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IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name: IPDB Vemco used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name: IPDB The Vending Machine Company used
ipdb.image_urls: IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/6005/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/6005/image-2.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes: IPDB The Vending Machine Company was the nation's largest distributor in the 1930s. The name "Vemco Special" seems generic and, in fact, was used by them for more than one game. From this, we suspect that Vemco converted manufacturer's games from time to time and offered them for sale or as a promotional item. If so, we do not know what game was converted to make the game shown here. The game in this listing is non-electrical and has a very plain playfield using only pins and pockets. This plain style is typically found on games of 1932-33. Vemco converted a 1938 EM game with bumpers and gave it the same name as this one. See Vemco's 'Vemco Special'. The Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 lists a Vemco Special pin table made in 1934. The Jan-1935 Billboard ad shown here presents a game described as 'slightly used'. Likely, it is that 1934 game. used
ipdb.notable_features: IPDB 1-cent or 5-cent play. A thin marquee is mounted at the top rear of the cabinet. used
corporate_entity: Flipcommons Catalog the-vending-machine-company used
title: Flipcommons Catalog vemco-special used
name: Flipcommons Catalog Vemco Special used
slug: Flipcommons Catalog vemco-special used