This diminutive and unusual counter-top pinball appears to be from the 1950s but has been decimalized to take the now withdrawn half new penny.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
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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
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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
Added to Pinballs on 11/05/19

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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
Added to Pinballs by on 19/05/17

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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
Added to Pinballs by on 10/05/19

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