1969 · Chicago Coin
Action
Clear pale-blue sky, green-teal hillside, flat blue sea band, pastel terraced town frontage along a quay, moored boats and masts, sandy beach road in the foreground and wooden fence at far left.
- Year
- 1969
- Maker
- Chicago Coin
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Art
- Christian Marche
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- brown
Fingerprint: Bright red open-wheel racing car gold lightning-bolt flash bodywork huge fat black tyres purple-blue spoked wheels skidding sideways dust towards viewer, three cartoon onlookers literally blown backwards wooden fence blonde woman red-white striped top grey-haired man brown jacket younger figure blue, title ACTION enormous staggered crimson capitals slanting upward
A bright red open-wheel racing car with a gold lightning-bolt flash on its bodywork, huge fat black tyres and purple-blue spoked wheels, skidding sideways through dust straight towards the viewer. Behind it three cartoon onlookers are literally being blown backwards over a wooden fence: a blonde woman in a red-and-white striped top with both arms flailing, a grey-haired man in a brown jacket, and a younger figure in blue. The title ACTION is lettered as enormous staggered crimson capitals slanting upward across a clear sky. The score window is built into a black angular mountain silhouette at upper right, beside a row of pastel terraced houses along a quay with moored boat masts.
Setting
- Clear pale-blue sky
- Green-teal hillside
- Flat blue sea band
- Pastel terraced town frontage along a quay
- Moored boats and masts
- Sandy beach road in the foreground
- Wooden fence at far left
Symbols
- Gold lightning bolt on the racing car
- Playing-card symbol on the credit panel
- Birds scattered on the sand
- Boat masts and rigging
- Four-window reel score display
- Wooden fence rails
Lettering
- Enormous staggered crimson block capitals with white inline highlights, irregular hand-drawn comic lettering; small red cursive script for the maker line; red sans-serif capitals for score and credit
Themes
- Motor racing
- Speed
- Beach race
- Comedy
- Coastal town
- Car chase
Title on it
- Action
Text on it
- Chicago Coins
- ACTION
- 2 0 0
- SCORE
- CREDIT
- CAFE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Red open-wheel racing car with a pointed nose, gold lightning bolt on the flank, purple-blue spoked wheels with thick black tyres, driver low in the cockpit, angled skidding across sand with a grey dust plume behind |
| Woman | Blonde woman at left in a red-and-white striped top, mouth open, both arms flung up and back, being blown over the fence |
| Man | Grey-haired man in a brown jacket at left, leaning back with alarm behind the fence |
| Other | Younger cartoon figure in blue at left, partially hidden behind the other two |
| Vehicle | Small parked orange-brown car in the background at far left |
Flat comic-book style backglass with heavy black outlines. A huge sky-blue sky fills the upper half, carrying the word ACTION in enormous staggered crimson block capitals with white inline highlights, slanted and rising across the top centre-left. Above and left of it a small cursive red script reads Chicago Coins, next to a small peaked blue-roof tower. Upper right a black angular mountain-shaped panel holds a white four-window reel window reading 2 0 0, with SCORE in red capitals below it. A low green-teal hill and a flat blue sea band run behind. Right of centre a row of flat pastel terraced houses in pink, cream and pale blue with tiny lit windows lines a quay, with moored boat masts in front. A small white CREDIT panel with a playing-card symbol sits mid-left, and a tiny CAFE sign is tucked into the left hillside. Centre foreground a red open-wheel racing car with a gold lightning bolt on its flank and purple-blue spoked wheels on fat black tyres skids through a cloud of grey dust, blasting three startled onlookers backwards over a wooden fence at the left. Dominant colours: sky blue, crimson red, sand yellow and brown.