1960 · Williams
Darts
Known for Dartboards, Center out lanes, Gobble hole and Jet bumpers. Radiating sunburst sky of pale blue and teal wedges and pub and darts club theme.
- Year
- 1960
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- backglass toy
Dartboards
- Lane
Center out lanes
- Hole
Gobble hole
- Bumper
Jet bumpers
- Bumper
Red bumper
On the playfield
Holes 3
- Top saucers saucers
- Gobble hole
- Lit saucers saucers
Bumpers 2
- Jet bumpers
- Red bumper
Targets 2
- Upper left standups
- Upper right standups
Lanes 2
- Middle side lanes
- Center out lanes
Controls 2
- On Bumpers button buttons
- Off Bumpers button buttons
Backbox 1
- Dartboards backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Far left, blonde beehive hair, yellow short-sleeved top and dark trousers, leaning back with arm raised drawing a dart
- woman Left foreground, red hair in a beehive, white polka-dot dress, seen from behind, arm lifted
- woman Centre left, blonde curled hair, white dress, leaning forward over the dartboards
- woman Centre foreground, large blonde curled hair, black beaded bodice and strand of pearls, face turned to the left
- woman Right of centre, dark hair, white blouse, bent forward at the waist
- woman Far right, blonde beehive, pale bodice and yellow skirt, arm extended in a throwing pose
Setting
- Radiating sunburst sky of pale blue and teal wedges
- Pub and darts club theme
Text on it
- Williams
- DARTS
- MILLIONS
- THOUSANDS
- A
- B
- C
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 300
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 200
- 100
- 00
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
Made by
- Art
- George Molentin
Reference
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield
- cream
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: Darts, three oversized round bumpers painted as garden roses—two crimson blooms and white-pink one—inside huge pale yellow sunburst at playfield top, yellow circles lettered A, B, C over red 100,000 panel, red JUMPER OFF arrow pointing at concentric bullseye target, two cartoon women holding darts standing mirrored left and right, cream lower apron with pin-up girls in tutus
The single most memorable feature is a cluster of three oversized round bumpers painted as garden roses - two crimson blooms and a white-and-pink one - sitting inside a huge pale yellow sunburst at the top of the playfield. Just below, three yellow circles lettered A, B and C sit over a red '100,000' panel, and a red 'JUMPER OFF' arrow points down at a concentric-ring bullseye target. Two near-identical cartoon women in darts-player blouses stand left and right of centre holding a dart each, mirrored but not identical in hair colour and skirt. The cream lower apron is packed with three more pin-up girls in tutus carrying darts and a bat, plus a printed dart-score replay card.
Setting
- Pale yellow sunburst rays filling the upper playfield
- Blue radiating fan behind the mid-playfield a b c panel
- Cream and ivory lower apron
- Natural varnished wood cabinet interior framing the playfield
Symbols
- Three red roses used as pop bumpers
- White rosette/flower bumper
- Red heart shapes on target bank
- Concentric bullseye round target
- Yellow discs lettered a, b and c
- Numbered discs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 on the side lanes
- Fan-shaped scoring rosettes
- Yellow-outlined red stars on the lower apron
- Downward-pointing red arrow labelled jumper off
- Stylised flying darts
Notable shapes
- Large radiating sunburst disc behind the three bumpers
- White bat-shaped flippers labelled flipper
- Yellow bat-shaped outboard kickers at the slings
- Heart-shaped targets in the top bank
- Two red triangular sling panels with curved inner edges
- Notched wooden cutout at the right edge of the apron
- Scalloped white-and-pink rosette bumper in the exact centre top
Art motifs
- Sunburst rays
- Fanned light rays in pink and orange
- Swimming-trunk-pinup style women
- Racing pennants and chevrons
- Wavy decorative scrollwork on the apron
- Blue radiating fan motif
Themes
- Darts
- Pub or parlour games
- Amusement arcade
- Playful cartoon couples
- Roses as bumpers
Text on it
- 50,000
- 100,000 WHEN LIT
- POP
- ON
- JUMPER OFF
- SPECIAL
- 500,000
- 200,000 WHEN STAND
- 100 000
- A
- B
- C
- 100,000
- FLIPPER
- BALLS PLAYED
- For Amusement Only
- 5 BALLS 5 CENTS
- Score Void 2 Coins In Cabinet
- DARTS
- 5,500,000
- 4,000,000
- 3,000,000
- 2,000,000
- 1,000,000
- 1 Replay
- 2 Replays
- 3 Replays
- 4 Replays
- 5 Replays
- FOR AMUSEMENT ONLY
- NO PRIZES
- NO WAGERING
- 5 BALLS
- 10c PER PLAY
- 4 PLAYS 25c
- FLIPPED BUTTONS ON SIDE OF CABINET
- PUSH LOWER PLUNGER FOR BALL
- REFUND BOARD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Cartoon blonde woman, left of centre, yellow blouse with rolled sleeves, grey knee-length skirt, short curled hair, smiling, holding a small dart upright in her raised right hand, standing full-length |
| Woman | Cartoon brunette woman, right of centre, white blouse with thin dark vertical stripes, blue pleated skirt, belt at waist, smiling, holding a dart upright in her raised right hand, standing full-length |
| Woman | Pin-up girl on lower apron, left, in a tutu and corset bodice with a ruffled collar, holding a long thin dart rod diagonally |
| Woman | Larger pin-up girl on lower apron, centre, dark hair in a bun, tutu and laced bodice, one arm extended holding a dart |
| Woman | Pin-up girl on lower apron, far right, pale tutu and bodice, holding a short bat angled across her body |
| Other | Small cartoon boy in blue shorts and cap near the top-left target bank, arm raised, and a second similar boy figure at top-right, mirrored |
A cream-and-red electro-mechanical playfield under glass in its wooden cabinet, with chrome lockdown bar and ball trough below. The upper third is dominated by a fan of pale yellow sunburst rays carrying three round pop bumpers: two painted as deep red roses with green bases, and a centre one as a white and pink scalloped rosette reading '100,000 WHEN LIT'. Behind them, three red-and-white heart shapes form a target bank flanked by white discs numbered 4, 6, 8 on the left and 5, 7, 9 on the right, with '50,000' in red block letters beneath. Two cartoon women stand either side of centre gripping a dart: a blonde in a yellow blouse and grey skirt on the left, a brunette in a white pinstriped blouse and blue skirt on the right. Red '500,000' legends with fan-shaped rosettes and vertical '100 000' side-lane numbers flank them. Below, a blue sunburst carries yellow discs reading A, B and C over a red panel marked '100,000', with 'JUMPER OFF' on a downward arrow above a concentric bullseye target. Four bats sit low: two large cream flippers with red rubber and 'FLIPPER' printed on them, plus two smaller yellow outboard bats. The cream lower apron carries three pin-up girls in tutus holding darts and a bat, a chrome 'BALLS PLAYED' window, and printed dart-score and replay instruction cards.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: darts title in three-dimensional gold-yellow block letters with dark shadows; huge oversized red and white dart with red flight piercing horizontally through title; three tall oval dartboards lettered a, b and c numbered 1 to 8 in rings; six women in 1960s mod dress surrounding boards, blonde in yellow top drawing dart at far left, red-haired woman in white polka-dot dress beside her; red scoring columns down left and right edges
Three overlapping oval dartboards lettered A, B and C, each numbered 1 to 8, filling the centre of the glass behind a row of pin-up women in mod dress. A single oversized dart pierces the big gold DARTS logo horizontally, red flight on the left, steel barrel on the right. The two red tapering scoring columns at the left and right edges, MILLIONS counting 8 down to 1 and THOUSANDS counting 900 down to 100, frame the picture like a dartboard surround.
Setting
- Radiating sunburst sky of pale blue and teal wedges
- Pub and darts club theme
Symbols
- Three numbered dartboards labelled a b c
- Oversized dart
- Radiating sunburst
- Triangular scoring steps
- Printed score strip 00 to 90
- Pearl necklace
Lettering
- Large three-dimensional gold-and-yellow block capitals with red shading and dark drop shadows, plus small black sans-serif capitals on white panels
Themes
- Darts
- Pub
- Sport
- Scoring
Title on it
- Darts
Text on it
- Williams
- DARTS
- MILLIONS
- THOUSANDS
- A
- B
- C
- 8
- 7
- 6
- 5
- 4
- 3
- 2
- 1
- 900
- 300
- 700
- 600
- 500
- 400
- 200
- 100
- 00
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Far left, blonde beehive hair, yellow short-sleeved top and dark trousers, leaning back with arm raised drawing a dart |
| Woman | Left foreground, red hair in a beehive, white polka-dot dress, seen from behind, arm lifted |
| Woman | Centre left, blonde curled hair, white dress, leaning forward over the dartboards |
| Woman | Centre foreground, large blonde curled hair, black beaded bodice and strand of pearls, face turned to the left |
| Woman | Right of centre, dark hair, white blouse, bent forward at the waist |
| Woman | Far right, blonde beehive, pale bodice and yellow skirt, arm extended in a throwing pose |
A brightly painted darts-pub themed glass, hand-rendered in a mid-1960s illustrative style. A sky-blue sunburst background of radiating teal and pale blue wedges fills the field. Across the top, a three-dimensional gold-and-yellow title DARTS, its block letters shaded and casting dark shadows, slants across a red and white dart with a red flight sticking through the word from the right. Below sit three tall oval dartboards, red, yellow and black, lettered A, B and C at their tops and numbered 1 to 8 in rings, with small white segments at their centres. Six women in 1960s dress surround the boards: at far left a blonde in a yellow top and dark trousers drawing a dart back; beside her a red-haired woman in a white polka-dot dress seen from behind; a blonde in white leaning forward at centre; a large central blonde in a black beaded bodice and pearl necklace looking left; a woman in a white blouse bent over at right; and at far right a blonde in a pale bodice and yellow skirt throwing. Down the left edge a red column headed MILLIONS steps 8 to 1; down the right a red column headed THOUSANDS steps 900 to 100. A red band along the bottom carries a printed score strip 00 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 between two THOUSANDS panels.