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`Bally CFTBL (WPC) 1992 Refurbishing Project!`

`CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON`

New KISS plastic installed

New Snackbar plastic installed

New mirror installed

Bumper Mods - planned

CFTBL - Creature From The Black Lagoon was an unexpected purchase made at the end of 2007. There appeared an opportunity in the vicinity of where I live, nearly a mil from my home was a WPC (Williams Pinball Computer) pinball available. When I had started to go for pinball events where mostly "modern" pinballs is used in the competitons, or as I call it "new school pinball >1985", I thought that I needed a WPC machine to practice my pinball skills on. Note: In the early 90s, Williams and Bally use the same MPU (Main Processor Unit) motherboard in all its pinball machines, i.e. WPC (Williams Pinball Computer) motherboard.

This machine has never been out on a public lounge, instead it has been used as a show machine at a operators office and when business was closed down one of the employs bought it for private use at home. The machine is in need of a playfield shop and Kiss and Snack Bar plastics need to be replaced with new ones. Some wear can be found around the Snack Bar hole. Cliffys Snack Bar hole protector will be installed.

STAT CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON 1992

Average Fun Rating: 8.3/10

Manufacturer: Wil Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated, of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]

Model Number: 20018

Common Abbreviations: CFTBL

MPU: Williams WP???????? ?u???C (Fliptronics 2)

Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)

Production run: 7,841 units

Theme: Drive-In Movies - Fictional - Licensed Theme

Marketing Slogans: "Claws for Applause" "Reel Excitement! Real Profits!"

Toys: Hologram of the Creature appears below the playfield and lights up at certain times.

Players: 4

Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Ramps (2), Vertical up-kickers (2), Kick-out holes (2), 2-ball Multiball, Whirlpool ball funnel, Video mode.

Design by: John Trudeau

Art by: Kevin O'Connor

Music by: Paul Heitsch

Sound by: Paul Heitsch

Software by: Jeff Johnson

Notes: In 2007, designer John Trudeau shared this story with us about one of the people on the backglass: As we didn't get the rights to the actors' likenesses, I asked Kevin (O'Connor) to see what he could do. I gave him a picture of my son, who was still in his teens at the time, and asked him to try to age him a little and fit his likeness onto the actor (Richard Carlson) in the pith helmet. It came out fine for me at the time and it really does now (he's 34) resemble my son quite a bit.

Referens: IPDB