1967, or a Bally circa 1967. Will to do more research...

Is it definitely space-themed or could the red thing the ball is on be something else?
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Creech on January 29, 2009, 12:38:50 AM: Well I can't see any pix!
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Retropin on January 29, 2009, 12:39:41 AM: Nope - i see nuthin too
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 12:56:49 AM: Try Ctrl-Refresh in your browser.

I have checked IPDB for all space-themed pins of the era and none of them match your picture.
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Creech on January 29, 2009, 12:59:46 AM: Quote from: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 12:56:49 AM
Try Ctrl-Refresh in your browser.
Tried that. Still no pic.
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Retropin on January 29, 2009, 01:07:00 AM: Oh Cmon!!!! Its a SPACE themed pin!!!! My favourites!!!!

Wheres the picture?????
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 08:52:22 AM: dunno why the picture isnt showing up, i can see it and ajlaird can
:D
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Strangeways on January 29, 2009, 08:59:57 AM: Strange. I can't see why only some members can see it and others cannot..
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 09:01:06 AM: ok I think because its a gif. I just made it a little larger and saved/hosted as a jpg...hope this works.

(http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e260/Gwind/whatisme.jpg)
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 09:14:34 AM: Well that was weird. I could see it, then it disappeared. The new one I can see!
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Strangeways on January 29, 2009, 09:27:26 AM: I can see it now - thanks - It looks like a Bally, but the pf art reminds me of Space Mission - A Williams EM game

I'm not sure..
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Retropin on January 29, 2009, 09:41:12 AM: Yeh - Bally or early Stern Bumper cap - need to blow it up a bit to see the artwork on the lower left plastic
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Retropin on January 29, 2009, 09:45:55 AM: Any chance you could host the pic with Photobucket?? ( works much better then Imageshack) and resize to 640X480.

Would get a nice image that fits the screen then
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 12:23:08 PM: it is hosted on photobucket, but cant be blown-up as it becomes a blur, and thats about as much as I can re-size.

its a mystery pin!

but I did think Nino or Tony would have a good chance of knowing. I guessed it was a bally or stern, but am thinking bally, just cant find it yet!
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: illawarra_steelers on January 29, 2009, 01:25:02 PM: Wow, that is a tough one. Well I don't think it is a Gottlieb or a Bally, definitely not a Stern. There is a 'dead' bumper at the top of the photo - Bally didn't use these on this era pin, they used the 'mushroom' bumper in it's place.

As Andrew pointed out, she looks from the circa 1966 era.

Maybe a Williams? These types of caps (Sunburst 10 points when lit first appeared in 1964 and were last seen around 1969). Gottlieb phased this cap out in 1967 but Williams and Bally used it through until the late 1960's.

Tough one Greg! Maybe a pin made in Europe?
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 05:15:03 PM: Well if I spend enough time browsing the IPDB I may work it out.......at least I can limit my searches to pre 1970.
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 29, 2009, 05:24:34 PM: bugga thought this may have been it!
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1628&picno=11386 (http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1628&picno=11386)

ok am looking at chicago coin machines, this was pretty close

edit: nope drew a blank there, will try wms next lol
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 06:56:47 PM: Hmmm, may not be a real pin!
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: illawarra_steelers on January 29, 2009, 11:07:25 PM: Quote from: ajlaird on January 29, 2009, 06:56:47 PM
Hmmm, may not be a real pin!

Was thinking the same thing - the posts look yellow (top left), which no US manufacturer used around this time and the stationary target to the right doesn't look like anything from this era. Also the 'dead' bumper skirt looks nothing like what was used on US made games

Mystery!
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: pict on January 30, 2009, 12:08:11 AM: Its a Jigsaw Puzzle *%*

http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15 (http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15)

Oh and some one also uses it for a Theatre Production

http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php (http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php) (search for the word Pinball on the page).

Mark
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Strangeways on January 30, 2009, 12:12:47 AM: Quote from: pict on January 30, 2009, 12:08:11 AM

Its a Jigsaw Puzzle *%*

http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15 (http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15)

Oh and some one also uses it for a Theatre Production

http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php (http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php) (search for the word Pinball on the page).

Mark

Great find ! Bizarre.. *%*
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 30, 2009, 12:43:44 AM: Quote from: pict on January 30, 2009, 12:08:11 AM

Its a Jigsaw Puzzle *%*

http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15 (http://www.amazon.com/Springbok-Pinball-Wizard-Jigsaw-Puzzle/dp/B000BXHO5K/ref=sr_1_15?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1233230602&sr=1-15)

Oh and some one also uses it for a Theatre Production

http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php (http://livingroomtaipei.com/archives/cat_theater.php) (search for the word Pinball on the page).

Mark

Mark welldone! Now I can stop searching. How did you find it? What did you do/use to locate these pics?
I wanna know!
:)
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: pict on January 30, 2009, 12:55:20 AM: Quote from: Sinbad on January 30, 2009, 12:43:44 AM
Mark welldone! Now I can stop searching. How did you find it? What did you do/use to locate these pics?
I wanna know!
:)

Yeah its intriguing :)

I do a fair bit of work with Enterprise Search Engines & Location Based Search systems (Geospatial) but these are dull compared to the interesting search engines coming out.

Have a look at this cool search engine (in Beta) http://tineye.com/ (http://tineye.com/) where you submit an image either by uploading from your HD or entering a URL. It will return results that are based on your submitted image. Sort of a 'find similar' search but more strict.
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: Extra Ball on January 30, 2009, 01:00:49 AM: Quote from: pict on January 30, 2009, 12:55:20 AM
Quote from: Sinbad on January 30, 2009, 12:43:44 AM
Mark welldone! Now I can stop searching. How did you find it? What did you do/use to locate these pics?
I wanna know!
:)

Yeah its intriguing :)

I do a fair bit of work with Enterprise Search Engines & Location Based Search systems (Geospatial) but these are dull compared to the interesting search engines coming out.

Have a look at this cool search engine (in Beta) http://tineye.com/ (http://tineye.com/) where you submit an image either by uploading from your HD or entering a URL. It will return results that are based on your submitted image. Sort of a 'find similar' search but more strict.

Thanks mate, I reckon I may have some fun with that.
:)
Title: Re: what pinball is this?
Post by: ajlaird on January 30, 2009, 08:43:40 AM: Ah, yes, one of my work colleagues showed me tinyeye but I completely forgot about it until you brought it up - nice going!