The paint did nothing to affect the mechanicals, which actually work just fine. My understanding is that Rockola introduced the gold-painted playfield in a failed attempt to reduce dust, which Rockola feared could interfere with the football transport mechanism. In reality, any collector would be thrilled to own either version and I'm glad to have secured one. The brown-top version shows the attractive woodgrain and also matches its sister games, Jigsaw and World Series. The latter has a gold-painted playfield and some minor variation of the graphics and/or pin placement. As seen in the photos, this is the brown-top version, which I prefer over the gold-top version.
I've heard that there are only about a dozen or so Army Navy machines known to exist. The challenge is, after getting hooked on the more common World Series, finding the much less common Jigsaw and then searching for the utterly scarce Army Navy. For us prewar pinball enthusiasts, we tend to line up the tifecta Rockola games in a line.World Series, Jigsaw and Army Navy. Wow! It took me many years (decades actually) to find this gem. If you want, you can check the positive feedback that eBay users have left for znet before dealing with him. We have verified and can guarantee that "znet" on this website and "znet" on eBay are the same person.
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