The entire series of all the different Whirl-Ball, and Flip-Ball machines, have been very confusing
for a very long time, as they were made by several manufacturers, not always tagged with their
own logo or decal, and also passed on to other distributors, that placed their decal on the case.
The two main mfrs. of these, were Pace & Peo. Pace models usually had a steel case, with wood
top & bottom, and a cast aluminum front & marquee. Peo models, mostly had a steel case, with
steel top & bottom, and a flat steel front, and either a cast or flat steel with decal marquee.
But I have seen many mis-matched models, that could be factory, or operator changeovers. One
for-instance, is a Pace "Wild Duce", with a cast front, having baseball symbols in the corners,
which to me, is a mis-match. The factory could have done this, but we don't know for sure, unless
some original ads or fliers turn up. Other manufacturers could have hijacked these models, and
made slight changes of their own, which was commonplace at the time. I have seen a few models
with Keeney decals on the case, but don't have any records of them making these games.
One stumper, was a Mills "Little Perfection", that showed up in 2008, with Rex Novelty decals,
and award card. Most all of these were produced by Canda & Mills. This was the later flat-top
model of 1926, but appeared to have been a robbed model. Rex Novelty did make machines of
their own, but I have no records of them making these. I have seen other "Little Perfection"
models, with slight case design changes, and no idea who did them, as there were no labels or
decals stating who it might be. There is also 4 different slight casting changes in some of the
Caille "Good Luck" marquee castings. Here is another indication of 'model robbery', but I have
no idea who did them. So, for now I classify them all as Caille. The list goes on-and-on!