Help me identify a toy! Around 1980 (in the northeastern United States) there was a line of small games contained within sealed plastic boxes approximately five inches long, two and half across, and perhaps half an inch thick (13 x 6 x 1cm, about the size of a pocket calculator back then). Many contained one or more small steel balls. Some, with flippers, took the form of a pinball or basketball game. Others were mazes or other puzzles. Some contained plastic beads floating in fluid. Some involved magnets. I had a bunch of these at one point but I cannot remember who made them or what they were called.
posted by Songdog on Mar 18, 2009 - 11 answers

To what level was pinball banned in New York in the 1940s? [more inside]
posted by zacharyseibert on Feb 11, 2009 - 6 answers

What is this device that I found inside of a Williams Grand Prix electromechanical pinball machine from approximately 1976? [more inside]
posted by mmcg on Nov 8, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm going to be in NYC this Saturday and I'd like to see as many of my friends as I can. I'm planning on picking a bar, and just letting everyone known I'll be there from, say, 8-11 or somesuch. I need a bar in NYC that's accessible to people coming from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and New Jersey. Our tastes run on the slightly-geeky side. Think pinball and old arcade games. There will be 10-20 of us, mostly in our late 20s. [more inside]
posted by Oktober on Sep 11, 2008 - 12 answers

Cool old pinball machines are tough to find, especially outside of the city according to Google. [more inside]
posted by codybaldwin on Dec 27, 2007 - 5 answers

Does the Flash Gordon pinball machine from 1981 feature any sound effects with Queen music from the movie soundtrack ?
posted by jurczyk on Aug 6, 2007 - 9 answers

Where can I play pinball in Durham, North Carolina? [more inside]
posted by ootsocsid on Dec 29, 2006 - 7 answers

Pinball filter! [more inside]
posted by jeribus on Nov 21, 2006 - 6 answers

After reading this metafilter thread, it occured to me that I would love to have a pinball machine in my rec room. [more inside]
posted by chaz on Mar 16, 2005 - 4 answers

Arcade filter: I collect and restore arcade games and pinball machines. I'm always looking for more games, and the main way I find them is by watching the classified ads. What are the best classified ad search engines for both online ads and newspaper ads? Can anyone suggest a better way to find games?
posted by cosmicbandito on Feb 14, 2005 - 5 answers