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I caught that too about the pf haveing something in the middle. the make
sense to me Ray. The does look like flash art all the way but on a Baly cab.
that is a bizare pn.
i like the pf art. Kinda reminds me of Sorceror.
Timathie cargpb15
"Ray Johnson - Action Pinball" <staff@actionpinball.com> wrote in message
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> Mmmm- "Frankenpin"!
>
> Actually looks like a kit to convert a game. Several of these were
> produced
> in late 1970's/early 1980's for several Bally pins.
>
> IPDB claims the "Magic Picture" pin kit was produced by Germany-based
> Arkon
> Automaten- not Bell Games (or were they one in the same?) So anyone's
> call
> there, I guess (IPDB isn't always correct). IPDB also claims Arkon made
> the
> "Sexy Girl" conversion for some earlier Bally pins. As I recall, Sexy
> Girl
> (dedicated game?) had the projection unit in the cabinet that would flash
> pics of chicks on a screen/lens through the center of playfield.
>
> From the pics, it almost looks like there's a similar sort of device in
> this
> playfield- projector maybe- or mechanized unit- hence the "magic picture"
> title- most likely.
>
> But alas, no "internal" pics of the game... hmmm...
>
> Cabinet artwork is absolutely bizarre- a mystery. I wonder if the kit
> included cabinet decals to change the art, or if this was some re-paint by
> someone with leftover Flash stencils. Truly bizarre. Definitely doesn't
> blend at all well with the rest of the game's art.
>
> Better art than Silverball Mania? Hope Kevin O'Connor isn't around to
> hear
> that. I think SM had some of the most cutting-edge artwork of the day on
> that game- classic. Hard if not impossible to top. But ah, opinion.
>
> Ray J.
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> "nomad" <damonoresky@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> Pf looks to be a Silverball Mania as he says but that cabinet is a
>> Flash that's painted different colors from what I recall. I think the
>> game looks pretty ugly.
>>
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>> nomad
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