~1969 Pony Derby - ニューポニーダービー (New Pony Derby) by 昭和娯楽物産 (Showa entertainment products) & 日本遊園設備 (Japanese amusement park equipment)

Name: Pony Derby - ニューポニーダービー (New Pony Derby)

Year: ~1969

Company: 昭和娯楽物産 (Showa entertainment products) & 日本遊園設備 (Japanese amusement park equipment)

This machine only appears in the 1969 machine directory, and so we can only say that the year of release was ~1969, but it could have been earlier.

While the backglass says "Pony Derby", the advertisement and all of the catalogue entries refer to it as New Pony Derby.  We do not know if or how Keeney and/or Satomi are involved with this machine, if at all.  This machine is a nearly exact copy of Satomi's New Pony Derby, with only minor differences.

At the bottom of the advertisement, 日本遊園設備 (Japanese amusement park equipment) is mentioned.

Looking at the right-side of the machine we see 5 prize slots and we were able to match up the 3 colour blobs to vintage Japanese cigarette logos.  (Thank you to EM好きおじさん for the extra cigarette information)

Peace / ピース (archive)

hi-lite / ハイライト (archive)

Hope / ホープ (archive)

This version does not have the center line in the cabinet, has no metal trim on the prize hole, and the base of the unit is slightly different.

The backglass on this version is different.

Satomi's version backglass

in the version from Showa Entertainment Products, there is an extra bubble-shaped area for "Trophy Entry" on the backglass by this upper right horse.

We see this same bubble graphic on the 1965 Satomi Pony Derby:

This is the glass from the 1965 Satomi version.  The image was stretched to proportion.