The necessary steps when creating a playfield are:ġ.
Or a ‘hot pink’ playfield in a Creature From the Black Lagoon (because it was made by a different company). This is why you will find some Addams Family playfields that are more purple than blue on some games. Larger runs (like Addams Family, Twilight Zone, etc) often were made by several companies so Bally/Williams had enough quantity quickly to make a game.
So for every game it could be different or even change during the production run. This was decided later in the production process by the purchasing department. Most of the time game designers did not know in advance what company would handle the playfield production. That explains why you find multiple stamps on the front edge of a playfield. So the letters identify what company has worked on the playfield.īecause there are several steps involved in making a playfield and not every company could create a playfield from start to finish, playfields were sometimes shipped from one company to the other.
The production of playfields and cabinets were subcontracted to other companies. Bally / Williams / Gottlieb / Stern did not make their own playfields and cabinets.