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Contributors to this record: Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature), Flipcommons Catalog.
- description
- Flipcommons AI Descriptions (GameplayFeature)Ball-holding toys are [[gameplay-feature:interactive-toys]] that catch the ball and keep it — themed stand-ins for plain [[gameplay-feature:ball-locks]], usually staging a [[gameplay-feature:multiball]]. The catch is the show: a rotary fishing reel locks the balls on *[[title:fish-tales]]* (1992, [[manufacturer:williams]]),[1] Thing's disembodied hand plucks the ball from the playfield of *[[title:the-addams-family]]* (1992, [[manufacturer:bally]]) by magnet and drops it below,[2][3] the ball flies more than twenty inches through the air into the steamer trunk of *[[title:houdini]]* (2017, [[manufacturer:american-pinball]])[4] and Soundwave's chest opens as a working cassette door to lock pinballs on *[[title:transformers-more-than-meets-the-eye]]* (2026, [[manufacturer:stern-pinball]]).[5]
- gameplay_feature_parent
- Interactive ToysFlipcommons Catalog
- name
- Ball-Holding ToysFlipcommons Catalog
- status
- activeFlipcommons Catalog
- slug
- ball-holding-toysFlipcommons Catalog
Citations
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #861
Rotary fishing reel ball lock
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #20
'Thing' hand - ball capture device
- Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) — Internet Pinball Database (IPDB) #20
magnetically pick up the ball and take it below the playfield
- American Pinball — https://americanpinball.com/houdini
Over 20" Launch into Houdini's Steamer Trunk
- Kineticist — https://www.kineticist.com/news/stern-transformers-reveal
Soundwave's chest deck is a functional cassette door that locks pinballs and launches them back into play