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Post #147425 by Bargoyle on Thu, Mar 17, 2005 7:30 AM

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As far as I know, there are no specifically tiki pinballs. I've been a pin collector for years and have been looking for a nice tropical one to add to the collection for awhile (along with a Wonderland machine, based on the Alice books).

There ARE some pretty cool Hawaian themed tables however (although I havent spotted a single Tiki on any of them!) Some are straight up pinball, but most seem to be machines called "Bingos".

Bingo machines do not have flippers...the ball just falls into a hole and scores. Traditionaly, you used alot of body-english on these machines (esp in the days before the TILT mech was implemented).

Here are some links to examples:

This flyer is awesome...
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1138&depth=0&picno=4667

This is the one I see at conventions all the time:
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=1253&depth=0&picno=23791

If anyone cares, this is the Wonderland Machine:
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2805&depth=0&picno=8038

Other Hawaii themed machines:
http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=2871&depth=0&picno=2717

http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=62&depth=0&picno=61

http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=3138&depth=0&picno=13599

Any of these would be a cool addition to a game room/tiki bar, and if you want, you can always add playfield pieces (tikis) to the machine. Good luck with the search!

Sully (The Bargoyle)

http://bargoyle.yafro.com/ (no new photos, go back to feb or jan)