Teaser

The Teaser, manufactured by Brunswick Manufacturing Company in September 1932, is a single-player pure mechanical (PM) payout machine and one of the oldest entries in the pinball record. As a payout machine rather than a replay game, it reflects an early period when coin-operated amusement devices were closely tied to games of chance.

Details about its specific gameplay mechanics, rules, and original artwork have not survived in the historical record, which is common for machines from this very early era of the industry. Its age alone makes it a notable curiosity for collectors and historians studying the earliest coin-operated amusement devices that preceded the pinball machines widely recognized today.

Because so little documentation exists, most claims about the Teaser's specific influence on later pinball design remain speculative. It is best appreciated as a rare surviving artifact from the very beginning of the coin-operated amusement industry rather than for any documented design innovations.