Hot & Cold

Comic-style ski-resort backglass split diagonally into two seasonal halves. Across the top, the title HOT&COLD is lettered in large chunky block capitals with a red-to-dark-red vertical gradient and heavy black outline; the words are split by a small white square box holding a tiny black-outlined red ampersand, so HOT sits left of centre and COLD runs to the right edge. Behind the title the sky is a warm cream-to-yellow wash at upper right, crossed by four cable-car gondolas hung on diagonal cables, and a big striped red-and-white hot-air balloon carrying a red star. At upper left, a bright orange sun disc with concentric rings. Below the title on the left is a long horizontal blank display window, a dark maroon rectangle in a thick white/grey frame with black keyline. The left lower half is a hot summer scene: turquoise sky, green mountain ridges, a red balloon, birds, three striped hot-air balloons, and a woman with dark hair in swimwear and white ski goggles reclining on a bright orange inflatable lounge with her knees up. The right lower half is a snowy winter scene: pale blue-white slope, dark blue mountain peaks, pine trees, a red toboggan and two skiers in yellow and orange jackets on red skis. A second woman, blonde, in a green-and-white helmet and green ski suit with green gloves, dominates the bottom centre. A cream badge with 'IN PLAY' sits in the bottom-right corner.

A painted pinball backglass with a bold, comic-book airbrushed style. Across the upper third the title reads HOT X COLD: the word HOT sits on a pale turquoise panel at left, the word COLD on a mustard-yellow panel at right, both in chunky block capitals filled with horizontal red-and-white stripes and heavy black outlines. Between them is a large red-and-white striped letter X with a green-framed match/bonus window set above it. A giant red sun wearing blue-lens sunglasses smiles at the top centre against radiating orange and yellow sunburst rays, flanked by small blue boxes each holding a yellow numeral. Four rectangular score windows with silver frames are set into the coloured panels. The lower half is split between winter and summer: at left a blonde woman in a green bobble hat and green ski jacket on snowy blue mountains with tiny colourful skiers behind; at right a blonde woman waving from a yellow-and-red speedboat on green water with two children, a windsurfer, and green foliage. Instruction text on the lower left reads I TO 4 CAN PLAY above four blue circles numbered 1 to 4, and a white ribbon reads BALL IN PLAY.