Back Eleven Belles

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (5 fields)

month
OPDB 1 IPDB 3 Flipcommons Catalog 1 used
year
OPDB 1958 IPDB 1960 Flipcommons Catalog 1958 used
gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×9 used IPDB Pop Bumpers used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
theme
IPDB Pageantry IPDB Dancing Flipcommons Catalog Pageantry used Flipcommons Catalog Dancing used
credit
IPDB George Molentin — Art IPDB Ed Krynski — Design Flipcommons Catalog Ed Krynski — Design used Flipcommons Catalog George Molentin — Art used

Sources agree (6 fields)

display_type
backglass-lights OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
GrxEZ-MjB1n OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Eleven Belles OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
3079 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/5e1e152e-4b5b-4a21-8bbb-0ff9d511a348-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/5e1e152e-4b5b-4a21-8bbb-0ff9d511a348-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/5e1e152e-4b5b-4a21-8bbb-0ff9d511a348-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":254,"height":262},"small":{"width":242,"height":250},"medium":{"width":254,"height":262}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
reward_type
IPDB Replay used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB J. H. Keeney and Company Incorporated used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3079/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3079/3079f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3079/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3079/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3079/image-4.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The flyer identifies the nine numbered bumpers as "pop" bumpers when, in fact, they are all passive bumpers. The sole pop bumper is in center playfield and is not numbered. The playfield layout remarkably resembles the Bally 1960 flipperless games such as Bally's 1960 'Beach Queens'. Both have eleven girls on the backglass to light up by hitting numbered pop bumpers or by falling in the kick-out hole, with #10 and #11 lit only by falling in the kick-out hole, which then ejects ball towards the outhole. We previously showed a date for this game of 1958. However, in an article in Cash Box Apr-2-1960 page 63, Keeney announced this "one-ball pinball amusement game" was released to the trade the week before and was in full production. In the book The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, Ed Krynski is quoted as saying this was the first pinball game he designed. This is one of the games clearly seen being smashed in the 1975 Hollywood movie 'Tommy' upon which Bally's 1975 'Wizard!' was based. An image from the movie is included in this listing. If anyone has access to this game, we are seeking your high-resolution photographs and also information about game play, including any option for selecting number of balls per game. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 1 ball per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Passive bumpers (9), Kick-out hole (1). This game has a 3-digit replay counter and a mechanism to divide the coins between the operator and the location. Replay wheel maximum: 999 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog j-h-keeney-and-company-incorporated used
title
Flipcommons Catalog eleven-belles used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog eleven-belles used