1964 · Bally
Grand Tour / Happy Tour
Known for Tour Gate, Yellow mushroom bumpers, Photos and Tour. Bright blue sky with clouds and a flock of birds, red lattice eiffel tower, green riverside park and promenade, distant town skyline and pale blue river.
- Year
- 1964
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- gate
Tour Gate
- Bumper
Yellow mushroom bumpers
- backglass toy
Photos
- Goal
Tour
2 games under this title
On the playfield
Orbit 1
- Inner loop loop
Bumper 1
- Yellow mushroom bumpers
Lane 1
- Center top lane
Flipper 1
- Mini flippers extra flipper
Post or gate 1
- Tour Gate gate
Control 1
- Rollover buttons buttons
Backbox 1
- Photos backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Standing, dark blue striped jacket, arms raised holding a camera to his face, grey trousers, dark hair, looking up
- woman Standing beside him, blonde hair in an updo, sleeveless yellow dress, holding a pale yellow handbag
- woman Standing, brunette with a red headband, red top and yellow skirt, one hand on her hip, holding a white poodle on a lead
- man Standing with his back partly turned, brown jacket, blue jeans, red shoulder satchel, right hand raised shading his eyes as he photographs
- woman Standing, tall orange dress, pale blue cloche hat, long pale blue gloves, holding a folded newspaper
- woman Seated front left in the convertible, brunette with red headband, yellow top with red bodice, red polka-dot scarf, arm outstretched along the door top
Setting
- Bright blue sky with clouds and a flock of birds
- Red lattice eiffel tower
- Green riverside park and promenade
- Distant town skyline
- Pale blue river
Text on it
- GRAND
- TOUR
- Bally
- 3
- OSLO
- STOCKHOLM
- HELSINKI
- COPENHAGEN
- AMSTERDAM
- BRUSSELS
- LONDON
- BERN
- BONN
- PARIS
- MADRID
- ROME
- VIENNA
- ATHENS
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Tour
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
The cast
- Grand Tour
- Happy Tour
Reference
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield Grand Tour
- cream
- bright blue
- red
Fingerprint: Mirrored red-costumed showgirls seated on yellow feather rug, snarling tiger head and three-bumper cluster framed by chrome arch on lime green, dense cream apron with blue star outlines and scrollwork, yellow banner spanning field with red-black tour gate text, exported cabinet
The mirrored pair of red-costumed showgirls seated on a yellow feather rug is the single most identifying feature. Second, the surreal upper-playfield mix of a snarling tiger head and a three-pop-bumper cluster framed by a chrome ball-guide arch on lime green. Third, the dense cream apron covered in blue star outlines and blue/red calligraphic scrollwork. Fourth, the printed yellow banner spanning the field with red-and-black text about tour gate and free ball gate lighting.
Setting
- Flat painted blue sky-like field filling the lower two-thirds with no horizon line
- Lime green field filling the upper third behind the bumper cluster
- Cream/white apron panel across the bottom third with printed ornament
- Bare grey steel cabinet interior and lockdown bar visible around the playfield
Symbols
- Outlined five-pointed stars scattered across the cream apron
- Blue and red calligraphic scroll flourishes across the apron
- Red downward and upward arrow pairs between the pop bumpers
- Chevron and arrow shapes on the ball-guide arch
- Triangular arrow plaques reading tour gate and free ball gate
- A crown motif above the bumper triangle
- A small qr-style code sticker at the lower left of the apron
Notable shapes
- A white diamond/triangle plaque on the right mid-field reading tour gate
- An orange arrow banner reading free ball gate pointing down-right
- A large yellow rounded banner carrying two lines of red and black instruction text
- An oval chrome-rimmed opening on the lower left of the green field
- The black metal lockdown bar spanning the cabinet front
Art motifs
- Paired feathered rug with radiating yellow feather strokes
- Red radiating burst lines behind the showgirls' heads
- Zigzag red and cream chevron stripes on the chrome arch
- Concentric rainbow-ish arch of red, orange and yellow triangles behind the open tour gate arrow
- Sparkle and starburst dots scattered over the blue and green fields
Themes
- Variety/tour
- Showgirls/pin-up
- Nightclub-cabaret
- Travel
- Big-band era styling
Text on it
- OPEN TOUR GATE
- TOUR GATE
- 50 WHEN LIT
- 50
- 100
- 10 POINTS
- ANY 3 YELLOW LIGHTS OUT OPENS TOUR GATE
- ALL 4 YELLOW LIGHTS OUT OPENS FREE BALL GATE
- FREE BALL GATE
- 10 WHEN LIT
- Bally
- MANUFACTURING COMPANY
- CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
- Each Free Ball through TOUR GATE advances tour to next City
- City-Lights remain lit from game to game, until 3 through 10 are lit on backglass.
- 1 Replay for each score of 1300 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 1400 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 1500 Points
- 1 Replay for each score of 1600 Points
- 2 REPLAYS for lighting 10 CITIES
- FLIPPER BUTTONS ON SIDES OF CABINET
- PASHA'S PLACE
- TILT
- ENDS GAME
- 5 BALLS
- 1 PLAY 5¢
- 5 PLAYS 25¢
- SILVER
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Seated three-quarter front facing right, bare legs crossed at the knee, red feathered bra and matching red feathered anklet, white feathered shoulder frill and white opera glove, blonde hair in a high plume with a red feather crown, gold necklace, smiling open-mouthed, holding a fan of yellow feathers |
| Other | Near-identical twin seated three-quarter front facing left, crossed bare legs, red feathered costume, white feather shoulder frill and glove, blonde hair with red plume and gold crown, smiling, holding yellow feathers, mirrored pose of the left figure |
| Other | Blonde man in profile with a small top hat beside a smaller male head, drawn in cream and grey line work on a pale triangular insert |
| Other | Large blonde woman's face in three-quarter view with an open smiling mouth and a smaller winking face behind her, cream and grey line work on a pale triangular insert |
| Other | Two printed side plastics on the left lane showing a brunette woman in a red-and-white chequered or patterned top above a smaller face, in flat colour with black keylines |
| Other | Matching printed side plastics on the right lane with the same brunette woman in the red-and-white chequered top |
| Other | Roaring tiger head with open jaw, white fangs and bared teeth, painted at the top-left corner of the upper playfield on a tan and black striped wedge |
A single-level electro-mechanical playfield photographed under glass, viewed almost straight down with the silver export cabinet, black front lockdown bar and chrome legs visible below. The lower two-thirds is a flat blue field dominated by two identical pin-up showgirls in red feathered costumes and plumed headpieces, posed side by side with crossed bare legs on a shaggy yellow feathered rug. Above them a bright yellow banner carries red and black instructions about a tour gate and free ball gate. The upper third is lime green with three red pop-bumper caps, a white-and-red OPEN TOUR GATE arrow, a chrome ball-guide arch, a roaring tiger head at top left and four yellow-topped posts. The painted apron is cream with blue and red scrollwork, blue star outlines, an instruction card, a replay-score card, a PASHA'S PLACE TILT ENDS GAME window, a red FLIPPER BUTTONS arrow and a white 5 BALLS price plaque. A dark ball trough runs behind the apron.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass Grand Tour
- blue
- red
- green
- yellow
Fingerprint: GRAND TOUR in enormous marquee letters with white light bulbs, fan of thirteen overlapping travel postcards cascading left side numbered 1-10 (OSLO to ATHENS), red lattice Eiffel Tower behind postcards, four mechanical score reels showing 2 2 3 top right, riverbank promenade with tourists and white poodle on lead, blue convertible with laughing holidaymakers, sky-blue sky and bright turquoise river, European travel theme.
A fan of thirteen overlapping travel postcards, each captioned with a European capital and numbered 1 to 10, cascading down the left side of the glass. A red Eiffel Tower stands behind them. The bottom right is a crowded blue convertible car packed with laughing holidaymakers, one red-haired man holding a camera aloft. Four mechanical score reels sit in a yellow window at the top right. A small white poodle on a lead walks the riverside promenade behind the couple taking photographs.
Setting
- Bright blue sky with clouds and a flock of birds
- Red lattice eiffel tower
- Green riverside park and promenade
- Distant town skyline
- Pale blue river
Symbols
- Eiffel tower
- Thirteen numbered postcards
- Flock of birds
- Camera
- Dog on a lead
- Newspaper
- Mechanical score reels
- Marquee light bulbs on the title
Lettering
- Large red block capitals with black drop shadow and white round marquee bulbs, arranged grand above tour; a flowing red cursive script maker logotype to the left; small black sans-serif capitals under each postcard; large red-outlined yellow capitals for ball in play
Themes
- European travel
- Eiffel tower
- Postcards
- Holidaymakers
- Open-top car
- Tourism
- Sightseeing
Title on it
- Grand tour
Text on it
- GRAND
- TOUR
- Bally
- 3
- OSLO
- STOCKHOLM
- HELSINKI
- COPENHAGEN
- AMSTERDAM
- BRUSSELS
- LONDON
- BERN
- BONN
- PARIS
- MADRID
- ROME
- VIENNA
- ATHENS
- GAME OVER
- BALL IN PLAY
- 1
- 2
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Standing, dark blue striped jacket, arms raised holding a camera to his face, grey trousers, dark hair, looking up |
| Woman | Standing beside him, blonde hair in an updo, sleeveless yellow dress, holding a pale yellow handbag |
| Woman | Standing, brunette with a red headband, red top and yellow skirt, one hand on her hip, holding a white poodle on a lead |
| Man | Standing with his back partly turned, brown jacket, blue jeans, red shoulder satchel, right hand raised shading his eyes as he photographs |
| Woman | Standing, tall orange dress, pale blue cloche hat, long pale blue gloves, holding a folded newspaper |
| Woman | Seated front left in the convertible, brunette with red headband, yellow top with red bodice, red polka-dot scarf, arm outstretched along the door top |
| Man | Seated in the convertible, red-haired, pink shirt with yellow collar, grinning, holding a small box camera up in his right hand |
| Woman | Seated in the convertible, blonde bob, red coat, blue polka-dot scarf, red bow earrings, mouth open laughing |
| Woman | Seated far right in the convertible, auburn bob, red coat, light blue scarf, smiling down at the others |
| Animal | Small white poodle on a lead, mid-right on the promenade |
A backglass for an electro-mechanical travel-themed game. Sky-blue sky with a flock of small birds fills the upper half, and a red lattice Eiffel Tower rises centre-right behind a green riverbank. Across the top a large red marquee-letter title reads GRAND TOUR, each letter dotted with round white light bulbs and outlined in black, with a red cursive maker script to its left and a white numeral 3 above. Down the left two-thirds, thirteen overlapping white-bordered postcards are fanned out, each showing a bright little painted city scene and a black caption: OSLO, STOCKHOLM, HELSINKI, COPENHAGEN, AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS, LONDON, BERN, BONN, PARIS, MADRID, ROME, VIENNA and ATHENS, numbered 1 to 10 in red-orange digits. At the top right a yellow-bordered window holds three mechanical score reels showing 2 2 3. Down the right is a crowd of comic-styled tourists on a riverbank promenade: a man in a dark striped jacket raising a camera, a blonde woman in a yellow dress, a brunette in a red top with a small white poodle on a leash, a man with a red satchel photographing, and a woman in an orange dress with a pale blue hat and gloves holding a newspaper. Bottom right a blue convertible carries four laughing passengers: a brunette in a yellow-and-red top with a red spotted scarf, a red-haired man in a pink shirt holding a small camera, a blonde woman in a red coat and blue polka-dot scarf, and a brunette in a red coat and blue scarf. Green and yellow fields fill the lower left, with red lettering reading BALL IN PLAY.
Backglass Happy Tour
- blue
- green
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: Fan of tilted white souvenir postcards numbered 1-10 spread left like playing cards, brown lattice Eiffel Tower climbing right side with red French flag, curved HAPPY TOUR script, laughing holiday group at bottom right, European travel theme, mid-century commercial airbrush
A whole fan of tilted white souvenir postcards, each numbered 1 to 10 in red and each captioned with a European city name, spread across the left half of the glass like a hand of playing cards. A brown lattice Eiffel Tower climbs up the right side of the title, with the curved HAPPY TOUR script slanting across it. A small red French tricolour flag flies from the tower's top platform. A laughing group of young holidaymakers crowds the bottom right corner, one man tilting a pale blue bottle as if to pour. A bright yellow score window at top right holds three white mechanical reels against a black background.
Setting
- Blue sky with soft white clouds
- Green headland cliffs with swirling decorative scrollwork
- White lighthouse on the right
- Pale sandy promenade path
- Brown lattice eiffel tower silhouette
Symbols
- Eiffel tower
- Souvenir postcards fanned as playing cards
- Red numerals 1 to 10 on the postcards
- Lighthouse
- French tricolour flag
- Small flying birds
- Yellow ball-in-play lamp
- Brown roll-down target lane at right edge
Lettering
- Curved red block capitals with white inline highlights and a hard black drop shadow for the title; white script manufacturer signature at top left; small black sans-serif capital city captions beneath each postcard
Themes
- European travel
- Holiday
- Tourism
- Postcards
- Eiffel tower
- Seaside
- Souvenirs
Title on it
- Happy tour
Text on it
- Bally
- HAPPY TOUR
- Added Balls
- 1 BALL
- BALL IN PLAY
- MUNICH
- STRATFORD
- AMSTERDAM
- LONDON
- PARIS
- ROME
- ATHENS
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Black-haired, shoulder-length, wearing a sleeveless yellow dress, standing left of centre facing right |
| Woman | Blonde with a high beehive coiffure, wearing a red sleeveless dress, standing beside the yellow-dressed woman |
| Man | Brown suit with white shirt, dark red flat cap, dark hair, facing the blonde woman, arm raised |
| Other | Chef in a tall white toque and white jacket, standing right of the group in profile |
| Woman | Black-haired with a short bob and a red flower, red top, in the bottom foreground, head tilted back laughing |
| Man | Brown-haired, in the foreground, holding up a pale blue bottle, laughing |
| Man | Red-haired, blue shirt and tie, behind the bottle-holder in the bottom right corner |
| Woman | Blonde with a short curled bob, blue polka-dot scarf over a red top, foreground right, head turned left |
A rectangular painted backglass with a white outer border and a red-and-white chevron band running along the bottom edge. The scene is a European holiday snap: a crowded group of cartoon holidaymakers on a coastal promenade under a blue sky, with green headland cliffs and a white lighthouse on the right. A brown lattice Eiffel Tower rises behind the title text at top centre, with birds and a small red French flag. Top right is a rectangular yellow score window containing three white reels. Fanned out across the whole left and centre is a spread of tilted white souvenir postcards, each showing a small painted scene with a big red number and a place name beneath. The main title is a large curved script logo reading HAPPY TOUR in red block letters with white highlights and a black shadow. A red signboard mid-right reads Added Balls and 1 BALL. Figures include a black-haired woman in a yellow dress, a blonde woman in a red dress, a man in a brown suit with a red cap, a chef in a white toque, and in the foreground a laughing group of young people including a black-haired woman and two men, one holding a pale blue bottle. The style is flat mid-century commercial airbrush illustration.
Backglass Grand Tour
- red
- blue
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: Ten numbered postcards cascading diagonally, each captioned with European cities. GRAND TOUR in red block letters with Bally script. Cartoon tourists packed into pale blue open car. Red-and-white Eiffel Tower, green hills. Flat cartoon travel-poster style, bright red, blue, yellow, green.
The unmistakable feature is a cascade of ten white-framed picture postcards, each with a red number and a black capital city name, spilling diagonally from the upper left down to the bottom centre like a fan of cards. The second most memorable element is the huge stacked 'GRAND TOUR' logo in red-striped block letters, with a red cursive 'Bally' script tucked to its left. Third, the crowded gaggle of cartoon tourists piled into and around a pale blue open car in the lower right, including a woman at the wheel and a man holding up a pale blue bottle. Fourth, a red-and-white Eiffel Tower rising behind them against a flat green hill with a black spiral scroll.
Setting
- Coastal european riverbank with city skyline
- Red-and-white lattice eiffel tower
- Flat green hillside with black spiral scroll motif
- Pale blue sky with white clouds and seagulls
- Green lawn and flowerbeds
- Sea and distant buildings on the horizon
Symbols
- Ten numbered postcards with city landmarks
- Eiffel tower
- White seagulls
- Black spiral scroll motif on the hillside
- Flowerbeds
- Pale blue open car
- Small white dog
- Bottle
- Red shoulder bag
- Mechanical reel score windows
Lettering
- Fat red block capitals with white internal stripes and dark outline for the title; red cursive script brand name to the left; black all-capital sans-serif captions under each postcard; plain red capitals on yellow for 'ball in play'
Themes
- European grand tour
- Travel
- Postcards
- Tourists
- Holiday
- Eiffel tower
- Souvenir
Title on it
- Grand tour
Text on it
- Bally
- GRAND
- TOUR
- 1
- OSLO
- 2
- STOCKHOLM
- 3
- COPENHAGEN
- 4
- AMSTERDAM
- 5
- BRUSSELS
- 6
- LONDON
- 7
- PARIS
- 8
- ROME
- 9
- VIENNA
- 10
- ATHENS
- MADRID
- BALL IN PLAY
- 0
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Dark-haired woman with short bangs in a red top, seated at the wheel of a pale blue open car, smiling, front left of the car group |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a blue patterned scarf and pale top, seated in the car looking up and left |
| Man | Red-haired man in a bright red jacket, grinning, seated in the car |
| Woman | Brown-haired woman leaning in at the far right edge of the car |
| Man | Man in a red jacket at centre-right holding up a pale blue bottle or flask |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a sleeveless yellow dress standing on the pavement, hand on hip |
| Man | Man in a blue striped shirt and dark trousers standing behind the postcards |
| Man | Man in a black jacket with a bright red shoulder bag, back turned, grey-haired |
| Woman | Woman in a yellow dress with a pale blue hat and white gloves at the right edge |
| Animal | Small white dog standing on the pavement near the group |
A printed backglass in a flat, saturated cartoon travel-poster style. The upper left carries a large two-line logo, 'GRAND' over 'TOUR', in fat red block capitals with white interior stripes and a dark outline, with a red cursive 'Bally' script to its left. Ten white-bordered holiday postcards cascade diagonally down the left side, each numbered in red 1 to 10 and captioned in black capitals: OSLO, STOCKHOLM, COPENHAGEN, AMSTERDAM, BRUSSELS, LONDON, PARIS, ROME, VIENNA, ATHENS, plus an unnumbered MADRID card at the bottom. Bottom left, 'BALL IN PLAY' in large red capitals on yellow. Top right is a yellow rectangular score panel with one blank yellow square and three mechanical reel windows showing 0 0 0. The centre-right background shows a red-and-white lattice Eiffel Tower against blue sky and green hills with a black spiral motif, seagulls, and a riverbank. The lower right is packed with cartoon holidaymakers: a dark-haired woman in a red top driving a pale blue open car, a blonde woman in a blue scarf, a red-haired man in a red jacket, a woman holding a pale blue bottle, a man in a black jacket with a red shoulder bag, and a pale blue hat on a blonde woman in yellow. Dominant colours: red, blue, yellow, green.