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Unknown

Manufacturer: Unknown Manufacturer
Type: Pure Mechanical (PM)
Players: 1

About This Machine

This unidentified machine is a single-player, Pure Mechanical (PM) pinball game whose manufacturer is unknown. It may be a version of Automatic Industries' 1931 'Whiffle Board', or one of the many copycat games produced by various manufacturers between January 1931 and July 1932 in the wake of Whiffle Board's popularity.

As a Pure Mechanical game from this era, it would have relied entirely on physical mechanisms — a plunger to launch the ball and a sloped, pin-studded playfield to determine scoring — without any electrical components, motors, or flippers, all of which postdate this period of pinball's development.

Because the specific manufacturer and model cannot be confirmed, details about this machine's exact design, art, and history remain uncertain. It nonetheless represents an interesting example of the early-1930s wave of Whiffle Board imitators that helped establish bagatelle-style pinball as a popular amusement before the format evolved into the coin-operated machines familiar today.

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