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Odd Ball Junior / IPD No. 3441 / December, 1938 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Daval Manufacturing Co., of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1934-1939)
Date Of Manufacture: December, 1938
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Specialty: Flipperless [?]
Notable Features: 5 balls per play. Spring bumpers (11). The center bumper scores 1000 points. All other bumpers score 100 points. None of these bumpers light up. Every time the player’s score reaches a multiple of 1000 (up to 20,000), the bottom rollover lights for extra ball and two small non-scoring posts light up nearby to indicate this. The center backglass also lights to indicate this rollover is lit. Making this lit rollover scores an extra ball by releasing the right-most ball from the outhole trough back to the player to shoot into play.
Notes: Another game that awards extra balls at the bottom rollover is Daval Mfg. Co.'s 1939 'Side Kick'.

The images #16995 to 17000 were submitted to us in 2004 and show a game with a cabinet repainted brown. This particular game operates on old English pennies and its cabinet has serial number 3319 stamped on its bottom edge in the front. The images #56963 to 56979 were submitted to us in 2013 and show the same game after the brown paint had been stripped away, revealing the original artwork. The artwork on its lower cabinet does not match that of the other cabinet shown here (images #64140 and 64141) but has the same design as that of Daval Mfg. Co.'s 1939 'Box Score' and Daval Mfg. Co.'s 1939 'Rajah', although the latter game seems more likely as its colors are a better match and it has the same short backbox and similar backglass design.

Additional examples of this Junior game are welcome.

Photos in: Pinball 1External Link Illustrated Historical Guide to Pinball Machines Volume 1, page 187
Documentation: 3 MB PDF Homemade Schematic [Jost Berger]
Images:
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Image # 2859: Odd Ball Junior Backglass
Backglass

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 2860: Odd Ball Junior Playfield
Playfield

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[Russ Jensen]
Image # 16995: Odd Ball Junior Backglass 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Backglass*

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Image # 16996: Odd Ball Junior Playfield 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Playfield*

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Image # 16997: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Front View 
(The cabinet has been repainted. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Cabinet - Front View*

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Image # 16998: Odd Ball Junior Under Lower Playfield 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Under Lower Playfield*

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Image # 16999: Odd Ball Junior Inside Backbox 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Inside Backbox*

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Image # 17000: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Aerial View 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Cabinet - Aerial View*

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Image # 56963: Odd Ball Junior Illuminated Backglass 
(A large area of missing blue paint in the lower right corner has been filled in by an owner. The rest of the backglass is original. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Illuminated Backglass*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56964: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Right 
(After-factory brown paint has been stripped from this cabinet to reveal the original manufacturer art design. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Cabinet - Right*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56965: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Right 
(After-factory brown paint has been stripped from this cabinet to reveal the original manufacturer art design. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Cabinet - Right*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56966: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Front 
(After-factory brown paint has been stripped from this cabinet to reveal the original manufacturer art design. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Cabinet - Front*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56967: Odd Ball Junior Coin Slide 
(The cabinet shown here has been repainted. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Coin Slide*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56968: Odd Ball Junior Serial Number 
(Cabinet serial number 3319 is located under the front edge of the cabinet, in the middle.)
Serial Number*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56969: Odd Ball Junior Backglass - Reverse 
(A large area of missing blue paint in the lower left corner in this image has been filled in by an owner. The frowning face was certainly the owner's whimsical choice for the tilt light. The rest of the backglass is original. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Backglass - Reverse*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56970: Odd Ball Junior Backbox Insert - Front - Annotated 
(The left-side bulb and bottom center bulb, both lit in this image, operate on 12v and are marked as such. All other bulbs operate on 6v. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Backbox Insert - Front - Annotated*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56971: Odd Ball Junior Backbox Insert - Front 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Backbox Insert - Front*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56972: Odd Ball Junior Inside Backbox 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Inside Backbox*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56973: Odd Ball Junior Inside Backbox - Annotated 
(The game owner has labeled some components. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Inside Backbox - Annotated*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56974: Odd Ball Junior Backbox Insert - Back - Annotated 
(The game owner has labeled some components. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Backbox Insert - Back - Annotated*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56975: Odd Ball Junior Under Playfield - Annotated 
(The game owner has labeled some components. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Under Playfield - Annotated*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56976: Odd Ball Junior Ball Trough Assembly 
(The walls of the drain board had been damaged and reinforced with heavy paper which the owner described as a dampener. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Ball Trough Assembly*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56977: Odd Ball Junior Ball Trough Assembly - Detail 
(The heavy paper that was folded and screwed to the top edges of the small drain board was likely placed by an operator.  Here, it has been removed to show its origin. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Ball Trough Assembly - Detail*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56978: Odd Ball Junior Inside Cabinet - Front 
(Two walls of the small drain board are not original to this game. Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Inside Cabinet - Front*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 56979: Odd Ball Junior Inside Cabinet - Detail 
(Cabinet serial number 3319.)
Inside Cabinet - Detail*

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[Jost Berger]
Image # 64140: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Left 
(The lower cabinet measures 33 1/8 inches long and 17 1/16 inches wide (excluding woodrails). The rear of the backbox measures 18 1/2 inches high and 17 1/8 inches wide.)
Cabinet - Left*

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[Steve Barker]
Image # 64141: Odd Ball Junior Cabinet - Right 
(The lower cabinet measures 33 1/8 inches long and 17 1/16 inches wide (excluding woodrails). The rear of the backbox measures 18 1/2 inches high and 17 1/8 inches wide.)
Cabinet - Right*

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[Steve Barker]
 

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