The Machine Bride of Pinbot (Williams 1991) Pinball

The Machine Bride of Pinbot (Williams 1991) Pinball

The Bride of pinbot (BOP) is a unique machine in all of pinball.  This is the second in the Pinbot series, and arguably the best one of the group.  Only 8100 units were ever created.

This is the only pinball machine that shares the same circuitry as the legendary Williams Funhouse, and if you haven't noticed, Funhouse has exploded in value by almost 2x in the last year.  We expect the unique nature of this game and lineage to follow the same value trend.

Bride of Pinbot shares much of it's playfield similarities with Pinbot and Jackbot, where the right side contains the skill shot.  They also share the concept of a translucent mini pachinko style upper playfield on top of the 3 pop bumpers.  The rest is all unique to the BOP.

The main playfield toy takes up a good portion of the back of the game:  the 4 faces of the Bride of Pinbot. This object is a large spinning cube that also doubles as a mini playfield used to lock balls and show the state of metamorphosis.  The object of the game is to guide the Bride through her multiple stages in becoming human, to the dismay of her husband Pinbot.  Only videos can truly show what this is all about.  Add to this one excellent techno-inspired sound track and light show.   The special backglass is created to show lightshow animations as well as point values.

This game is fun and tough because of it's quick ramps and short playfield area in front of the flippers .  Nothing like this game will ever be reproduced again.

 

 

Restoration

This machine is going through it's own metamorphosis:

  • Fully restored cabinet and back box - repaired and all new artwork.  Looks like new!
  • New coin door and lock.
  • All new playfield plastic ramps
  • All new chrome Bride helmet
  • All new pop bumper assemblies
  • 2nd playfield flame polished
  • Original mylar carefully removed, playfield repaired and clear coated for a high shine and ultimate protection.
  • New flippers, bushings, linkages, sleeves and contacts.
  • New balls.
  • Spinning head fully disassembled, cleaned and re-adjusted for perfect play and alignment.
  • Full custom LED kit.  We went through a lot of combinations to get a unique experience only found on a BOP.
  • Custom under cabinet lighting to match the theme of the Bride of Pinot
  • New chrome legs with matching leg cabinet protectors round out a fantastic visual appearance.
This machine restoration is currently in progress and will be available within 10 business days of purchase.  The pictures here are from our previous BoP restoration and we will be updating them soon.  Note, the cabinet in the pictures is not the restored cabinet (yet).

Future Events

Bride of Pinbot is so sought after world wide that many organizations are still releasing upgrades to this machine - after 21 years.

  • New playfield.  An American company is planning on reproducing this playfield soon.  This would require all parts to be transferred to the new playfield and effectively making this machine brand new all over again.
  • DMD update.  A company is Europe is transferring the display code and game code to support the dot matrix display.  This is possible because the Bride of Pinbot actually uses the WPC board set, which is the system that Williams used in all DMD pinball machines.  Hopefully this will be polished soon and we can make this option available for sale in the US in 2013.