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I t was the time of day that tests men s courage. Early. A
grey dawn. Ju st before the world wakes. Down at the air
port,, a sm all group of men were secretly busy m aking ready
fo r the take-off. M inutes flew by. A t last, the word was
given, and a young man— tall, spare, with a certain deter
m ination in his walk— stepped up to the plane. There was
a fin a l personal inspection, a quiet hand shaking, and,
then, history was in the making. The lone eagle was o f.
A n d 33 hours later, from across the A tlantic, cables flashed
the news of Lindbergh's landing. The world thundered its
applause. Every civilized country in existence p a id hom
age to a hero. Every m an, woman, and child on the face of
the globe thrilled to the account of that daring flight, the
kind of flig h t you experience in —
TR A N S -A T LA N T IC — R o c k -0 la ’s trem endously fin e new
ta b le ! A $ 5 7 .5 0 p ro d u c t p ric e d dow n to $ 4 4 .5 0 . W h y ,
it's ju s t lik e b u yin g a D usenberg fo r nickels and dimes.
T R A N S -A T LA N T IC packs more th rills to the square inch
than most games do in th e ir w hole fa n cy set-up.
T R A N S -A T LA N T IC is one game in a thousand. Just take a
look a t the p ictu re . H ave you ever set eyes on a n yth in g
lik e it?
Look. Has any game ever “ g o t” you in q u ite the same w a y ?
M is te r, there can be no tw o ways a b o u t it. TRANS
A T L A N T IC is d e fin ite ly a w inner.
To a p p re cia te TR A N S-ATLA N TIC , you should re a lly see i t
and p la y it. But, ju s t the same, here is a q u ic k “ lo o k -in ” a t
the game. The fie ld is a “ rhapsody in b lu e ” . The sky, the
sea, the very air-lanes themselves, are represented in life
lik e designs and colors. The lig h t-u p p a n e l is as fascinating
as a map o f hid den treasure. There is Paris and N e w York.
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W h a t happens? You loop a b a ll in to the Take O f f pocket.
It drops o u t o f sight. U nderneath the board. S uddenly, as
i f b y m agic, the b a ll reappears a t the Paris a ir-p o rt— the
ru n w a y you see to the le ft. Ready to span the ocean. Paris
to N e w York. S k illfu lly , you ta ke aim a nd shoot the oth e r
balls. In to the 1st Leg - - - the 2 n d Leg - - - the 3 rd Leg
pocke ts! Q u ic k ly the b a ll advances on the runw ay. M ile
by m ile . A t the same tim e, on the lig h t-u p p a nel, lights
show the course o f the pla n e as i t wings its w a y o ve r the
w ater. C a re fu lly, you a v o id the Fog and W inds. Your eye
is tra in e d on the compass. You s h ift the controls to a vo id
going O f f Course o r b e in g lost . . .
W ith o u t question, T R A N S -A T LA N T IC is daring. T h rillin g .
As b re a th -ta k in g as L in d b e rg h ’s historic flig h t to Paris.
W h a t is m ore, T R A N S -A T LA N T IC presents a challenge. A
come-on. O n ce you p la y T R A N S -A TLA N TIC — ju s t once —
you in s ta n tly sense its p o w e rfu l a p p e a l. You go fo r it
hook, lin e , a n d sinker. You go fo r its ocean-blue p a n e l. . .
its sunny g o ld lig h ts . . . its m a gical action . . . e v e ry th in g !
The w o rld has n ever before th rille d to the dash and d e v iltry
o f a ta b le lik e TRA N S-ATLA N TIC . I t ’s one in a thousand.
A to p -n o tch e r in its own rights. A sure th in g and a re a l
thing. You ju s t can’t go wrong. I t ’s a w in n e r any w ay you
look a t it. A w in n e r from N e w York to Paris and back
again. So g e t in ahead o f the crow d. W rite , w ire, phone,
or come in a t once. I t ’s tim e to h it i t o f f w ith “ H a p p y D ays!”
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The ocean. A d o t a nd dash course. N u m b e re d squares to
in d ic a te distance. I t c e rta in ly is a s trik in g , a ttra c tiv e jo b .
As fo r the a ctio n i t is m echanical. R ight on the fie ld . Just
as you h a d m echanical action on Jigsaw and the W o r ld ’s
Series fie ld s. A c tio n the p u b lic likes. A c tio n th a t draws
them b y the thousands.
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