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History and Trivia
Plastic Boxes and Extra Wiring?
Tom on rec.games.pinball writes:
Subject: Added 1" Plastic Boxed Relay on Bingo Pinball
Date: 1999/05/29
I have two non-working Bingo Pinball games from 73-75. They both have a small
plastic box, about 1" square that seems to be an aftermarket device that
is attached to the back door and rear glass area by 4 to 6 wires. Anyone know
what it's purpose is/ was in this case? Tom
Response from Michael Sands: I am fixing a bingo for a friend and have found
some extra wiring. There are some wires and a relay that allow the attendant
to add credits quickly to a game. It allows the player to fork over some real
money, lots of it, and then approach the game with lots of credits on it.
Saves them from having to feed the individual dimes or quarters. Let me know
where the wires go and I could make a more educated guess....
Las Vegas Hoppers?
One day on the phone with Russ Jensen he mentioned a friend of his from
Sparks Nevada whom reconditions old Gambling Bingos from Nevada and sells
them for $800 to $1000 which he mentioned isn't too bad since they are gone
through rather well.
As he talked he mentioned that they were full cabinet, that they still had
the "hopper."
In response to my asking about it, he explained that they were set-up with a
hopper underneath the playing field that was the payout mechanics. This box
would distribute coins as the replays were clicked off.
See Links - Mr. Raymond Watt's kindly shares a photo
A job reconditioning Bingos for export!!!!
Posted on the Usernet rec.games.pinball was this note from Rex buried number
12 down in a series of threads dated 1998/12/13
These machines are the "chess" of the pinball world. You think
about the strategy and exicute if you can. I too have 2 machines. A Bally
Roller Derby and Silver Sails (Golden Gate with different backglass) and
still find it fun to play them.
I used to work for a company named Runyan Sales in Newark NJ. My job was to
get a Bingo machine out of this big warehouse, fix it up, clean it up and
ship it oversea; then get another one and do it again. These machines are
marvels of EM inginuity. Who needs computers?
Rex.
Ray Shroyer
In fact, Ray calls one type of game
"the poker machine" of the '40s, '50s, and '60s. Can you guess what
it was? It was the infamous Bingo machine. In the '60s Chicago's future Mayor
Daley had vowed to eliminate the machines and kept his word when they were
off the street within six months of his election.
The law was clear. You couldn't have a pinball machine with a hole in the
playfield. The Bingo machines had 25 holes on the playfield and you would
line them up with corresponding numbers on the backglass. Mayor Daley
effectively outlawed all machines with a hole in the playfield. There were so
many of them and it was feared that they could be turned into gambling
machines.
Then along came a game from Williams designed by Steve Kordek, who Ray names
as one of his industry heroes. It was called Little Pro and had a golf theme
and, yes, it had a hole in the playfield. Ray describes it as more of a
simulator-type game. Then the industry started getting more of this type of
game and after Raceway pinball, the game was finally made legal. But, you
could only have pinballs that would give away less than 12 replays so they
could never be turned into gambling machines.
GODZILLA vs.
the GORILLA:
1998 Columbia /
TriStar Productions – Oh yeah!
The little
blonde girl Jean Reno sitting alone in the bedroom on the bed feeling sorry
for herself, Hank Azaria comes into console her and help get the boyfriend
back – Through the whole seen on the back wall behind her – mounted on the
wall is a Bally bingo playing field ……
Well Mike Singer
wants to know:
From: Mike Singer (pinbuoy@erols.com)
Subject: Pinball in Godzilla
This is the
only article in this thread
Newsgroups: rec.games.pinball
Date: 1999/02/24
Did anyone notice the bingo
machine playfield in the background as a wall hanging in the movie Godzilla,
or has this been covered 46 times already?
It was in the bedroom when the
blonde was crying about doing the wrong thing.
Mike Singer
AVP - Amusement, Video & Pinball
Since 1992 - Buy, sell, trade,
in home service.
Well the answer
is an “ATLANTIC CITY” – My wife now thinks I am officially crazy, it only
took a mere 4 hours to figure it out :)
OK! You Bingorilla
fans - Young Mr. Josh Kaplan informs us:
Hi Danny,
Bingorilla is a great
tape. It's made by Tim Arnold., who has the largest collection of
running pins possibly in the world. He's in Las Vegas. It's also known
as Tim #2 when you order it. $6 per tape, I think including
shipping. I recommend Pingame Gerbil Tim #1 if you like pins.
It's even better. I haven't seen Bride of Bingorilla, Tim #3, but
there's some Bingos there too. Fast shipping, you'll love em!
http://www.marvin3m.com/top/
scroll to bottom of page for list.
Email
Clay at bottom of page here to order:
http://marvin3m.com/fix.htm
Josh
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