- credit
- Karl Knickerbocker — Design
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Chicago Coin Machine Manufacturing Company
- ipdb_id
- 3199
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/3199/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/3199/image-2.jpg"]
- ipdb.model_number
- 1
- ipdb.notable_features
- 10 balls for 5 cents. Ball Counter shows number of balls played after each shot. Advertised as 42 inches long, 19 inches wide, and 42 inches high.
- ipdb.notes
- According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Vol 2, designer Karl Knickerbocker patented the three-drum automatic score totalizer for his game 'Knickerbocker' made by his company, Coin Machine Exchange of Detroit, Michigan. Due to poor sales, he moved his manufacturing company to Chicago, sharing a building with Chicago Coin, who would sell his game under their name. Chicago Coin, in turn, advised Stoner Manufacturing that they would no longer sell Stoner games. The trade press was unaware of these changes when they incorrectly reported that Chicago Coin's 'Knickerbocker', featured at the 1934 Chicago trade show, was manufactured by Stoner.
- month
- 4
- player_count
- 1
- production_quantity
- 549
- technology_generation
- pure-mechanical
- year
- 1934