Figure Eight

The Figure Eight pinball machine, produced by Burrows Automatic Supply Company, Ltd. of London in April 1933, is an early British entry in the pure mechanical pinball era. As a table-top/counter game, it reflects the compact, low-cost coin-op format common in the early 1930s, offering a glimpse into pinball's rapid early spread from the United States to Europe.

Little is documented about its specific gameplay features or rules, but as a pure mechanical, single-player design, it relied on basic principles of gravity and mechanics to move the ball around a simple playfield, without the bells, whistles, or electromechanical scoring found in later machines.

No detailed information about the game's designer, theme, or artwork survives. Its rarity and age make it a notable specimen for collectors and historians researching Burrows Automatic Supply Company's brief, early foray into the counter-game market.