1962 · Gottlieb
Fashion Show
Known for Target Value, Center standup target, Target Value side lanes and Mystery Score. Bright yellow ground, pale aqua horizontal stage bands, central red curtain, deep red bottom panel and red-and-white candy-stripe borders.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- Display
Target Value
- Target
Center standup target
- Lane
Target Value side lanes
- Award
Mystery Score
On the playfield
Shot 1
- Flipper gap gap
Bumpers 2
- Blue POP bumper
- Red pop bumpers
Target 1
- Center standup target
Lanes 3
- Target Value side lanes
- Out lanes
- Rollover buttons rollover buttons
Display 1
- Target Value
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Centre, tall blonde in scarlet corset bodice with blue floral trim, off-shoulder, hand on hip, enormous pale-aqua full skirt filling the lower centre
- woman Far left, large red/auburn hair in profile, yellow strapless gown, chandelier earrings, holding a tilted white placard
- woman Far right, red hair in an updo, orange polka-dot strapless gown, long yellow opera gloves, holding a tilted white placard
- man Left of centre, maroon/red dinner jacket, black bow tie, dark hair, holding a blue cloak over his arm, facing a woman
- woman Beside him, short dark red hair, blue full skirt, orange fur stole, blue bodice
- woman Right of centre, short black hair, wide-brimmed blue hat with yellow band, short yellow dress, striped jacket, bare legs
Setting
- Bright yellow ground
- Pale aqua horizontal stage bands
- Central red curtain
- Deep red bottom panel
- Red-and-white candy-stripe borders
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- Fashion Show
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN
- TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
How it plays
-
Awards 1
- Mystery Score
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Reference
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- yellow
- red
- aqua
- white
Fingerprint: Fashion Show with colossal blonde showgirl in scarlet corset with enormous pale-aqua full skirt dominating lower center, two ribbon-hung white reel windows in red-and-white candy-striped surrounds at top, tilted white placards at bottom held by red-haired women carrying game rules, late-1940s airbrushed pin-up cartoon style
The centrepiece is a colossal blonde showgirl whose pale-aqua ball skirt fans out across the whole lower middle of the glass while she poses hand-on-hip in a scarlet corset, dwarfing every other figure. Two tilted white placards at the bottom corners are held by the two outermost red-haired women and carry the game rules in heavy red capitals. Two ribbon-hung white reel windows sit in red-and-white candy-striped surrounds at the top, one per player. A tiny white maker's plate on a yellow rectangle is squeezed between the two reel panels. The art style is unmistakably 1940s pin-up airbrushing: pale flat skin, red line outlines, no shading beyond soft washes.
Setting
- Bright yellow ground
- Pale aqua horizontal stage bands
- Central red curtain
- Deep red bottom panel
- Red-and-white candy-stripe borders
Symbols
- Candy-stripe ribbon banners
- Arched player number tabs
- White ribbon-hung reel windows
- Tilted white instruction placards
- Small diamond-shaped player lamps below the title
- Red theatre curtain
Lettering
- Tall art-deco block title in gold with white outline and drop shadow on a red panel; red brush script signature-style word above it; heavy red sans-serif capitals on the white placards; white sans-serif capitals on the red reel frames
Themes
- Fashion
- Beauty pageant
- Women
- Gowns
- Showbiz
Title on it
- Gottlieb's fashion show
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- Fashion Show
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- 1
- 2
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- 1 or 2 PLAYERS
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN
- TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Centre, tall blonde in scarlet corset bodice with blue floral trim, off-shoulder, hand on hip, enormous pale-aqua full skirt filling the lower centre |
| Woman | Far left, large red/auburn hair in profile, yellow strapless gown, chandelier earrings, holding a tilted white placard |
| Woman | Far right, red hair in an updo, orange polka-dot strapless gown, long yellow opera gloves, holding a tilted white placard |
| Man | Left of centre, maroon/red dinner jacket, black bow tie, dark hair, holding a blue cloak over his arm, facing a woman |
| Woman | Beside him, short dark red hair, blue full skirt, orange fur stole, blue bodice |
| Woman | Right of centre, short black hair, wide-brimmed blue hat with yellow band, short yellow dress, striped jacket, bare legs |
| Woman | Centre-right, short dark hair, white corset-style gown with deep red trim, hand on hip |
| Man | Right background, blue suit, pale trousers, dark hair |
| Man | Right background behind him, second blue-suited man in profile |
| Woman | Far right background, dark hair, blue strapless gown |
A wide, landscape backglass in late-1940s airbrushed cartoon style. A bright yellow field is crossed by pale aqua horizontal bands suggesting a stage floor, with a red curtain strip down the centre. Across the top sit two white score-reel windows in chunky red frames with red-and-white candy-striped surrounds hung from red ribbons, the left under an arched tab with a big '1', the right with a big '2', labelled '1st PLAYER' and '2nd PLAYER' in white block capitals; a small white-and-blue plate sits between them. Ten fashionably dressed figures fill the middle: a towering blonde in a scarlet corset bodice with blue floral trim and an enormous pale-aqua skirt stands centre hand on hip, flanked by a maroon-jacketed man, a woman in a blue gown with an orange fur stole, a woman in a short yellow dress and wide-brimmed hat, a black-haired woman in a white-and-red gown, two men in blue suits, and red-haired women in yellow and orange gowns at the far edges.