Twin Peaks Pinball Machines

Sorry if I misled you with the title of this post; there’s no such thing as a Twin Peaks pinball machine… although I challenge graphic artists out there to create and send me a mockup of how the playfield would look like. But being a pinball fanatic, I’ve always been curious about those two pinball machines that appear in “Arbitrary Law” (season 2, episode 9) near the entrance of The Roadhouse.

Thanks to the plethora of information available on the Internet Pinball Machine Database, it’s not that hard to identify the pinball tables. The left one is Shangri-La released by Williams in 1967.

(Image by Raphael Lankar)

You can see the side of the cabinet has been repainted a bit for its on-screen use. Now take a look at the backglass. Notice the “Twin Peaks” in the background? As with so many Twin Peaks props, the set decorator or prop master (respectively Kerry Oaksmith and Jeffery Moore for this episode) had a keen eye when choosing this table.

The other pinball machine is called Suspense (Williams, 1969), which is nothing more than the perfect description for the scene it appears in (i.e. the gathering of all of Laura’s murder suspects in The Roadhouse). Or… is that Laura Palmer running down the corridor?

Image by Marcel Roth

Pic	Title	Details
	Williams Shangri-La Pinball Machine 3" Leg Levelers Floor Jack Feet Screw Pads	Current Price: $9.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 22 days 17 hrs 21 mins
	Williams Suspense Pinball Rubber Ring Kit	Current Price: $19.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 9 days 22 hrs 31 mins
	1969 Williams Suspense Pinball White Rubber Ring Kit	Current Price: $17.88 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 4 days 21 hrs 40 mins
	Williams Shangri-La Pinball Rubber Ring Kit	Current Price: $20.84 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 4 days 21 hrs 41 mins
	1967 Williams Shangri-La Pinball Tune-up Kit	Current Price: $34.95 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 19 days 18 hrs 22 mins
	1967 Williams Shangri-La Pinball Rubber Ring Kit	Current Price: $16.95 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 19 days 18 hrs 22 mins
	1969 WILLIAMS SUSPENSE PINBALL MACHINE FLYER BROCHURE	Current Price: $24.75 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 9 days 17 hrs 1 min
	Williams Suspense Pinball Machine 3" Leg Levelers Floor Jack Feet Screw Pads	Current Price: $9.99 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 22 days 17 hrs 59 mins
	SUSPENSE 2 PLAYER PINBALL MACHINE. EM STYLE. HAS 4 FLIPPERS & ROULETTE WHEEL!	Current Price: $675.0 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 5 days 1 hr 27 mins
	Williams 1969 NOS Suspense Pinball Flyer MINT	Current Price: $15.0 # of Bids: 0 Ending: 25 days 1 hr 11 mins