Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (1 field)
- theme
- IPDB Football IPDB Sports Flipcommons Catalog Sports used Flipcommons Catalog Football used
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- pure-mechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 6 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1932 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6000 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (9 fields)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Trap Holes ×38 used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Lucky Star Manufacturing Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6000/image-2.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6000/image-3.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6000/image-4.png"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB This listing is for a conversion kit consisting of just a replacement "3-star" playfield advertised at $5.50 each. The manufacturer also made a similar playfield but having only one star below the game name, not three stars, and only one outhole at bottom, not four. However, we found that this "1-star' playfield version appeared in their ads only when installed in their 1932 counter game Lucky Star for the price of $19.50, never appearing as a stand-alone product. This suggests that the manufacturer wanted it this way. The Automatic Age two-page ad shown here from June 1932 fortunately displays both the 'Cherry Reel Football Board' "3-star" replacement playfield version for $5.50 and the 'Lucky Star' counter game with its "1-star" playfield version for $19.50 to allow us to easily compare the subtle differences between the two playfields. In this ad, the 'Cherry Reel Football Board' is highlighted as "Ready for Delivery". This two-page ad advertises the replacement playfield to fit in the following games: � Lucky Star Manufacturing Company's 1932 'Lucky Star' � Ballyhoo (not sure whether Bally or Rock-ola) � Lucky Strike Manufacturing Company's 1932 'Lucky Strike' (maybe also their Marble and Steel Ball versions) � Royal Novelty Company's 1931 'Jostle' � Etzel (unknown) � The Wizzard (unknown, might be Eagle Sheet Metal Manufacturing Co.'s 1932 'Wizard Ball Game') In our research, we found some ads to be misleading because their text advertised the conversion kit "Cherry Reel Football Board" while emphasizing the $19.50 price and picturing the counter game with its different playfield. We show two such ads in this listing. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Trap holes (38). Outholes (4). Advertised as three game in one: 1st. A High Score Pin Game. 2nd. A perfect Game of Football. 3rd. Ten Ball Spinning over the Cherry Reels for a Line Up. This playfield has no moving parts. The holes are arranged in a matrix of 3 by 12, to simulate rows of three slot machine reels. The name "Lucky Star" is prominently displayed at the top. Directly underneath this name are three stars. Two of these stars identify a hole to "double score" and the third star identifies a hole for "lost ball takes field". The bottom of this "3-star" playfield has four separate "OUT" holes. used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog lucky-star-manufacturing-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog cherry-reel-football-board used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Cherry Reel Football Board used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog cherry-reel-football-board used