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On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 10:12:38 PM UTC-6,
charl...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, pinba...@uswest.net wrote:
heyv fellow rpg'rs.........Was Space Time the Happy Days
pinball? i knew "Nip It" was at one time but i dont remember
Space Time. Did i miss it?......kevin in phx az
here is the url..
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=94184500
and the description is...
Bally SPACE TIME PINBALL MACHINE 1972 As SEEN ON HAPPY
DAYS!!!
Machine is in excellent condition there are no major
flaws, blemish's or wear on play
surface. The back glass is in really good condition
with only small paint chips here and
there. game has all new rubber and light bulbs. Every
screw on this machine is polished
& every surface is clean. The game worked but the reset
solenoid just went bad. The
play surface glass has a pretty long scratch in it (you
can't see it unless your looking for
it)The coin mechanism is intact and works. The outside
paint is ok with some scratch's
and dings here and there but is clean. And the right
flipper is not as attentive as it should
be. All it needs is a little tune up and you have
yourself a great showpiece with some
history.Winning bidder pays all shipping charges
(around $180-$200) I will try to get
best rate after auction ends.Here is some more
information On the Space Time Pinball
Machine... Time Zone /No. 2569/ Bally Manufacturing
Corporation, January 31,
1972, 2 players Model number: 939 Production run: 2500
Features: Flippers (2),
Bumbers (4), Kickout Holes (2) Toys: Flashing lights on
3D 'Tunnel' in lower playfield
for target/rollover scoring Design: Ted Zale Art:
Christian Marche Notes: Time Zone' is
the two player version of 'Space Time' The game was
seen in the TV show ~Happpy
Days' as the "new" machine at Arnolds, in the episode
featuring Fonzie moving in with
the Cunninghams. Photos in: Pinball Portfolio pp. 73
Images: Playfield [Russ Jensen],
Backglass [Russ Jensen] Space Time /No. 2262/ Bally
Manufacturing Corporation,
June 1, 1972, 4 players Model number: 953 Production
run: 5000 Theme: Outer
Space Features: Flippers (2), Bumbers (4), Kickout
Holes (2) Toys: Flashing lights on
3D 'Tunnel' in lower playfield for target/rollover
scoring Design: Jim Patla Art: Christian
Marche Notes: 'Space Time' is the four player version
of 'Time Zone' Photos in: Pinball
Trader pp. Issue 36 Pinball Machines pp. 149 Newsweek
May 30, 1977, pp. 54. pp.
(Backglass) Source: Photo
Yes there were three machines featured on Happy Days @ Arnold's: Nip-It being the most famous (and laving the longest presence until the episode where Arnold's burned down(if I remember correctly; I could be wrong)which was replaced with Space Time. The early episodes featured another pinball still (I think that one was Williams Klondike?). The sad part about the whole thing is that none of the three games were made during the 1950s-in fact Bally(the maker of Nip-It and Space Time) didn't make flipper pinballs much during the period choosing to make the more profitable bingo style pinballs instead.
If the Space Time machine was built in the 70s wouldn't that be an obvious anachronism? I looked up Nip-It though. Those machines WERE built in the early 50s therefore NOT an anachronism. I've no clue about any others featured.
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