Artists and Models

Victory Games' Artists and Models (1945) is a conversion kit for Chicago Coin's 1941 'Star Attraction,' first advertised in Billboard in September 1945. As one of the many conversion kits Victory Games produced during World War II, this electro-mechanical, single-player, flipperless machine offers insight into how manufacturers adapted existing games amid wartime material restrictions rather than building entirely new cabinets.

The gameplay features of Artists and Models are typical for its era, with 15 passive bumpers providing the challenge for players navigating the ball through the playfield. Like many of Victory Games' conversion kits -- sold under the banner "America's Pin Game Conversion Headquarters" -- it repurposed an existing cabinet with a new backglass and instructions rather than introducing novel mechanics.

Given the scarcity of surviving information about Artists and Models, little else is documented about its specific artwork or reception. Its existence as a wartime product of Victory Games makes it an interesting piece for collectors and historians studying how the pinball industry adapted during the 1940s.