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1966 · Bally

Bazaar

Known for Mushroom bumpers, U bumper, Zipper flippers and Crescent moons. Oriental bazaar courtyard, stone archways and domed buildings and brick museum wall behind the machine.

Year
1966
Maker
Bally
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Known for

  • Bumper

    Mushroom bumpers

  • Bumper

    U bumper

  • Flipper

    Zipper flippers

  • backglass toy

    Crescent moons

  • Goal

    Spelling Luck

On the playfield

  • orange-red
  • mid blue
  • pale blue
  • gold
Bazaar playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 5 pop bumpers
  • 2 ramps
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Bumpers 5

  • Mushroom bumpers
  • U bumper
  • K bumper
  • Back left C
  • Back right C

Lanes 2

  • Wall switch switch
  • Left out lane Special

Flipper 1

  • Zipper flippers

Backbox 1

  • Crescent moons backglass toy

On the backglass

  • red
  • yellow
  • blue
  • white
Bazaar backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Bare-armed vendor in a white apron, right side, arms outspread, dark hair
  • other Large orange cat-like creature crouching in the lower centre of the artwork
  • other A crowd of roughly fifteen small robed market figures in orange, green, teal and white garments filling the courtyard

Setting

  • Oriental bazaar courtyard
  • Stone archways and domed buildings
  • Brick museum wall behind the machine

Text on it

  • the Bazaar

How it plays

  1. Goals 1

    • Spelling Luck

Made by

Design
Ted Zale
Art
George Molentin

Reference

Linked terms
  • Left out lane Special also called Special
  • Spelling Luck also called Luck
Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Bazaar playfield

Playfield

  • orange-red
  • mid blue
  • pale blue
  • gold

Fingerprint: Ornate shield topped by five-pointed crown spelling L-U-C-K-Y in jeweled gold frame. Circus performer band down both side lanes—clowns in conical hats and showgirls juggling. Five starburst bumpers marked 10, black-and-gold heart cartouche reading HIT U BUMPER instruction. Carnival, orange-red and blue.

Distinctive

The most memorable element is the huge ornate SUPER BONUS shield in the lower centre, topped by a five-pointed crown of letter roundels spelling L-U-C-K-Y in a jewel-studded gold frame, with LIGHT ALL 4 LAMPS TO ADVANCE in gold capitals on the red field beneath. A second strong memory is the crowded band of cartoon circus performers down both side lanes - clowns in conical hats and showgirls juggling - in a mid-century flat cartoon style. The black oval cartouche with a gold arrow reading HIT U BUMPER TO CLOSE FLIPPER-GAP is an unusual, very specific instruction. Three flush starburst bumpers marked 10 in pink and white form a tight triangle above it. A pale blue lower apron with a cursive signature, red and blue filigree scrollwork and a printed bonus rule panel anchors the whole layout.

Setting

  • Orange-red upper playfield field
  • Mid-blue lower playfield field with white cloud and star motif
  • Cream and gold instruction cards
  • Pale blue lower apron
  • Wooden cabinet rim and dark cabinet front visible below

Symbols

  • Five-pointed gold star value markers
  • Pink and white starburst bumper caps
  • Playing-card suits (spades, hearts, diamonds) framing the centre cartouche
  • Red and blue filigree scrollwork
  • Jewelled gold crown of letter roundels
  • Cream arrow-shaped instruction cards
  • Red upward arrow targets
  • Red domed target lamp
  • Stars and cloud swirls
  • Coloured light bulbs behind plastic lenses
  • Small qr-style bingo support sticker

Notable shapes

  • Large heart-and-shield super bonus cartouche in the lower centre
  • Red crown of five letter roundels above it
  • Black oval hit u bumper cartouche with a gold arrow
  • Arched wooden ball-shooter arch across the top
  • Triangular cluster of three starburst bumpers
  • Left and right side lanes of standing cartoon performers
  • V-shaped wire ball guides below the flippers

Art motifs

  • Clown and showgirl carnival crowd
  • Gold filigree cartouches and shields
  • Ticking star bursts
  • Chubby rounded mid-century cartoon line work
  • Warm incandescent lamp glow

Themes

  • Circus
  • Carnival
  • Bumpers and bonus ladder
  • Letter-match bonus
  • Gate and arrow targets

Text on it

  • HOT REBOUND
  • 14 LIGHT STARS
  • 50
  • 200
  • 100
  • RED BALL SCORES IN LIT SCORES 1000 AND SPECIAL
  • WHEN RED ARROW IS LIT SCORES 100
  • CENTER RED ARROW IS LIT SCORES 100
  • RED ARROW WHEN LIT SCORES 100 AND OPENS GATE
  • BOTTOM LANE
  • LIGHTS
  • LUCKY
  • SPECIAL
  • SPECIAL WHEN LIT
  • 10
  • HIT U BUMPER TO CLOSE FLIPPER-GAP
  • L U C K Y
  • LIGHT ALL 4 LAMPS TO ADVANCE
  • SUPER BONUS
  • FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
  • TILT ENDS GAME
  • 3 Replays for lighting Crescent 8
  • 1 Replay for lighting Crescent 9
  • 1 Replay for each score of 5400 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 9600 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 25200 Points
  • 1 Replay for each score of 43200 Points
  • SPECIAL WHEN ALL 4 LETTERS LIT PLAYFIELD LOCK IS AWARDED
  • 5 BALLS
  • 1 PLAY 10c
  • 3 PLAYS 25c
  • SUPPORT BINGO
Pop bumpers
Five round bumpers with pink-and-white starburst caps printed 10 - two smaller ones in the upper yellow lane and three in a tight triangle in the mid orange field
Spinners
A large translucent red domed lamp or spinner unit set into the right mid-field
Drop targets
Letter drop targets spelling lights across the mid-field, with round lucky target letters l, u, c, k, y set in small round windows
Ramps
Two habitrail-style return lanes on the right with white wire and coloured channels, marked by oval value plaques 50 and 100, feeding the upper lanes
Slingshots
Two short straight slings with plain red rubber faces, set wide of the two flippers at the bottom
Upper playfield
A raised upper section behind the wooden arch with a row of white bumper caps in a yellow lane, four star value markers, a red diagonal hot rebound banner and a pair of red arrow targets
Apron and lower playfield
Pale blue metal apron with a cursive blue signature on the left, a printed super bonus rules panel, a special playfield lock note, a tilt ends game plaque on the right, an arrow reading flipper buttons on sides of cabinet, and red and blue swirl filigree; the bare grey cabinet front with worn paint, coin door and lockdown bar visible below the glass
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Grinning clown in a red-and-white striped conical hat and ruffled collar, left side lane, head and shoulders only, facing inwards
Other Second clown with a pointed hat and round face in the upper left corner, arms raised
Woman Blonde showgirl in a sleeveless leotard on the right side lane, arm raised above her head
Woman Woman in a blue skirt and dark top lower on the right lane, arms out, cartoon style
Man Man in a yellow-and-black horizontally striped jersey, both arms raised in celebration, right side lane
Other Small tumbling acrobat or clown figure mid-right in a white costume, lying on his back
Full description

A full electro-mechanical playfield seen from above under a wooden-rimmed glass, lit warmly. The surface is painted in bright orange-red across the top half and mid-blue across the lower half, with a cartoon circus-carnival border of performers running down both side lanes: a grinning clown in a red-and-white conical hat, blonde showgirls in leotards, a man in a yellow-and-black striped jersey and a woman in a blue skirt swinging clubs. At the top a red diagonal banner reads HOT REBOUND and 14 LIGHT STARS, with a row of white pop-bumper caps in a yellow lane and star-shaped value markers 50, 200 and 100. Five round bumpers with pink-and-white starburst caps marked 10 sit mid-field. Cream arrow-shaped instruction cards are scattered across the orange field. The centre features an ornate black-and-gold heart cartouche reading HIT U BUMPER TO CLOSE FLIPPER-GAP, framed by a jewel-studded crown, and below it a large red-and-gold shield reading LIGHT ALL 4 LAMPS TO ADVANCE SUPER BONUS. The lower apron is pale blue with red and blue scrollwork, a cursive signature, a printed rules panel, a TILT ENDS GAME plaque and 5 BALLS 1 PLAY 10c 3 PLAYS 25c.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Bazaar backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • yellow
  • blue
  • white

Fingerprint: 'the Bazaar' in slanted red-and-yellow script, Oriental bazaar crowded with dozens of tiny robed merchants, oversized orange cat crouching at centre courtyard, bare-armed vendor in white apron at right, stone arches and domes, hanging oil lamps, busy marketplace illustration.

Distinctive

A bazaar-market crowd of dozens of tiny cartoon merchants in robes, with an oversized orange cat crouching in the middle of the courtyard. The title 'the Bazaar' is written in slanted red-and-yellow script with a thick black shadow, curving across the upper third of the transom. A bare-armed vendor in a white apron with arms outspread dominates the right side, framed by a grey stone archway. The cabinet sides are white with bold red and blue pinstripe swoops that continue the arcade-marina colour scheme.

Setting

  • Oriental bazaar courtyard
  • Stone archways and domed buildings
  • Brick museum wall behind the machine

Symbols

  • Hanging oil lamps
  • Stone arches and domes
  • Market stalls
  • Sugar-pane style pillar frames the transom

Lettering

  • Slanted lowercase serif script, red letters with yellow inner highlight and thick black drop shadow, set on a white ribbon banner

Themes

  • Bazaar
  • Marketplace
  • Oriental
  • Foreign theme

Title on it

  • The bazaar

Text on it

  • the Bazaar
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Bare-armed vendor in a white apron, right side, arms outspread, dark hair
Other Large orange cat-like creature crouching in the lower centre of the artwork
Other A crowd of roughly fifteen small robed market figures in orange, green, teal and white garments filling the courtyard
Full description

Photograph of a single-pinball machine viewed head-on in a museum row, its backglass lit and filling the upper half of the frame. The transom art carries the title 'the Bazaar' in large red-and-yellow script with a heavy black drop shadow, set against a busy Oriental-bazaar cartoon: dozens of small robed figures in orange, green, teal and white garments crowd a stone courtyard, a bare-armed vendor in a white apron stands at right holding wares, a large orange cat-like creature crouches in the lower centre, and arched gateways, domes, columns and hanging lamps fill the background. The surrounding cabinet is white with sweeping blue and red pinstriped curves. Below, the playfield is glass-locked and reflects the room lights; its lower apron carries a white instruction card and a purple-on-white label. Other machines flank it left and right against a brick wall.