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jad2k1
May 14, 2003, 07:59 PM
somehow or the other i stumbled onto something pretty cool-a beatles pinball machine from 1967 called "beat time" by the williams company and using images of the beatles from the cartoon show it lookspretty cool and all but i was wondering-was this an official item? go to www.gameroomantiques.com (http://www.gameroomantiques.com) and scroll down to where it says "buy sell trade" and then it says "pinball and video games" and they have pics. maybe someone can answer my question.
harposduck
May 14, 2003, 08:08 PM
You know I don't know...but if I could I'd buy it in a second............
jad2k1
May 14, 2003, 08:13 PM
well if you really want it,its for sale on that website for like 4,000

but can anyone answer my question?
lennonluvr9
May 15, 2003, 05:07 AM
OMG! I want all three of those things! If only I had the money to buy them! I've never seen the pinball and slot machine and now i want them so bad!
Harbidge
May 15, 2003, 05:16 AM
I think I've found what you're talking about: http://www.gameroomantiques.com/Fireball.htm

I've seen this before, but I doubt that it's official. They may have had to obtain a license to recreate the cartoon images of the Beatles, but I don't think the makers would have done more than that.
mccartneymaniac
May 15, 2003, 05:20 PM
i really like the pinball game that would be so fun to play.create a beatles play room. i saw the juke box at beatlfest it was great and well out of my range maybe if i won the lottery it is neat looks fun. fab and all that
Aniat
Mar 15, 2005, 01:49 PM
Well, I was surfing the net searching for pinball machines and I got a surprise with the Beatle pinball you say.

I started to investigate and what I found was: THERE WAS a pinball called Beat Time (1966 or 67) made by Williams.

Trouble is... it seems that Williams was the ONLY manufacturer of Beatle merchandising who has NOT the license (Brian, what happened???), SO they have to call the band THE BOOTLES, and draw four lads with the hairstyle, but with faces that could have been, um, the Kinks, or whatever 4 kids with the beatlehair. Go to http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=213&depth=-1&picno=4325&zoom=1 to see the Real-Williams fake-Beatles pin.

NOW there are some customizers who draw the characters from the cartoons we all know and love, and write BEATLES on sides and wherever. This is what you see in http://www.gameroomantiques.com/Fireball.htm

Or, at least, that's the story as I understand it. Hope this serve you well.