Springtime

Springtime, manufactured by Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company in February 1937, is a scarce piece of electro-mechanical pinball history, with a confirmed production run of just 432 units under model number 31. Little detailed documentation of its playfield layout or specific gameplay mechanics has survived.

As a machine from the pre-flipper era, Springtime would have relied on skillful plunging and bumper/target placement rather than flipper control, in keeping with EM pinball conventions of the late 1930s.

Despite the lack of detailed information about its design or theme, Springtime's low production numbers and age make it a rare find for collectors and historians. Its survival offers a small window into Chicago Coin's product line during the late 1930s, a period of steady growth for the company in the increasingly competitive pinball market.