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above the center opening. Some control of the movement is
possible with the lever at the top left of the panel. The two
vertical columns are decorated with old time sailing ships. This
machine works well except that the bucket is missing. I'd be very
interested in hearing from someone that could give some
information on the machine. My comments are pure speculation.
One other thing: most of the paint and some of the metal seems to
have been exposed to something quite strong— possibly salt.
Enough for this time.
Sincerely.
And, yes, the Rock-Ola WORLD'S SERIES will have a
place ofhonor in thefirst volume of" 100 Pinballs," Look for it
around the middle of the year.
Now, an even more interesting machine, and that's that
Scientific Machine Corp. PANAMA DIGGER. You're abso
lutely right; the machine was made for a bank of machines.
How do we know? We checked the experts again, this time
Steve Gronowski and Dick Bueschel who are working together
on a "100 Most Collectible Arcade Machines" book. It'llbe out
sometime after the pinball book, hopefully the latter part ofthe
Jim Peck
year.
Dear Jim,
Anyway, what they tell us is that Scientific Machine
Corporation, located in Brooklyn, was quite an outfit They
gained prominence in the early 1930s when pinballs came in
flower and made a number of interesting pinball games. They
also kept to the east for the most part, and got involved in
It's always great to get lettersfrom you. They 're so interesting.
Your comments are great And,., this time we can even offer
some answers.
You're absolutely right about the Rock-Ola WORLD'S
SERIES pinball of 1933, It'sfar more than just interesting. It
is truly ingenious. We checked with Dick Bueschel to see if he
had this data for his upcoming "An Illustrated Price Guide to
the 100 Most Collectible Pinball Machines, Volume I." He not
only does, he tells us that while the selection of the 100 top
banked, specialty and arcade locations. One of their greatest
efforts was the bar in the "Flying Trapeze" bar and restaurant on
West 57th Street in New York City at the end of 1934. They
built-in 25 of their SAFETY ZONE pinball games as the bar
and serving counter. The patrons could play as they ate and
drank. Wow! What a find that installation would be. We don't
pinball games variesfrom one collector to another (what Dick
know where the "Flying Trapeze" was, but a check ofthe New
York City Directory (in the New York Public Library)for 1935
has donefor the book is get the "Top 100" listsfrom a number
will show you ifyou're interested.
ofexperts, with the books reflecting their selections, and why)
Scientific went on to make what they called "Built-in
Games" until World War 2, and then came back after the war
with an arcade machine called the POKERINO that had a
the Rock-Ola WORLD'S SERIES is onjust about everybody's
"Top 100" list That's pretty darn good for a pinball game
made in 1933 — or almostfifty years ago — that virtually no
collector today remembers on location.
post- war vogue in bars across the country until the shuffieboard
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10$ Pace BANTAM missing Jackpot—$795
Restored early Ironclaw Digger—$1,250
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TAC TOE, fully restored—$1,500 each
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