This Puckman comes from the infamous Zaccaria stables in Italy. They are known for going their strange personalised artwork and this Puckman is a prime example. The Puckman's and Ghosts look nasty and attack eachother with sharp teeth and licking tongues. The overal colour of the cab is a deep dark purple.
This nice little upright was made by Bell Fruit MFG in the United Kingdom, it features a real Namco Japan Puckman board so it looks like it's an approved license.
This cocktail is exactly the same as the Namco original but for two details. All the text is in english and both instruction card and control panel artwork state Handly on them.
I just bought this one and it's a bit of a puzzle. The cab style is identical to the Namco upright, all parts inside are Japanese but the artwork seems to be badly copied. As soon as I get this out of storage I will investigate.
This is a Kenphone Electronics Puckman that I used to own, had to sell as I was running out of space (and money). It seems that Kenphone made car radio's back in the 80's and then just disapeared. It has some very nice artwork and the whole cab is made of plywood instead of chipboard and thus very heavy.
This Puckman by unknown maker has an identical cab to the Namco style cabs. The artwork is completly new and looks nothing like anything either Namco or Midway ever produced. It seems however that they were produced in numbers since I see the marquee often on ebay.
