Runabout (Improved)

The Runabout (Improved), manufactured by Boyle Amusement Company of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in February 1932, is a pure mechanical (PM) pinball machine noted as a "Whiffle copycat" game — one of several games that emerged to imitate the popular Whiffle line.

The machine offered 10 balls for five cents and featured tri-colored pins set within a walnut cabinet. It was advertised at 37 inches long and 18 inches wide, with a shipping weight of 80 lbs, and — like other PM machines of the period — predates the introduction of flippers and electromechanical components.

Little information is available about the Runabout (Improved)'s designer or specific playfield layout. As a documented copycat of the Whiffle format, it offers insight into how quickly competitors emerged around successful early pinball designs.