Addams Family B&W Custom Mirrored Backglass

$289.00 USD – $315.00 USD

Translite-to-Backglass produced on genuine tempered glass. Polished corners and edges. Silkscreened ink-mirroring.

Includes a custom made CPR-matched-thickness stainless steel liftbar & trim kit, by default – OR you may pick from a selection of powder-coated liftbar color choices.

Gorgeous replacement, finally get rid of that old chipped, crackled, or shedding original backglass.

NOTE:  ‘Cousin It’ in the top left mansion window is shown in blue, to illustrate that he WILL be there in lightblock format.  There will NOT be a blue ‘Cousin It’ in the actual artwork print on your backglass.

MIRRORING VIDEO – Hover mouse over thumbnail photo, and click Play button.

Please see the photo gallery for identification of mirrored areas.

SKU: GLAS-ADDAMS-BW Category:
The Addams Family 
Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Company, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, Incorporated,
of Chicago, Illinois, USA (1988-1999) [Trade Name: Bally]
Date Of Manufacture: March, 1992
Model Number: 20017
Common Abbreviations: TAF
MPU: Williams WPC (Fliptronics 1)
Type: Solid State Electronic (SS)
Production: 20,270 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database: View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Celebrities – Fictional – Licensed Theme
Notable Features: Flippers (4), Pop bumpers (5), Slingshots (2), Ramps (2), Kick-out holes (2), Dual left inlanes. One of the four flippers doubles as a game-controlled mini-flipper. First ever optical target bank (in the bookcase). Bookcase, when active, rotates to reveal a lock hole. Magnets under the lower playfield activate as “The Power”, an earned feature during play to affect ball movement. 2- or 3-ball multiball. Upper right playfield has “Thing”, a large plastic hand that comes out if its box to magnetically pick up the ball and take it below the playfield.

Actual measured weight: 255 lbs (includes legs). 
Toys: ‘Thing’ hand – ball capture device.
‘Electric chair’
Concept by: Pat Lawlor
Design by: Larry DeMar, Pat Lawlor
Art by: John Youssi
Dots/Animation by: Scott Slomiany
Mechanics by: John Krutsch
Music by: Chris Granner
Sound by: Chris Granner
Software by: Larry DeMar, Mike Boon
Notes: ‘The Addams Family’ has a flipper that not only is controlled by the player’s flipper button but also is caused by the game programming to flip at certain points in game play. One earlier form of “auto-flipping” appears on Williams’ 1953 ‘Palisades’.

This game broke all previous sales records for flipper games. Designer Pat Lawlor wanted to commemorate the actual record-breaking game from the production line and arranged to have it made in a gold cabinet. This change caused a number of games made subsequent in this original run to also have gold cabinets. At least their lower cabinets were gold, even if their backboxes were still made in blue. Included in this listing are pictures of one such example of this “Later Production” version having the mixed gold and blue. The legs, metal trim, and lockdown bar are not gold.

Then, in 1994, The Addams Family was put back in production with a special run of ‘Gold Edition’ machines to further commemorate this machine becoming the best selling flipper game of all time. These machines had many more Gold accents, such as the metal ramps, gold legs and bolts, gold lettering, the vault plastic, the bumper caps and Thing’s box. Each “Gold” machine includes a certificate signed by the members of the design team and a gold plate on the lower right front of the machine containing the machine number.

*Info courtesy of IPDB

Care Instructions

REPRODUCTION BACKGLASS CARE and RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Never “triple thick” or apply any additional coatings to the backside of the glass.
  • Alcohol, acetone, and most ‘rattle-can’ liquids must NEVER contact with the ink.
  • If laying a glass down on its backside, always put down a towel or fabric to lay on.
  • The glass stock is tempered – so avoid significant hot-cold temperature shifts.
  • Be cautious of any impacts to the edges, such as setting the glass down on a concrete floor.
  • Never allow ‘sitting’ moisture on the backside.  After 5-7 minutes there is a risk of ink degradation.
  • Do not spray cleaner directly onto the backside as prolonged contact with liquids may damage your glass.
  • If you must clean the backside (bulb dirt, etc.) wipe with a pre-dampened cloth (water or Windex).
  • After wiping, make sure the liquid is dried off (wipe all the way to dry).  Do not allow any moisture to sit.
  • Glass cleaner sprayed directly on the fronts is fine.
  • Don’t let cleaner sit between the channels and your glass.

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