Back Flip Flop

Sources

OPDB and IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Conflicts resolved (2 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×2 used IPDB Star Rollovers ×4 used IPDB Flip Flags ×4 used IPDB Standup Targets ×4 used IPDB Rollover Buttons ×8 used IPDB Slingshots ×2 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×2 used IPDB Flippers ×4 used
credit
IPDB Dick White — Art IPDB Jim Patla — Design Flipcommons Catalog Jim Patla — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Dick White — Art used

Sources agree (10 fields)

display_type
score-reels OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
4 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
1 OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1976 OPDB, IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
opdb_id
Gr28v-Mp4Wr OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
name
Flip Flop OPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
theme
Western IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
5350 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
889 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (12 fields)

opdb.images
OPDB [{"type":"backglass","urls":{"large":"https://img.opdb.org/173dc162-110a-4d4d-ab2c-8a73ad7b1ef2-large.jpg","small":"https://img.opdb.org/173dc162-110a-4d4d-ab2c-8a73ad7b1ef2-small.jpg","medium":"https://img.opdb.org/173dc162-110a-4d4d-ab2c-8a73ad7b1ef2-medium.jpg"},"sizes":{"large":{"width":676,"height":600},"small":{"width":250,"height":222},"medium":{"width":640,"height":568}},"title":"Backglass","primary":true}] used
reward_type
IPDB Replay used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Bally used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Bally Manufacturing Corporation used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/Machine.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/Backglass2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/889f1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/889f3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-17.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-18.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-22.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-23.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-24.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-25.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-36.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-26.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-27.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-28.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-29.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-30.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-31.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-32.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-33.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-34.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-35.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-37.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-19.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-21.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-39.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-38.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A20.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/889/image-A19.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 1031 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB Pictured here is are two Early Production games as seen in the manufacturer's flyer, with green flip flags instead of red ones, the playfield wood side rails are yellow instead of red, the upper ball arch is yellow metal instead of red plastic, and the mushroom bumpers are white instead of red. One has a yellow-and-black card holder and the other has a red one. Although the flyer game has a blue Double Bonus Insert, these Early Production games have a red insert. The owner of one of the games told us this red insert later broke so he replaced it with a blue one to match the color in the flyer. On production games, this insert is green. One unusual example of this game is shown here and has green flip flags. It had white mushroom bumpers until they were replaced with yellow ones by the owner. Unlike the flyer game, the backbox is factory-mounted upside down (flip-flopped?) onto the main cabinet. There is no serial number stamped anywhere on the cabinet or backbox. Inside the backbox is a paper tag with number 6527. If that is the serial number, then it exceeds the number of games in the Production Run, as the last number in the run is expected to be 6350. However, to label this game as Later Production based on the paper tag seems incongruous with the green flags and white mushroom bumpers expected of Early Production games. J.P. Poelzer, a collector in Seattle, tells us that the Seattle Center was a test location for Bally back in the 1970s as he personally saw many Bally games put out for test play before they were actually released. Until we have more information, the fact that he obtained this unusual game from that location and that it has no serial number causes us to identify his game as a prototype. For another game with green flip flags and inverted backbox, see the low-production Bally's 1975 'Slap Stick'. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (2), Slingshots (2), Mini-rollover buttons (8), Standup targets (4), Flip flags (4), Star rollovers (4), Kick-out holes (2). End-of-ball bonus. Bounce-back outlanes allow the player to nudge a draining ball back into play. Maximum displayed point score is 199,990 points per player. Replay wheel maximum: 25 used
ipdb_rating
IPDB 6.8 used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog bally-manufacturing-corporation used
title
Flipcommons Catalog flip-flop used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog flip-flop used