Humpty Dumpty © 1947 Gottlieb.
Model Number : 1
Released in October 1947, 'Humpty Dumpty' is the first pinball machine manufactured with flippers. Harry Mabs, a Gottlieb employee, invented the flipper. David Gottlieb wanted to name this game 'Flipper' but a legal check found a patented countertop game that had a manual bat, 1932's "Flipper [Smith Mfg. Co.]".
6,500 units were produced.
Design by : Harry Mabs
Art by : Roy Parker
COMPUTERS:
PC [Microsoft Windows] [CD-ROM] (1998) "Microsoft Pinball Arcade"
Machine's picture.
100 ans de Machines à Sous - Jean Lemaitre - Éditions Alternatives - 1997 - Page 76
Automatic Pleasures - The History of the Coin Machine - Nic Costa - 1988 - Page 134