Where appropriate, other trademarks & copyrights remain property of their owners.As far as a creative impetus for rock music goes, that is about as nebulous as it gets. Site design, phrasing, and other local content copyright 2004-2022 by The Internet Pinball Database™. Prototype Playfield - White Flipper Blinder*Īll copyrighted and trademarked Gottlieb ® material licensed from Gottlieb Development LLC.Ĭopyrighted and trademarked material from Planetary Pinball Supply, Inc ® used with permission.Īll photographs licensed from original photographers, who retain their copyright. Prototype Playfield - Higher-Positioned Flipper* Prototype - Lower Playfield - Downfield View Original Painting For Prototype Backglass* The Who's Tommy Guide Vaerion 1 (Mar/2/1994), by Dave StewartĪvailable at Cows and Easter Eggs (External site)Įxample of Prototype Game Play (at YouTube) (External site) Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z The Complete Pinball Book, pages 57, 113, and 125 "See it, feel it, touch it, play it, BUY IT!" We previously indicated a production run quantity of 3,500 units. This game was produced from Jan-8-1994 to Apr-9-1994. We previously listed the Manufacture Date as January, 1994 (no day specified). The other version shows black paint both above and below this hole. One version shows unpainted wood just below the hole and white paint just above the hole. Production games can be found with one of two different color schemes on the playfield surrounding the VUK hole. On this sticker, we see an earlier date of had been present. The Date of Manufacture sticker is stamped as Jan 07 1994, a day earlier than the start of production as indicated on a company document that we have. This game has a white flipper blinder instead of black. Like the aforementioned prototype game, the entrance to the VUK has two unused drilled holes not found in production. The owner states a second hole is underneath the flipper to accommodate the flipper shaft if relocated. We have categorized this game with its 3 pop bumper design as a prototype.Īnother 3 pop bumper prototype game presented here (serial number 102959) and located in Germany shows its upper left flipper mounted higher than in production games. This tag carries Dutch language and a date of '07 februari 1994'. The green tag on the cabinet front may be from an operator. We note the manufacturer sticker on the back of the game shows a serial number 103046 which is early in the run but not the earliest number. Considering also the white airplane, the Acid Queen inserts, and the pre-production Union Jack, Eric said that everything points to believing this is a prototype game. He did not know if the serial number P7.103 meant a prototype but after seeing the bare metal habitrails on this playfield instead of chromed production ones, he offered his best belief that the serial number was a ' cabinet prototype number'. He did not specifically recall this game or the white airplane but he did say that the 'P' on the airplane meant ' prototype' and the 545-5483-00 is a part number, and the signature below it would be Ed Cebula who would sign off on the part. We contacted Eric Winston, one of the Data East tech engineers who brought Tommy to life, for his comments. The inside of the cabinet is tagged ‘S/N P7.103’ and the upper playfield has a plain white airplane with markings on it. The entrance to the VUK has two unused drilled holes not found in production. Pictured in this listing is a game with 3 pop bumpers and which has a playfield matching the one in the manufacturer’s flyer, showing the Union Jack with fat white stripes and the hard-to-read Acid Queen inserts, two details that were changed for production games. Reportedly, these prototypes may have had EM chime units. Another was used in the 1993 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, this special machine was rigged for "autoplay" and had no backbox, electronics were cabinet-mounted. The game made its debut at the Hard Rock Cafe in Dallas in October of 1993, one of these games fell off the truck and was destroyed. Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr., John Carpenterġ0 pre-production prototypes were made for promotional use in conjunction with the off-Broadway productions. Joe Kaminkow, Ed Cebula, Lonnie D. Ropp, Lyman F. Sheats Jr. Unlimited buy-in balls per player (operator option).Ĭaptain Walker's airplane, Raising/Lowering mirror. Flipper blinders extend from under metal apron to cover flipper area from player's view. View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database () (External site)Ĭelebrities - Fictional - Licensed Theme - Musicalįlippers (3), Pop bumpers (3), Multiball (6). Internet Pinball Machine Database: Data East 'The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard'
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