So, a ping pong ball had to suffice. I was able to fashion flippers from various erector set parts: metal rails, spacers, bolts, regular nuts and some self locking nuts.

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Opened in 1985, Marco Specialties had become the largest online seller of pinball machine parts with 100,000 customers, Mandeltort said in 2019. On average, the company filled 1,000 orders a week.