Back Watch My Line

Sources

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Conflicts resolved (1 field)

credit
IPDB Roy Parker — Art IPDB Harry Mabs — Design Flipcommons Catalog Harry Mabs — Design used Flipcommons Catalog Roy Parker — Art used

Sources agree (7 fields)

theme
Television Game Shows IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
technology_generation
electromechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
month
7 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
year
1951 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
production_quantity
600 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
2755 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (11 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Trap Holes ×15 used
ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
IPDB Gottlieb used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB D. Gottlieb & Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/Backglass.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/Playfield.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-14.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/2755/image-16.jpg"] used
ipdb.model_number
IPDB 57 used
ipdb.notes
IPDB This game used a bingo card and trap holes but was not a 'Bingo' or in-line machine in the traditional sense. As this is a 5-ball game, the highest score that can be achieved would be by landing them in the five holes 11-12-13-14-15 for a total of 6,500,000 points even though the backglass is silkscreened to display 7 million. However, the factory did not wire a lamp socket to light the '7' in the Millions score. 'Watch My Line' is a reference to the TV quiz show "What's My Line" which ran on American TV from 1950 to 1967. The show featured a panel of four celebrities who would try to guess the occupation of contestants. The backglass depicts this celebrity panel. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB Trap holes (15). "Figure 8" playfield layout. Each hole scores 100,000 times its number value and lights the corresponding number on the backglass. Replays are awarded for lighting on the backglass vertical columns of numbers and consecutive horizontal numbers. Maximum displayed point score is 6,500,000 points. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog d-gottlieb-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog watch-my-line used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Watch My Line used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog watch-my-line used