Year: 1972, originally 1971
Company: 太東貿易 (Taito Trading) & NSM-Löwen
This is a German machine by NSM-Löwen, and Taito wasted no time bringing it to Japan.
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| 1971 Football by NSM-Löwen (archive) |
This machine also seems to have been exported to North America, where Football means something quite different, and so the name is changed to "Goal". (I assume it's North American because of the "10c" price.)
Taito first offered the original import model, as seen in this flyer from what I believe is 1971.
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| Football, as listed in a [presumed 1971] Taito flyer. This appears to be the original model. |
But I am keeping the date of 1972 on this post as that is when I think Taito began selling their modified version. The Japanese version adds an instruction plate on the right, a painted stand, and a side vendor.
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| 1974/1975 machine directory |
The custom stand is quite nice, and is similar to the one Taito made for Big Strike Bowling.
If the only catalog appearance of the special Taito version is in 1974, how do we know it existed in 1972? We have an arcade exploration of a promotional video from Sea World circa 1972. The 1973 machine directory (printed in October 1972) has the direct import version, but the subsequent year's directory had the modified version.
In that post we actually just see the stand in the arcade. It is interesting to think they were probably setting up that machine but had not finished when the filming took place.
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| scene from 鴨川シーワールド (Kamogawa Sea World) (1972) |
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