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1961 · Gottlieb

Flipper Fair

Known for Top 1-2-3-4 lanes, Center target, Green track and Yellow track. Cream-yellow sky with small stars, fairground midway scene, red-and-white striped carnival tent, ring-toss stall, bunting-flag tower, ferris wheel clipped by the right edge and large rainbow arc on a black band.

Year
1961
Maker
Gottlieb
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Score reels
Players
1

Known for

  • Lane

    Top 1-2-3-4 lanes

  • Target

    Center target

  • Lights

    Green track

  • Lights

    Yellow track

On the playfield

Bumper 1

  • Green and yellow bumpers

Targets 2

  • Center target
  • Upper standup targets

Lanes 2

  • Top 1-2-3-4 lanes
  • Upper side lanes

Post or gate 1

  • Rollunder gates gates

Lights 2

  • Green track
  • Yellow track

On the backglass

  • purple
  • yellow
  • red
  • white
Flipper Fair backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • other Central clown: white face, big grinning open mouth, small red nose, yellow hat/hair, blue jacket, red-and-white striped sleeves, huge white ruffled collar, arms flung wide, right hand holds a bright yellow ball, left hand an open white glove
  • woman Blonde behind the rainbow at centre-left, yellow skirt and green bodice, facing forward
  • woman Pink-haired figure just left of the blonde, in a pink dress
  • woman Another pink-clad woman partly hidden behind the clown's right shoulder
  • other Pink-haired carnival clown at far left in a yellow costume with red trim and white gloves
  • animal Red parrot perched at the right edge beside the bunting tower

Setting

  • Cream-yellow sky with small stars
  • Fairground midway scene
  • Red-and-white striped carnival tent
  • Ring-toss stall
  • Bunting-flag tower
  • Ferris wheel clipped by the right edge
  • Large rainbow arc on a black band

Text on it

  • FLIPPER
  • FAIR
  • MATCH
  • FEATURE
  • SCORE
  • MATCHED FEATURE SCORE
  • 1
  • 8
  • 3
  • GAME
  • OVER
  • 0
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 9
  • BALLS
  • PLAY

How it plays

  1. Goals 1

    • Matched center shot

Made by

Design
Wayne Neyens
Art
Roy Parker

Reference

Linked terms
  • Top 1-2-3-4 lanes also called Number lanes
  • Center target also called Matched-lamp target
  • Matched center shot also called Matched center collect
Backglass vision analysis

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

Flipper Fair backglass

Backglass

  • purple
  • yellow
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: FLIPPER FAIR with rainbow arc, central clown arms flung wide holding yellow ball, fairground tent and Ferris wheel, four white score reels, bright flat cartoon.

Distinctive

The clown at the centre with both arms flung wide, one hand brandishing a big yellow ball, framed by a fat rainbow arc that spans the whole backglass. Only the first four score reels are fitted, showing 1 8 3 1, which leaves the window short and wide. The title is split into two arched words on either side of a tiny MATCH / FEATURE / SCORE box rather than being set on one line. A full 0-9 row of white numerals on a red-and-yellow starburst runs along the bottom between GAME OVER and BALLS PLAY. Background is a fairground: striped tent, ring-toss stall, bunting tower, a Ferris wheel clipped by the right edge and a red parrot.

Setting

  • Cream-yellow sky with small stars
  • Fairground midway scene
  • Red-and-white striped carnival tent
  • Ring-toss stall
  • Bunting-flag tower
  • Ferris wheel clipped by the right edge
  • Large rainbow arc on a black band

Symbols

  • Multi-colour rainbow
  • Five-pointed stars
  • Striped circus tent
  • Ferris wheel
  • Bunting flags
  • Red parrot
  • Ring-toss game
  • Yellow ball
  • Sunburst rays
  • Score reels

Lettering

  • Large purple-blue slab serif capitals with white inner outline and yellow drop shadow, arched over the top of the artwork; small white lettering on solid red panels at the bottom corners

Themes

  • Carnival
  • Fairground
  • Clown
  • Rainbow
  • Circus
  • Toy prizes

Title on it

  • Flipper o fair

Text on it

  • FLIPPER
  • FAIR
  • MATCH
  • FEATURE
  • SCORE
  • MATCHED FEATURE SCORE
  • 1
  • 8
  • 3
  • GAME
  • OVER
  • 0
  • 2
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 9
  • BALLS
  • PLAY
Who and what
Kind Description
Other Central clown: white face, big grinning open mouth, small red nose, yellow hat/hair, blue jacket, red-and-white striped sleeves, huge white ruffled collar, arms flung wide, right hand holds a bright yellow ball, left hand an open white glove
Woman Blonde behind the rainbow at centre-left, yellow skirt and green bodice, facing forward
Woman Pink-haired figure just left of the blonde, in a pink dress
Woman Another pink-clad woman partly hidden behind the clown's right shoulder
Other Pink-haired carnival clown at far left in a yellow costume with red trim and white gloves
Animal Red parrot perched at the right edge beside the bunting tower
Vehicle Ferris wheel with small gondolas and riders, partly cut off by the right border
Creature Small figures riding or standing at the top-left of the fairground skyline
Full description

A photographed pinball backglass with a wide royal-blue painted border framing a carnival/fairground scene on cream-yellow sky. Across the top the title arches in large purple-blue slab serif capitals with a white inner outline and a yellow drop shadow, reading FLIPPER, then a small yellow box reading MATCH / FEATURE / SCORE, then FAIR, the two words arched either side of a rainbow. A fat seven-colour rainbow on a black band sweeps from lower left up and over to the lower right, with five-pointed stars set along it. Centre stage is a grinning white-faced clown in a blue jacket with red-and-white striped sleeve and a big white ruffled collar, small red nose, yellow hat/hair, arms thrown wide: his right hand holds a bright yellow ball and his left is an open white glove. Behind the rainbow stand three women: a blonde in a yellow dress with a green bodice, one in pink, and another partly hidden. Left of centre sits a red-and-white striped carnival tent, a pink-haired clown in a yellow-and-red costume, and a ring-toss booth; the right edge has part of a Ferris wheel with tiny riders, a bunting-flag tower and a red parrot. Four white score reels reading 1 8 3 1 sit below the clown between two white-gloved hands, and a MATCHED FEATURE SCORE panel is at lower left. The bottom is a red-and-yellow sunburst carrying white numerals 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9, flanked by GAME OVER on the left and BALLS PLAY on the right, all in white lettering on red panels. Bright, flat cartoon colouring in purple, yellow, red and white.