The opening was truly grand! Some amazing historic pinballs and lots to look at!
Looking forward to seeing the space evolve and hopefully take in some great business!
scans: Sega electromechanical games flyers (2 of 3)
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#retroarcade #eremeka #sega #arcade #japan #showa
This weekend marks the opening of The Flip museum in Chicago, a pinball-dedicated museum space in its homeland!
www.theflip.museum/blog/grand-o...
I'll be heading to the grand opening at 4pm today. They've amassed an impressive collection!
Hailing from the unusual amusement zone of Boston, Massachusetts, the Tally-Bowl was a unique take on the skee ball/miniature bowling concept.
Players had to roll the ball up a turn-around ramp - and then reset the balls themselves!
It was not long-lived.
Mills Novelty pioneered in the micro-sized music access device.
Move over remote touchscreens, this is the Wallbox.
Rock-Ola's 1937 World Series machine, created by Harry Williams as a continuation of the EM pitch-and-bat baseball game.
I previously did a thread all about the creation of this vital genre:
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Gum pistols! Here's the Victor Vending machine Home Run, where you could earn a sweet for your sweet home runs
the original Aloof Wife
This weekend marks the opening of The Flip museum in Chicago, a pinball-dedicated museum space in its homeland!
www.theflip.museum/blog/grand-o...
I'll be heading to the grand opening at 4pm today. They've amassed an impressive collection!
scans: Sega electromechanical games flyers (1 of 3)
pinballnovice.blogspot.com/2026/05/scan...
#retroarcade #japan #eremeka #arcade #showa
the original Aloof Wife
And it's one... Two... Three inventors of the Pitch-and-Bat baseball game?
Today we explore another of the great coin-op machines of the electro-mechanical era.
Synthesizing the nation's past time, let's learn how the balls flew before the flipper.
