Follow-Up

Follow-Up is a rare and enigmatic electro-mechanical (EM) pinball machine from November 1939, manufactured by Daval Manufacturing Co. of Chicago, Illinois. Its historical significance is that it is the last known pin game manufactured by Daval: after the war, Billboard articles and ads from 1946-47 show the company making trade stimulators (slot machine counter games) rather than pinball, and by 1948 a new company, Scot Industries, had taken over Daval's tools and dies.

Gameplay on this flipperless machine is built around its 16 scoring bumpers, with points accumulated through bumper hits as the ball works its way down the playfield. The machine's exact rules and objectives are not well documented, but its mechanical design likely followed the flipperless EM conventions of the late 1930s.

Little is known about the designer or any notable art or design elements on Follow-Up. However, its status as the final pin game from a departing manufacturer makes it an intriguing subject for study, marking the close of one company's chapter in the evolution of commercial pinball.