This is actually a Playmatic "Fairy" pin, with what
appears to be Bally score reels, but, with backglass art and wedgehead design similar to Gottlieb's "Atlantis," which according to The Internet Pinball Database, was released eight months before "Fairy."
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Almost every Playmatic playfield I have ever seen is always
like new. It has an acrylic surface, like it was clearcoated.
This makes for a VERY fast EM. Notice the weird bumper cap at the
top of the playfield, which was used in several Playmatic EMs. The
card apron resembles a Gottlieb, right down to the "flipper
buttons" text design, and the ball count just above the instruction
card. I highly recommend any Playmatic EM pin if you find one for
sale. Most are quite rare with unique playfield designs and wild
art. Use caution when buying a solid state Playmatic though, since
it's hard to get the boards repaired.
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Here's another shot of the cabinet. Notice the coin
door is similar to a Williams pin. The guts inside the pin though are
Gottlieb. The plunger design is somewhat similar to a Bally solid state
pin like "Playboy" for example.
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To
the left of "Fairy," I found another White Water pin. Check out
the high score somebody left on this game. It wasn't me, that's for
sure;) To the left of that, an Atari Space Riders pin, which was
down briefly. Atari only made 8 pinball machines, not counting a
couple of prototypes that didn't make it into production. Superman
and Hercules were the two Atari pins I remember you could find on location
just about anywhere in the late 70's/early 80's. |