
Advance Pin Table
Judging by surviving numbers, these little oak counter-top pin-tables were made in considerable numbers. The design is a very conservative bagatelle layout and bears more than a passing resemblance to Mills Novelty Co.'s "Baby Official" Pin Table of 1932. This example has a retail label for T H Moor, Ironmonger, South Molton. The company made a very similar game called Zunt. |
Ewan, White & Co 1932

Little Bren
This diminutive and unusual counter-top pinball appears to be from the 1950s but has been decimalized to take the now withdrawn half new penny. Like several other British payout pinballs, the object is to leave the winning (X) symbol lit when the ball exits play. Winning coins are paid over the top glass. A bumper light cap and ball firing control need replacing on this example. |
Brenner 1950s

Shoot!
This appears to be Shields' first counter-top pinball which paid out rolls of sweets and works on the same principle as the later and more common Tuck Shop. |
Shields 1940s

Skill Score
Small battery-operated flipper-less counter-top pinball with electro-mechanical score dial in the back-box. The balls ricochet between the solenoid bumpers to advance the score. |
Hooper 1940s

Tuck Shop
One ball for a penny, you shoot the ball into the playfield and watch it ricochet off the bumpers and springs. Each bump makes an electrical contact, advancing the traffic lights. If the lights are green when the ball exits the playfield, you win. The pictured example paid 2D for a win. Usually, as the name implies, prizes were sweets - a packet of Polos, which roll down the glass towards the player. |
Shields 1950s

Uneda
Typical of several British-made pinballs of the 1930s, the playfield design is unadventurous, but the build quality is good. |
Unknown maker 1930s

Whirlwin Spinball
The two large flipper-like arms in the centre oscillate continuously like car screen wiper blades and the object is to fire the ball so that it drops between them just as they sweep across the two central channels to win four or eight coins. This machine, which is similar in size to a conventional pinball, has been converted to decimal coinage. |
Unknown 1960s

Zunt
Zunt appears to be an alternative variant, perhaps a re-issue of the Advance Pin Table, with the same mechanical arrangement, playfield layout, and small small oak counter-top cabinet. Both games are similar to the Mills Novelty Co.'s "Baby Official" Pin Table of 1932. This example is missing the coin entry knob, which was a distinctive feature of the design. |
Ewan, White & Co 1930s