Back Formation

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theme
IPDB Warfare used IPDB Flying used IPDB Aviation IPDB Airports IPDB Airplanes used IPDB Aircraft used Flipcommons Catalog War used Flipcommons Catalog Aviation used Flipcommons Catalog Airports used

Sources agree (6 fields)

credit
Harvey Heiss — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
7 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1940 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
918 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Spring Bumpers ×19 used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Genco Manufacturing Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/Playfield2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/Overall_view.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-17.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-18.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-19.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-20.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-21.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-22.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-23.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-24.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-25.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-26.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-27.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-28.png","https://www.ipdb.org/images/918/image-29.png"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB This was the last Genco game to be produced with spring bumpers. Subsequent games used the plastic bell-shaped bumpers. Reportedly, Genco also produced this game with plastic bumpers as seen in the image attributed to Russ Jensen. However, we have no supporting information for this assertion and, besides, that image shows a style of plastic bumpers that followed the use of bell-shaped bumpers. If Genco did use plastic bumpers on Formation, it would make more sense had they used the bell-shaped ones. We seek an explanation of what numbers appear in each of the twelve circles at the top of the backglass and when and how they light up during game play. For instance, does one circle light up at a time? Ideally, a high-resolution picture of the reverse side of the backglass would show these silkscreened numbers. Additionally, we note our several playfield images show a variety of arrangements of white (and off-white) bumper caps. We seek confirmation from a game owner as to which of the many playfield bumper(s) electrically perform as the "white bumpers" according to the Instructions so we can know which playfields have the wrong color bumpers caps for any of their bumpers. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Spring bumpers (19). Sound: 2 bells. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog genco-manufacturing-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog formation used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Formation used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog formation used