Description

King of Diamonds

Come check out this King of Diamonds pinball with a gambling theme made by the pinball company Gottlieb at Vintage Arcade Superstore today!

The following is from the International Pinball Database:

Description

Manufacturer:	D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]
Date Of Manufacture:	January, 1967
Model Number:	233
Common Abbreviations:	KOD
Type:	Electro-mechanical (EM)
Production:	3,200 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:	View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme:	Cards/Gambling
Specialty:	Mechanical Backbox Animation
Notable Features:	Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Roto-targets (5), Standup targets (5), Backbox animation (playing cards drop down). 3 or 5 ball play. Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points. Sound: 3 bells, knocker. Tilt penalty: game over.
Design by:	Ed Krynski
Art by:	Art Stenholm

Notes:

This is the last pinball machine from this manufacturer to use a silkscreened ‘1’ for the thousands digit in the score. Subsequent games used a score reel in this position for higher scoring.

The add-a-ball version of this game is Gottlieb’s 1967 ‘Diamond Jack’. The add-a-ball version for export to Italy was Gottlieb’s 1967 ‘Solitaire’. The game was also produced in Spain as Petaco’s 1967 ‘Rey de Diamantes’.

The production games have red numbered inserts and red-on-white roto-targets. The game in the manufacturer’s flyer has black numbered inserts and red-on-white roto-targets. Pictured here are two sample games with serial numbers 01028S and 01003s. Both have black numbered inserts and black-on-white roto-targets. On these samples, the factory never installed certain posts near the K and Q targets and the J and 10 rollovers. The untouched dimples that mark the post locations can be seen in some of the pictures. These samples also have decagon score reels showing the shorter and thicker numbers as seen in the flyer. For game 01028S, we can’t validate why the center pop bumper cap and skirt are yellow, not red, but this color was not changed by the owner.

*Note: These are stock photos and not of the actual game*

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