Collector Value Est.

$2,600–$4,600

USD · Market estimate

Near-mint / restored. Worn or stored examples sell for 30–60% less.

Notable Features

Flippers (2), Pop bumper (1), Slingshots (2), 3-bank drop targets (2), Standup targets (2), Kick-out holes (2), Captive ball (1), Spinning target (1). Upper left lane has a unique tilt rollover. End-of-ball bonus. Sound: 3 chimes, knocker.

Historical Notes

'Hot Tip' is the last 4-player EM pinball machine from this manufacturer. Also released in a solid state version as Williams' 1977 'Hot Tip'. Most scoring on this EM version is 10x the same feature on the SS version. Other differences: EM 10-point rebounds are 500-points on SS version. EM spinning target value = 1000 points when lit with no bonus added when spinning; SS value is 100 when lit with 1 bonus added on every 5th spin. EM Inlanes = 5000 points; SS value is 1000 points and advances bonus. All other values are the same as the solid state version. Production Run Records for Hot Tip EM: 1300 total Sample run: 288 Production Start Date: Jun-27-1977 / Production End Date: Sep-20-1977 First ship date: Sep-14-1977 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 227 shipped out with production games. Production Run: 1012 Production Start Date: Nov-10-1977 / Production End Date: Dec-5-1977 First ship date: Nov-16-1977 / Last ship date: Jan-11-1978 Product History Record for Hot Tip EM: Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 1003* Quantity produced for export: 297* Total quantity produced: 1300* Price to Distributor: $970.00 *These quantities may be sales estimates.

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