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Notable Features

Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Mini-inserts (36), Standup targets (9), Magnets (7), Vertical up-kicker (1), Spinning target (1), Messenger ball (1), Kick-out hole (1), Cellar hole (1) rotates to enable/disable access to it. Left dual inlanes, Left outlane kickback. Playfield has 36 illuminating mini-inserts, in two clusters of 18 each. Each is 1/4 inch in diameter and 1 3/4 inches long. The Operations Manual page C-113 refers to them as "light rods". Digital camera in backbox makes images of player and displays them on backglass display. 7-inch LCD mounted onto playfield. 27-inch LCD backbox display. Black wrinkle cabinet armor and legs. A backglass is used instead of a translite.

Historical Notes

First use of mini-insert "light rods" in a game, designed by Pat Lawlor. Factory-installed white rubber rings (opaque, not translucent) were used on this game instead of the black rings found on contemporary pinball machines. MRSP when new: $7,500 "Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory" is Jersey Jack's last game to be manufactured at their New Jersey facility, having moved operations to Illinois in 2020. Willy Wonka is a fictional character from the 1964 children's novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl.

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