Back Whip-It

Sources

IPDB and Flipcommons Catalog contributed to this record.

Sources agree (3 fields)

technology_generation
pure-mechanical IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
player_count
1 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog
ipdb_id
5761 IPDB, Flipcommons Catalog

Single source (9 fields)

gameplay_feature
IPDB Trap Holes ×14 used
ipdb.corporate_entity_name
IPDB Wal-Bil Novelty Company used
ipdb.image_urls
IPDB ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A12.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A11.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A9.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A10.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-15.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-16.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A5.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A6.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A7.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A8.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-A13.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/5761/image-14.jpg"] used
ipdb.notes
IPDB The front handle cannot turn to reset the balls without a coin dropped into its mechanism by the player. Once the handled is turned, the coin drops from the mechanism to the coin box, disabling the handle from turning again until the next inserted coin drops into its mechanism. The owner of this game points out several characteristics to suggest it is a prototype. They are: � The playfield has hand-painted score numbers. � All of the mechanisms are rough-welded parts. No welds are smoothed out. There are actual burn marks on some of the wood where parts were welded inside of the game. � There were a few extra loose parts in the game (not shown here) that matched up to the installed parts. They were only slightly different-looking. � There is a number "01" or "10" marked in chalk on the inside back panel. � There is a number "9" in parenthesis on the underside of the playfield and on the board that pushes the posts upward. � The faucet handle (with a letter 'C" for cold) on the cabinet front might be used on a prototype, but not on a production game (assuming it was not added by a subsequent owner). � The game was found in St. Louis where the company was located. � The game seems to have no previous documentation of its existence. � The inside cabinet bottom shows large circles, hand-drawn in pencil. The manufacturer�s only other game of which we are aware, Ro-Lay, has a round playfield. Perhaps this board had been used in the making of that game. used
ipdb.notable_features
IPDB 10 balls for 5 cents. Trap holes (14). The bottom of each trap hole is actually the top surface of a movable post. To start each game, the player inserts a coin and turns the front handle, causing all posts to rise upward and push out all trapped balls from the previous play. The balls roll down the playfield to the ball serve trough to be shot into play. Cabinet measures approximately 36 1/2 inches long, 17 1/2 inches wide, 37 1/2 inches high in front, and 41 inches high in back. used
corporate_entity
Flipcommons Catalog wal-bil-novelty-company used
title
Flipcommons Catalog whip-it used
name
Flipcommons Catalog Whip-It used
slug
Flipcommons Catalog whip-it used