Any info on this huge, vintage toy pinball?

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I came across this toy pinball at a flea market. There's no manufacturer listed. It's built like a tank!

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If you Google the name, it will direct you to pinside.

50 dollar or 100 dollar machine about 5 years ago.

Ken did mention that this game was a great way to learn how to do repairs
 
This machine is no more than a toy. I owned one for a very brief moment and they are pretty much garbage. They used the cheapest material you could possibly imagine.

Quite frankly, I'm surprised any of them even lasted this long.

And they are constantly being listed on CL for $300+ all the time and that's just nuts.

[EDIT] I guess there is at least one "positive" about this game is that you can play it one-handed because it does not have independent flippers.
 
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I think those were sold by Sears back in the day in their catalog.

Yep, pretty much junk.
 
My first pinball experience was with a game called CB Charlie, made by this same company. My grandfather bought it from a catalog and set it up around Christmas one year, when my cousins and I were around 7 or 8 years old. We played it a bunch for several years. It was fun diversion when we weren't setting up epic Hot Wheel tracks through the house or running wild in the woods. Later, in my teens, I dismantled it to see how it worked.

I'd say they're still maybe useful for getting little kids hooked on pinball... if that's a thing you want to do. Virtually no resale value... but a nice toy if it works.
 
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