- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Artists and Creators Guild Incorporated
- ipdb_id
- 1395
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1395/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1395/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1395/image-6.jpg"]
- ipdb.notable_features
- 1 cent or 5 cent play. Cabinet advertised as finished in rich walnut with all metal parts chromium plated.
- ipdb.notes
- This game is one of five interchangeable playfields having a common cabinet.
The price in 1932 was $12.50 for the cabinet plus one playfield.
Additional interchangeable playfields were $3.00 each.
A collapsible steel stand was $1.50.
Click on the manufacturer�s name in this listing to retrieve a list of the five playfields.
An article in Automatic Age, June 1932, pages 122-123 show pictures of each playfield and the cabinet. It refers to these games collectively under the name 'Variety'. For example, it states, "Variety is the pin game sensation because of its many deluxe features found in few games in its price range." However, other than the text of the article, this name appears nowhere else that we have found thus far. That name cannot be seen on the individual playfields themselves.
The Coin Machine Journal article shown in this listing states that writer Sol Hess, co-creator of the popular "Nebbs" comic strip (1923-1947), won first prize in a contest for new ideas in game design and states that he "designed a board depicting his noted comic strip characters" which, of the five playfields, has to be Krazy Komiks. The animation artist for his comic strip was Wallace Carlson, but the article does not confirm who depicted the art on Krazy Komiks. Hess may be the playfield designer, not the artist, but the language usage in this article seems too loose to conclude this.
- month
- 5
- player_count
- 1
- technology_generation
- pure-mechanical
- theme
- Comics
- year
- 1932