Here’s a genuine ultra-rarity for the collector — Bone Head, an electromechanical single-player from Genco, one of the pioneering names of the earliest coin-op amusement industry, designed by the legendary Steve Kordek. With light-based scoring and an astonishingly low confirmed run of just 89 machines, it’s one of the scarcest titles a collector could ever hope to encounter.
The available details on this ancient machine are modest, centered simply on its two flippers, but its provenance and rarity make it genuinely remarkable. Genco was one of the industry’s true pioneers, active in the formative decades when pinball was transforming from a simple bagatelle into the flipper-driven game we know, and to have a machine designed by Steve Kordek — one of the towering figures of pinball history whose career spanned the entire evolution of the modern game — makes this a real piece of the story. With fewer than a hundred built, Bone Head is the kind of scarce artifact that fuels endless fascination among enthusiasts.
Bone Head is a treasure for the serious collector and historian, precisely because it barely exists and carries such a distinguished pedigree. That confirmed run of just 89 puts it among the rarest of the rare, a genuine ghost of pinball’s earliest chapters, touched by one of the medium’s foundational designers. Documentation is thin and survivors are scarce, which only deepens the intrigue for those who love the hobby’s deepest lore. For anyone who reveres the roots of the game and the legendary hands that shaped it, it’s a holy-grail rarity. You’ll almost certainly never see one, and that’s exactly what makes it so compelling. Drop a coin if you ever get the chance, and count yourself among the fortunate few. (Note: available data on this title is very limited.)