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Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company of 1947 at www.pinballrebel.com


The first pinball machine with flippers!

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

A classic Pinball Glass with the king and what appear to be an almost all female staff.

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

Upper playfield view of this pinball machine.
Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo
 
 Middle playfield view of this pinball machine.

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

Lower playfield view of this pinball machine.

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

Coin door view.

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

Full side artwork view.

Humpty Dumpty Pinball By D. Gottlieb & Company - Photo

This game has tons of flippers and they are in very different configurations than we are used to in modern pinball games.

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FROM THE INTERNET PINBALL DATABASE
Humpty Dumpty
October 25, 1947 / 1 Player
Manufacturer: D. Gottlieb & Company
Model Number: 1
Type: Electro-mechanical
Production: 6,500 units
Theme: Fictional Characters
Notable Features: Flippers (6), Scoring bumpers (10), Kick-out holes (2). Backglass stop-motion
light animation (Humpty Dumpty falls).
Design by: Harry Mabs
Art by: Roy Parker
Notes: Flippers were already used on many games prior to 1947, but they were non-electrical,
"manually-operated" bats used on baseball games, one to a playfield. 'Humpty Dumpty' is the
first pinball machine manufactured with flippers that were electromechanical. Harry Mabs, a
Gottlieb employee, invented the EM flipper.

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