Thursday, November 30, 2023

Sunday, November 19, 2023

[admin] comments on this blog

I recently learned that I had not been receiving notification of any comments on this blog.  At some point, the contact email disappeared from all 3 of my blogs and comments were sitting in "Moderation Approval" limbo for over 2 years!

I apologize to everyone for the frustration.  Please do comment and I will do my best to respond.  I can also be reached at thetastates@gmail.com.  Please put 'pinballnovice' in the subject of the email so it does not get missed.  :)

Monday, November 13, 2023

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

Building a Tivoli board from "A Big Book Of Hobbies", circa 1920s?



Hobbies catalogue : for the man who likes to make things
PDF download courtesy WorldRadioHistory.com


WorldCat list this book as being first published in the 1920s.


Examples of games like the design above, often labeled "Tivoli Game of Chinese  Billiard", but these use a cue to push the balls and not a springed plunger.



Saturday, November 4, 2023

scans: The Canadian Coin Box and Vending 1948-02 & 1948-05

Thank you to Brad Merchant for scanning these two beautiful historical treasures of the Canadian coinop industry.

The Canadian Coin Box and Vending 1948-02
2 half pages missing, so if you have a complete copy of this issue, please do scan it!





The Canadian Coin Box and Vending 1948-05




View or download PDFs at the Internet Archive: 1948-02, 1948-05.