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Automatic Age

Issue: 1934 December - Page 13

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M O R E D A Z Z L IN G A C T IO N T H A N H A S
EVER B EEN BUILT IN A PIN G A M E
A c tio n is what the players dem and in a pin gam e— ESQUIRE has th a t and every­
thing else th a t a really good game must have to be an outstanding success! ESQUIRE,
like all o th e r Stoner games, was designed w ith the idea o f O PERATO R'S PROFITS
being o f param ount im portance. STONER W IL L N O T PRODUCE A G A M E U N ­
LESS IT IS DEFINATELY PROVEN T H A T THE O PERATO R W IL L M A K E M O N E Y
W IT H IT . . . T H A T IT W IL L STAY O N L O C A T IO N . . . T H A T IS M E C H A N IC A L ­
LY PERFECT! No, we d o n 't believe in experim enting w ith the o pe ra tor's money.
H E R E ’S
DYNAMIC
A C T IO N
FO R
YOU
Check each o f these plays w ith the p hotograph o f ESQUIRE. The player skill­
fu lly tries fo r e ith e r the L TUBE or the R TUBE. He makes the L TUBE pocket— wowie!
Look a t the ball in the 500 pocket whiz away and m ysteriously appear in the 1,000 pock­
et . . . a t the same tim e balls a uto m a tically appear to again fill the vacant 500 pockets.
The player again tries fo r the L TUBE . . . Jim iny gee! He makes it! The ball in the
1,000 pocket unhesitatingly "sh o ots" into the area surrounded by the highly polished
aluminum th a t is inlaid w ith live rubber. This ball goes "s c o o tin g " around until it falls
in to any one o f the pockets enclosed by the rail. If this ball happens to roll away fro m
the pockets, a concealed positive action trig g e r a t the base o f the enclosed area
"s h o o ts" th a t ball back until it finds a pocket.
W h ile all this dynam ic a ction is taking place, the player finds th a t again a ball
has m ysteriously appeared in the 1000 hols and another in the 500 hole a t the lower
end o f the tube. Both the L TUBE and the R TUBE operate in d ividually . . . you g e t
id e n tica l action fro m both tubes.
Balls th a t are dep o sited in the 100 holes are returned fo r fre e play upon the pla y­
ers a b ility to make the "RETURNED P O C KE T" a t the to p o f the playing fie ld . YES,
ESQUIRE has th a t marvelous STONER feature, THE M A G IC BUTTON T H A T GETS
THE EXTRA NICKELS.
One Size Beautifully Designed
De Luxe C abinet — 41" x 21"
© I n t e r n a t io n a l A r c a d e M u s e u m
An attractive Playing Field W ith
Highly Polished Aluminum Fittings
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