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With top brands like Bally and Williams paving the way, Jersey Jack sets the standard for new pinball machines. Their wide selection of games suits every budget, making them the go-to brand for both casual players and serious collectors.

The Peter Jackson film franchise is very popular. Stern Pinball’s The Lord of the Rings pinball machine is equally popular and for good reason. It may seem easy upon first glance, but you would be mistaken to think that. To reach the final mode of the game, you have to play through 3 different multi balls, play through all game modes, collect all the “Gifts of the Elves,” play “There and Back Again,” and destroy the Ring of Power.

Whirlwind Spinner(s): Used in some games, a whirlwind spinner is a rapidly rotating (often rubberized) disk on the playfield that momentarily "grabs" the ball and throws it in a random direction.

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Slingshots have rubber bands around them. Switches behind the rubber detect the ball's impact and a solenoid-driven lever kicks it away. Kickers and slingshots are rubber pads that propel the ball away upon impact, like bumpers, but are usually a horizontal side of a wall. Every recent pinball machine includes slingshots to the upper left and upper right of the lowest set of flippers[citation needed]; older games used more experimental arrangements.

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It wasn’t until the invention of springs that something like the modern day pinball table was created. The introduction of coin operation allowed early pinball machines to become monetized, but the biggest leap forward in pinball came from adding electricity, flipper bats and lights.

The Williams machine The Twilight Zone featured a mini-playfield that used electromagnets controlled by the flipper buttons, allowing the player to flip the ball on the mini-playfield, Shop Now essentially working as invisible flippers. Contrary to a popular myth, there are no professionally produced pinball machines that contain magnets under the playfield intended to clandestinely make gameplay harder or increase ball losses.[78]

The first game to feature the familiar dual-inward-facing-flipper design was Gottlieb's Just 21 released in January 1950. However, the flippers were rather far apart to allow for a turret ball shooter at the bottom center of the playfield.

Bally is one of the original names in pinball. Bally began making pinball machines in 1932, when its parent company Lion Manufacturing established a pinball division. Bally worked to improve upon all coin operated devices until it’s founder passed away in 1958. Bally was then bought by investors in 1963.

Lethal Weapon - Lethal Weapon was never really ranked very high as a must own classic pinball. That said, it’s won a cozy spot in the hearts of many pinball enthusiasts.

Solenoids or coils: These are found in every modern pinball machine since the flipper age. They are usually hidden under the playfield, or covered by playfield components.