apzpins, 1 month ago

Back in the days the manufacturers were throwing a lot of shit at the wall, seeing what sticks. Some ideas we weird, some were wacky, some we just accept as one of those "but that's how pinball has always been!". Here's Chicago Coin's Big Flipper and its "Jumbo flippers". They're about twice as large as normal flipper you know today. Technically they were moved from the middle, not from the shaft like normal flippers. And yes, these were definitely in the that's weird category. #pinball #arcade

Closer view of Big Flipper's flippers. They are labeled "Jumbo Flipper". There's an adult male hand for scale on the glass, the flippers are longer than the hand's palm.