Back All-Star Basketball Game (with bell)

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  1. By IPDB
    ipdb.corporate_entity_name
    Gotham Pressed Steel Corporation
    ipdb_id
    4703
    ipdb.image_urls
    ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4703/image-7.jpg"]
    ipdb.model_number
    G-660
    ipdb.notable_features
    The game is 22 inches long by 12 inches wide, has a metal frame and a hardboard base with a paper surface. It has a ball-shooter for the basketballs (marbles) to be sent to the players to make their jump shots, long shots and pivot shots, by pressing and releasing playfield devices which send the balls airborne to a basket at the top of the game. Has a bell.
    ipdb.notes
    We have seen this playfield with at least two different styles of backboard, each having a bell. One of the versions clearly had 'G-650' printed on its upper playfield while the box it came in showed 'G-660'. We could not discern if the other version's playfield referenced a number. A Model G-650 having a hoop instead of a bell is Gotham's 1947 'All-Star Basketball Game'.
    player_count
    1
    technology_generation
    pure-mechanical
    theme
    Basketball
    theme
    Sports
    year
    1947