Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Sources agree (5 fields)
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- month
- 10 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- year
- 1934 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 1524 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (8 fields)
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Allied Amusement Company used
- ipdb.image_urls
- IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/1524/image-8.jpg"] used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB This is the same game as Allied Amusement's 1934 'Majik Keys Kicker' but the name was changed to emphasize the existence of the playfield kicker. All available resources indicate that this game was made by Allied Amusement Company located at 1228 So. Olive St in Los Angeles. They had taken over the building vacated when A.M. Amusement Games closed. However, included in this listing is a picture of the game instructions indicating the manufacturer is Western Manufacturing Company located at the same address. We were contacted by the granddaughter of Kenneth F. Thompson, who she said was the owner of Allied Amusements in Los Angeles, but that he sold the company to Richard Dixon who, she said, later sold it to Bally. Her uncle subsequently told her that Thompson worked at Allied for about one year in the 1930s and that he invented a coil used in the machines, although the uncle believed Thompson didn't receive anything for his invention. The granddaughter sent us a photograph of the Majik Keys production line (shown here) that she identified as the Los Angeles address. Richard Dixon is identified in this 1934 photo but his role as either owner or employee in this photo is not indicated. A possible explanation for the information we have is that during the production run of this game in 1934, Dixon bought Allied and changed the company name to Western Manufacturing. Perhaps Thompson changed the name before selling to Dixon. The game pictured here has a coin slide with patent dates of May 9, 1933 and May 16, 1933, per the owner. used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB 5-cents per play. Kicker at bottom of playfield propels balls back into play. This game came in two sizes: the Standard size (19 inches by 38 inches) was actually smaller than the Junior size (22 inches by 44 inches). used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog allied-amusement-company used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog majik-keys-kicker used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Majik Keys Kicker used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog majik-keys-kicker used