Sources
IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.
Conflicts resolved (1 field)
- gameplay_feature
- IPDB Kick-Out Holes ×9 used IPDB Passive Bumpers ×4 used IPDB Pop Bumpers ×3 used IPDB Flippers ×2 used
Sources agree (4 fields)
- credit
- Harry Williams — Design IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- technology_generation
- electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- player_count
- 1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
- ipdb_id
- 6299 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
Single source (9 fields)
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- IPDB Williams used
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- IPDB Williams Electronic Manufacturing Corporation used
- ipdb.model_number
- IPDB 227 used
- ipdb.notes
- IPDB The manufacturer's original playfield drawing (not shown here) is stamped ORIGINAL, drawn on 3/17/59 by Harry Mabs and approved 3/18/59 by HEW. This means Mabs was the draftsman and Williams was the designer. Duncan Brown provided the following information based on that drawing:It�s a pinball with 2 flippers, 4 dead bumpers, 3 Jet bumpers, and 2-above-3-above-4 pyramid of kick-out holes (like an inverted bolwing pin setup without the head pin). I have to believe that was a kicker assembly where they all acted together from one solenoid, or maybe 3 rows with 3 solenoids, so every kicker in a row acted together, but then the ball might land in the next row down. No kicker angles are shown, the holes are simply described as "Dished 1-3/16 holes." In pondering whether any of the "Mabs" playfields were really someone else�s and just signed off on by Mabs as Engineering Manager, I decided no because no other known names were ever on them. He was clearly approving clean drawings of his own ideas. But here is the one and only time his name appears with another known designer, and this time it�s as the draftsman, something he didn't often do even on his own games! I'm sure there�s a story there (that we�ll never know�) There is an insert drawing for this! Lit scoring, 1 player, dated 6-24-59. At some later time, in what looks like Kordek's handwriting, it is noted as "Cancelled. Never Made". used
- ipdb.notable_features
- IPDB Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Passive bumpers (4), Kick-out holes (9). used
- corporate_entity
- Flipcommons Catalog williams-electronic-manufacturing-corporation used
- title
- Flipcommons Catalog spelling-bee-2 used
- name
- Flipcommons Catalog Spelling Bee used
- slug
- Flipcommons Catalog spelling-bee-3 used