Tim-Buc-Tu

The Tim-Buc-Tu, manufactured by Williams in 1956, is a single-player electromechanical pinball machine designed by Harry Williams with artwork by George Molentin. It comes from a period when Williams was refining EM mechanics that would define pinball design through the 1950s.

Details of Tim-Buc-Tu's specific playfield features are not well documented, but as a mid-1950s Williams EM machine it would typically have included flippers, bumpers, and targets consistent with the company's output of the era — mechanical linkages and electrical relays controlling gameplay rather than the solid-state electronics that would arrive decades later.

Little is known about the machine's art or theme beyond its name and manufacturer. Interestingly, the backglass itself incorrectly uses an apostrophe in the manufacturer's name. The scarcity of documented information surrounding Tim-Buc-Tu makes it something of an enigmatic piece within pinball history.