1968 · Gottlieb
Big Jack
Known for ABC, Top rollunder, Bullseye targets and Lower saucers. Wooden fishing dock or jetty, blue river or lake, pine-forested green hills on the horizon, pale blue sky with soft white and grey clouds and flat mint-green graphic panel on the left third.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Lane
ABC
- rollunder
Top rollunder
- Target
Bullseye targets
- saucers
Lower saucers
2 games under this title
-
Standard 1968 -
Paul Bunyan 1968
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Lower saucers saucers
Targets 2
- Red, yellow and green standups
- Bullseye targets
Lanes 3
- ABC
- Top rollunder rollunder
- Out lanes
Flippers 2
- Middle flippers extra flippers
- Mini flippers extra flipper
Lights 1
- Roving ABC light light
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Large central square-jawed man with a ginger goatee and moustache, short combed hair, eyes shut in a broad open-mouthed grin. wears a red-and-white gingham check shirt with rolled sleeves and pale blue shorts. sits on a red folding stool with white spots, bare legs and bare feet, one hand on a fishing rod.
- woman Behind his left shoulder, dark-haired woman in a blue headscarf and a blue-and-white striped dress, shown in profile looking right.
- woman Behind his head to the right, blonde woman in a plain red dress, shown in profile facing left towards the man.
- man Smaller red-haired man in a yellow shirt leaning forward over the big man's shoulder, arms outstretched, mouth open, appearing to push or help him.
- child Small figure in a red spotted swimsuit standing on the dock below and right of the seated man, arms raised.
- woman In the right-hand water scene, a woman seated in a green rowing boat wearing a hat, holding a long pole or oar.
Setting
- Wooden fishing dock or jetty
- Blue river or lake
- Pine-forested green hills on the horizon
- Pale blue sky with soft white and grey clouds
- Flat mint-green graphic panel on the left third
Text on it
- BIGLIARDINO
- ELETTRICO
- GOTTLIEB
- 2 PLAYER
- BIG
- JACK
- 1st
- 2ND
- PLAYER
- OF
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- SENZA RIPETIZIONE
- DELLA PARTITA
- 4-GAME HI SKILL
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- ABC progression
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Design
- Steve Kirk
- Art
- Art Stenholm
The cast
- Paul Bunyan
Reference
Linked terms
- ABC also called ABC letters
- Top rollunder also called Top rollover
- Bullseye targets also called Lights Rollunder for Ball
- Paul Bunyan also called Big Jack
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Standard
- green
- blue
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Grinning ginger-bearded fisherman in red gingham shirt sitting with legs over water on red spotted stool, enormous yellow BIG JACK title on flat mint-green panel, woman in green rowboat with leaping trout, Italian-language labelling throughout, two mechanical score reels with black sunburst backing plates and 1st/2nd ribbons
The most memorable feature is the enormous yellow BIG JACK title stacked in two lines on a flat mint-green panel filling the left third of the glass, set against the busy painted lake scene to its right. Second is the huge grinning ginger-bearded fisherman in a red gingham shirt sitting with his legs dangling over the water on a red spotted folding stool, dwarfing everyone around him. Third, the Italian-language labelling throughout, including SENZA RIPETIZIONE DELLA PARTITA along the bottom and a CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME two-player panel, showing it was made for an Italian market. Fourth, the two old-style mechanical score reels with black sunburst backing plates and 1st / 2nd ribbons, giving the glass a mid-1970s electro-mechanical look. Fifth, the odd detail of a woman in a green rowboat poling across the water while leaping trout arc around her.
Setting
- Wooden fishing dock or jetty
- Blue river or lake
- Pine-forested green hills on the horizon
- Pale blue sky with soft white and grey clouds
- Flat mint-green graphic panel on the left third
Symbols
- Playing-card suits on the green panel - red hearts, black spades, clubs and diamonds
- Black spiky sunburst plaques behind both score windows
- Yellow triangle two-player instruction panel
- Red spotted folding stool
- Pine trees
- Clouds
- Fishing rod with line
- White scroll-shaped replay banner
Lettering
- Main title is heavy block sans-serif capitals in yellow with thick black outline and red shadow, stacked on two lines. secondary text is plain sans-serif capitals: black on the mint-green panel, red-outlined white for 2 player, red on the black sunburst ribbons for 1st / 2nd, and small black capitals inside the white panels and banners.
Themes
- Fishing
- Angling
- Lakeside
- Holiday
- Rural
- Comedic
- Two player
- Italian text
Title on it
- Big jack
Text on it
- BIGLIARDINO
- ELETTRICO
- GOTTLIEB
- 2 PLAYER
- BIG
- JACK
- 1st
- 2ND
- PLAYER
- OF
- 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- SENZA RIPETIZIONE
- DELLA PARTITA
- 4-GAME HI SKILL
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Large central square-jawed man with a ginger goatee and moustache, short combed hair, eyes shut in a broad open-mouthed grin. wears a red-and-white gingham check shirt with rolled sleeves and pale blue shorts. sits on a red folding stool with white spots, bare legs and bare feet, one hand on a fishing rod. |
| Woman | Behind his left shoulder, dark-haired woman in a blue headscarf and a blue-and-white striped dress, shown in profile looking right. |
| Woman | Behind his head to the right, blonde woman in a plain red dress, shown in profile facing left towards the man. |
| Man | Smaller red-haired man in a yellow shirt leaning forward over the big man's shoulder, arms outstretched, mouth open, appearing to push or help him. |
| Child | Small figure in a red spotted swimsuit standing on the dock below and right of the seated man, arms raised. |
| Woman | In the right-hand water scene, a woman seated in a green rowing boat wearing a hat, holding a long pole or oar. |
| Animal | A brown-and-white duck swimming on the water at upper right of the lake scene. |
| Animal | A large striped trout held vertically on the fishing line at centre right, mouth open. |
| Animal | Several fish leaping out of the blue water around the green boat, plus two yellow-green spotted fish shapes near the dock. |
A backglass with a painted fishing-lake scene. The left third is a flat mint-green panel carrying a small black maker credit, then a red-outlined 2 PLAYER above a huge two-line title BIG JACK in blocky yellow letters with heavy black and red drop shadows. Centre is dominated by a grinning, square-jawed, ginger-bearded man in a red-and-white gingham shirt and pale blue shorts, sitting on a red polka-dot folding stool on a wooden dock, bare legs and feet over the water, holding a fishing rod. Behind his head stand two women, one in a blue headscarf and striped dress, the other blonde in a red dress, and a smaller red-haired figure in a yellow shirt leans over his shoulder. Two mechanical score windows with black segmented digit cards sit upper right and mid-left, each on a black spiky sunburst plaque with a red 2nd or 1st ribbon and a white PLAYER caption below. Right side shows a swimming duck, a striped trout held up on a line, a woman in a green rowboat poling through blue water with leaping fish, pine-covered hills and a blue sky with clouds, plus a yellow triangular two-player instruction panel. The bottom edge carries Italian replay wording.
Backglass Paul Bunyan
- dark teal-green
- orange
- red
- cream
Fingerprint: Paul Bunyan: Colossal grinning lumberjack in red plaid shirt dominating the frame, five tiny children clinging to shoulders and arms like ornaments, dark forest setting, teepee, campfire, canoe with figures, teal-green ground and sunset clouds.
The most memorable element is an enormous grinning lumberjack filling the whole frame, so oversized that only his legs, torso and hands fit, with tiny children and a woman perched on his shoulders and arms like ornaments. A second strong cue is the pair of cream-coloured mechanical score windows, one labelled 1ST PLAYER and one 2ND PLAYER, set into the dark green forest at the right. Third, a lit campfire, a leaning teepee and two people in a canoe fill the lower right, with a small square marker marked 7 tucked into the trees. Fourth, the title sits on the left as huge pale-yellow slab-serif capitals under a small red cursive word.
Setting
- Pioneer log-camp clearing
- Dark pine and fir forest
- Orange sunset cloud band
- Leaning canvas teepee
- Campfire
- Lake with a canoe
Symbols
- Axe
- Log stump
- Teepee
- Campfire
- Canoe
- Pine trees
- Mechanical score windows
- Small square marker marked 7
Lettering
- Huge pale-yellow slab-serif capitals with a red shadow for the title, a small red cursive script word above it, and bold orange sans-serif capitals for the player-count lines
Themes
- Lumberjack
- Pioneer
- Forest
- Log cabin
- Campfire
- Family
Title on it
- Paul bunyan
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- Paul
- Bunyan
- 2 PLAYER
- 1ST
- 2ND
- PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- 0,700
- 0,550
- 1
- 2
- 7
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Colossal grinning lumberjack, white hair and full white beard, red plaid shirt open at the chest, blue cut-off trousers, bare legs and feet, seated front and centre with one hand on his knee and the other on an axe handle |
| Woman | Dark-haired woman in a white blouse and pale pink skirt leaning over his head from behind with her arms around him |
| Child | Girl in a light sleeveless dress sitting on his left shoulder, dark hair in pigtails |
| Child | Small boy in a bright red shirt seated on his right shoulder, curly light hair |
| Child | Another child in pale clothing leaning against his upper arm and chest |
| Child | Red-haired girl in a red polka-dot dress clinging to his lower leg at the bottom of the frame |
| Man | Small seated figure in the canoe on the lake at right |
| Other | Second small figure seated in the same canoe, facing the first |
Painted, airbrushed backglass dominated by a colossal grinning lumberjack seated front and centre. He has white hair and a full white beard, a red plaid shirt open at the chest, blue cut-off denim trousers, and huge bare legs and feet that fill the middle of the frame; one hand rests on his knee, the other grips an axe handle. Five smaller figures cling to him: a girl in a pale dress on his left shoulder, a curly-haired boy in a bright red shirt on his right shoulder, a dark-haired woman in a white blouse and pink skirt hugging him from behind, a child leaning on his upper arm, and a red-haired girl in a red polka-dot dress at his shin. The setting is a pioneer log-camp clearing with dark pine trees, a leaning canvas teepee at right, a campfire, and two small figures in a canoe on a lake, plus a small square marker showing 7. Colour is dark teal-green ground with orange sunset clouds and hot amber, orange and red highlights. The title occupies the left, two mechanical score windows and a players panel the right.