2020 · Stern
Led Zeppelin
Known for Left eject, Icarus, Tours and Earl's Court Tour. Exploding yellow-white sunburst at the centre behind the figure's raised arms, saturated red and orange sky with yellow radial rays, horizontal yellow light streaks crossing the middle and pale golden-yellow ground band at the bottom with small red desert hill silhouettes.
- Year
- 2020
- Maker
- Stern
- Type
- Solid state
- Display
- LCD screen
- Players
- 4
Known for
- eject
Left eject
- Target
Icarus
- Goal
Tours
- Mode
Earl's Court Tour
- Multiball
Zeppelin Multiball
- Multiball
Mothership Multiball
4 games under this title
On the playfield
Shot 1
- Upper side shot
Holes 2
- Left eject eject
- Top eject eject
Spinner 1
- Electric Magic spinner
Targets 5
- Icarus
- LED
- ZEP
- ROCK
- Ball Saver
On the backglass
Who and what
- other One nude muscular adult male with long dark brown hair, shown from behind, leaping upward with both arms raised above the head and fingers splayed, right leg kicked back with pointed toes, left leg trailing; two enormous white feathered wings, one sweeping down to the lower left and one curling up to the upper right
Setting
- Exploding yellow-white sunburst at the centre behind the figure's raised arms
- Saturated red and orange sky with yellow radial rays
- Horizontal yellow light streaks crossing the middle
- Pale golden-yellow ground band at the bottom with small red desert hill silhouettes
Text on it
- LED-ZEPPELIN
- EST. 1968
- LONDON
- Stern
- pinball
- © 2020 MYTHGEM, LTD
How it plays
-
Modes 14
- US 1975 Tour
- US 1977 Tour
- Earl's Court Tour
- UK 1971 Tour
- Good Times, Bad Times
- Communication Breakdown
- Whole Lotta Love
- Immigrant Song
- Kashmir
- Black Dog
- Ramble On
- Rock and Roll
- Trampled Under Foot
- The Song Remains the Same
-
Multiballs 7
- Tour Multiball
- Zeppelin Multiball
- Electric Magic Multiball
- Electric Magic Frenzy
- Mothership Multiball
- World Tour Multiball
- Top of the Charts
-
Goals 7
- Tours
- Tour objective
- Combos
- Band Boost
- Super Band Boost
- Change Song
- Records
Made by
- Design
- Steve Ritchie
- Music
- Led Zeppelin
Reference
Linked terms
- Icarus also called Icarus target
- Upper side shot also called side shot also called upper flipper shot
- Tour objective also called Tour lock
- Earl's Court Tour also called Earl's Court also called Earl's Court Tour Multiball
- Top of the Charts also called Top of the Charts Multiball
- Records also called gold records
Playfield vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Playfield LE
- blue
- red
- orange
- black
Fingerprint: Led Zeppelin, giant ornate gold winged medallion in lower center between flippers with band logo inside, bright red ribbed airship with pointed nose at upper left, entire left and right sidewalls lined with red-white playing-card suit symbols, portrait insert on upper right
The single most memorable element is the giant ornate gold winged medallion in the lower centre with the band logo inside it, sitting between the two red flippers and framed by gold scrollwork like a coat of arms. Second, a bright red ribbed airship with a pointed nose floats at the upper left against the swirling sunburst. Third, the entire left and right sidewalls are lined with red-and-white playing-card suit symbols (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs), which read as a continuous band of card pips down both edges. Fourth, a portrait insert of a man's head in a purple-ringed circle on the upper right of the centre field. Fifth, both sidewalls have tall chrome wireform ball guides and ramps running their full length.
Setting
- Psychedelic sunburst and swirling cloud bands in red, orange and magenta
- Cream and tan mottled cloud field across the centre
- Dark brown-black shadowed ground through the lower half
- Rocky desert-like cliff texture at the top behind the plastics
- Row of painted band member portraits across the top
Symbols
- Red-and-white playing-card suits (hearts, diamonds, spades, clubs) lining both sidewalls
- Gold winged coat-of-arms medallion
- Gold laurel and scroll flourishes
- Round portrait medallion
- Four small lower-deck insert glyphs: zigzag lightning bolt, triangle with dot, celtic-style knot, vertical oval
Notable shapes
- Large gold winged medallion dominating the lower centre
- Twin red pyramid wedge plastics flanking the medallion
- Full-length chrome wireform ramps down both sidewalls
- Five-target horizontal drop-target bank across the upper middle
- Conical post-and-rubber-ring cluster in the mid-left
- Two large circular portrait inserts set into the centre field
Art motifs
- Radiating sunburst rays
- Swirling multicoloured smoke and cloud bands
- Chrome wireform ramps
- Red pyramid plastics with gold trim
Themes
- Concert music
- Psychedelic 1960s rock
- Airship
- Playing cards
- Sunburst
Title on it
- Led zeppelin
Text on it
- LED ZEPPELIN
- CONTINUATION READ DOWN
- WHOLE LOTTA LOVE
- TICKET COLLECTOR
- JACKPOT AND MAJOR
- READ DOWN
- LOOSE TIGHT
- SUPER TIGHT
- USA
- ERIC ADAMS
- STEVE
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Vehicle | Large red ribbed airship/blimp with a rounded nose cone and vertical panel lines, floating at the upper left of the playfield |
| Man | Painted head-and-shoulders portrait of a young man with long dark hair in a dark jacket, upper centre of the artwork, partly hidden by plastics |
| Man | Second painted male portrait with long hair beside the first, upper centre |
| Man | Third painted male portrait with long hair, upper centre-right |
| Man | Painted male portrait wearing a wide-brimmed hat, upper right of the portrait row |
| Man | Painted male portrait with darker hair at the far right of the portrait row |
| Man | Purple-ringed circular insert insert showing a man's head in profile, upper right of the centre field |
Full-length view of a solid-state-era playfield in a bright blue cabinet, seen from above with the blue front apron and a single glowing green round start/credit button at the bottom edge. The artwork is a warm psychedelic collage: a big red-and-orange sunburst and swirling cloud bands fill the centre, over a cream-to-tan mottled background, with a dark brown-black shadowed area through the lower half. A red ribbed airship/blimp with a rounded nose hangs at upper left, and a row of five painted male band members' heads and shoulders (long hair, dark jackets, one in a wide-brimmed hat) runs along the very top behind the plastics. On both left and right lower playfields sit raised red pyramid/wedge plastics with gold trim, and chrome wireform ramps hug each sidewall, each wall covered in red-and-white playing-card suit symbols. The centre carries an ornate gold-flamed circular emblem with wing motifs and a round medallion logo, flanked by two pale blue-white flipper bats and two red-orange flippers. Two orange-tinted rectangular instruction cards with dense black print sit on the lower deck, one left and one right, with a yellow warning label between them and four small insert symbols (zigzag, triangle, knot, oval) above it.
Playfield Premium
- crimson red
- magenta pink
- black
- cream
Fingerprint: Pale ghostly woman lying horizontally inside gilded baroque picture frame in lower playfield with outstretched arm, entire field bathed in hot pink and crimson led wash, vertical stack of song titles at top right, row of four blue round inserts showing record, radiation trefoil, camera gimbal, tuning fork, two enormous chrome wireform ramps
A pale, ghostly painted woman lying horizontally across the lower playfield inside a gilded baroque picture frame, with her outstretched arm directly above a round yellow SHOOT AGAIN badge. The whole field is bathed in hot pink and crimson LED wash, making the marbled 1970s psychedelic collage read as a glowing magenta swirl. A vertical stack of song titles printed in small white capitals at the top right, and a row of four blue round inserts showing a record, a radiation trefoil, a camera gimbal and a tuning fork. Two enormous chrome wireform ramps sweep from the lower flipper area up the left and right shoulders of the playfield.
Setting
- Swirling marbled psychedelic collage of red, pink, black and cream
- Painted stage/concert scene with a pale reclining female figure
- Dark purple and black upper-playfield artwork
- Cream and gold ornamental picture-frame motif across the lower centre
Symbols
- Vinyl record / spinning disc
- Radiation trefoil
- Camera gimbal / steadicam ring
- Tuning fork
- Circular target reticles
- Black-clothed hand print
- Upward arrow inserts
- Music-note style glyphs on the side plastics
- Baroque picture frame and filigree
- Qr code
Notable shapes
- Gilded baroque picture frame wrapping the lower centre with an arrow point beneath
- Two round grey orbs resembling speaker cones either side of the mid playfield
- A large oval circular illustration of the reclining woman
- Tall oval cutouts in the upper left and upper right plastics
- Triangular red slingshot inserts
- A semicircular fan of coloured wedge inserts along the left inlane
Art motifs
- Liquid marble paint swirl
- Gilded rococo filigree
- Pin-up reclining figure
- Chrome wireform rails and ramps
- Rainbow-anodised metal hardware
- Arrow and chevron insert shapes
Themes
- Rock music
- Concert
- Psychedelic 1970s
- Pin-up art
Title on it
- Led zeppelin
Text on it
- USA
- GOOD TIMES BAD TIMES
- COMMUNICATION BREAKDOWN
- JIMMY COMES
- BRING IT ON HOME
- BLUE FLOOR
- KASHMIR
- ROCK AND ROLL
- 4 STICKS 4 PIECES OF GLASS
- THE SONG REMAINS THE SAME
- LED ZEPPELIN
- TOP OF THE CHUCKS
- SCOLD YOUR
- SHOOT AGAIN
- USE YOUR QR CODE
- INSIDER
- CONNECTED
- SCAN THIS CODE TO JOIN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | A pale-skinned adult woman with long hair, painted photorealistically in a vintage pin-up style, lying horizontally on her side across the lower playfield inside an ornate gilded baroque frame; she appears semi-transparent beneath the plastics and wears no clearly resolvable costume detail |
| Other | Small printed portrait heads and faces scattered in the upper-left and top artwork, including a woman's face near the top-left corner beneath the usa text |
| Other | Dense abstract marbled and fractal-paint textures covering most of the field, with hand-like forms suggested in the swirl |
Full-length pinball playfield photographed head-on with all inserts and much of the LED lighting energised, giving the whole surface a magenta, crimson and amber glow. The artwork is a psychedelic 1970s rock-concert collage in swirling marbled red, pink, black and cream, with a pale painted female figure lying horizontally behind the lower-centre plastics, her arm outstretched, framed inside an ornate gold-and-brown baroque picture frame that curls into arrow points. The slingshots and lower playfield are deep red with rainbow-sheen wireform ramps. A white-outlined serif logo reading LED ZEPPELIN sits above the mid-playfield. Down the centre is a stack of blue-lit arrow inserts and a row of four round blue inserts carrying symbols (a spinning-record swirl, a radiation-style trefoil, a Steadicam/gimbal-ring, and a tuning-fork-like mark), plus six green inserts labelled with stocky lettering. At the very top, below a row of chrome-ringed pop-bumper caps and a cluster of white translucent plastic ramps, a printed list of song titles is stacked in small white capitals. Bottom left carries a beige rules card; bottom right a red-and-white QR-code sticker beside a white post with a ball hole.
Playfield Pro
- red
- orange
- black
- gold
Fingerprint: Led Zeppelin: Huge white-outlined title split by jagged lightning bolt over red-yellow fireball, three stacked red-rimmed ovals with shaggy-haired male portraits, blonde woman in gold laurel wreath above flippers, white hand-signed card on apron covered in black autographs, fiery orange-gold-black
The single most memorable element is the huge white-outlined LED ZEPPELIN title split by a jagged white lightning bolt, sitting over a painted fireball of red and yellow rays. Three stacked red-bordered ovals each containing a monochrome portrait of a shaggy-haired man's head form a vertical column directly above it. A blonde woman painted from the shoulders up inside a gold laurel wreath, directly above the flippers, is the other memorable image. The lower right carries a white card printed with the same title and covered in black marker autographs.
Setting
- Fiery lightning-bolt explosion radiating up the centre
- Black and gold ornamental scrollwork
- Starburst rays
- Painted city rooftop silhouette at the upper left
- Gold laurel wreath medallion at the lower centre
Symbols
- Four gold-outlined circular medallions with engraved guitar-rosette style icons
- White lightning bolt
- Gold laurel wreath
- Row of white oval drop-target faces on the left
- Vertical ladder of small round illuminated targets on the right
- Four yellow-ringed circles marked with numerals down the right lane
- Circular saucer under a chrome arch on the right
- Playing-card style suit shapes on the plastics
- Red triangular rocket-nose flipper faces
Notable shapes
- Three stacked red-rimmed oval portrait inserts
- Four gold-ringed circular medallion inserts in a horizontal row
- Gold laurel wreath opening at the lower centre
- Tall vertical lane on the right marked by four yellow-ringed circles
- Large translucent blue plastic ramp covers on the upper left
- Jagged white lightning bolt splitting the title
Art motifs
- Exploding fireball
- Lightning
- Starburst
- Laurel wreath
- Engraved rosettes
- Silkscreened portraits
- Scrolling gold filigree
Themes
- Rock music
- Band
- Lightning
- Stage lighting
- Rockets
- Autographed memorabilia
Title on it
- Led zeppelin
Text on it
- LED ZEPPELIN
- IN(S)IDER
- USE YOUR QR CODE!
- JAPAN
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Three separate black-and-white headshot portraits of shaggy shoulder-length-haired men in profile, each contained in a red-rimmed oval insert stacked vertically above the title |
| Woman | Painted blonde woman with long flowing hair and one bare shoulder, shown from the chest up, arms raised with hands at her head, emerging from inside a gold laurel wreath at the lower centre above the flippers |
| Other | Small standing figure at the upper left near the top arch, in a white coat, beside rooftop and tower scenery |
A modern solid-state pinball playfield seen from above under glass, dominated by a fiery red, orange and yellow lightning-bolt explosion radiating up the centre against black and gold. The title LED ZEPPELIN is printed in white outlined capital letters across the middle, split by a vertical white lightning streak. Above the title, three red-rimmed ovals stack vertically, each holding a black-and-white headshot portrait of a long-haired man in profile. Four gold-outlined circular medallions sit in a row below the title, each holding a different engraved guitar-rosette style icon, and beneath them four small blue rectangular inserts carry tiny white text. Lower down a painted blonde woman with long hair and a bare shoulder emerges from inside a gold laurel wreath, her arms raised to her head, flanked by two red triangular rocket-nose flippers and wire ramps. The left side has a long chrome wire ramp and a bank of white drop-target faces; the right side has a lit circular saucer under an arched wire and a vertical ladder of small round targets. The lower apron carries a red instruction card, a yellow card, a white hand-signed card printed LED ZEPPELIN, and a red decal reading IN(S)IDER with USE YOUR QR CODE! on a speech bubble. Blue, red and white LED light washes across the plastics and glass.
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass LE
- red
- orange
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Muscular nude male angel seen from behind, long dark hair, enormous white feathered wings spread wide, both arms raised. Leaping against brilliant yellow-white sunburst. Saturated red-orange radial rays and horizontal light streaks, fading to golden band with red desert hills. "LED-ZEPPELIN" in giant white-and-gold Art Deco condensed capitals. Gold Art Deco border with Celtic-knot corner ornaments.
The single most memorable element is a nude, long-haired winged male angel figure seen from behind, mid-leap with both arms thrown upward and enormous white feathered wings spread across the frame. He is silhouetted against an enormous yellow sunburst that flares out from directly behind his raised hands. The top third is taken by a single hyphenated word in giant white-and-gold condensed capitals that stretches nearly the full width of the glass. The whole scene is a searing red-and-orange ray burst with two small black side plaques reading an establishment date on the left and a city name on the right.
Setting
- Exploding yellow-white sunburst at the centre behind the figure's raised arms
- Saturated red and orange sky with yellow radial rays
- Horizontal yellow light streaks crossing the middle
- Pale golden-yellow ground band at the bottom with small red desert hill silhouettes
Symbols
- Celtic-knot / looped art deco ornaments at all four corners of the side frames
- Chrome pinball ball above the small oval badge
- Yellow radial sun rays
- Horizontal glowing light streaks
- Small red hill or dune silhouettes on the horizon
Lettering
- Very tall condensed sans-serif capitals, white face with gold inline and heavy black drop shadow, hyphenated compound word spanning the top; small white condensed capitals reversed out of solid black rectangles on the left and right sides
Themes
- Angel
- Winged figure
- Sunburst
- Sun rays
- Circus poster
- Art deco frame
- Desert horizon
- Light streaks
Title on it
- Led-zeppelin
Text on it
- LED-ZEPPELIN
- EST. 1968
- LONDON
- Stern
- pinball
- © 2020 MYTHGEM, LTD
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | One nude muscular adult male with long dark brown hair, shown from behind, leaping upward with both arms raised above the head and fingers splayed, right leg kicked back with pointed toes, left leg trailing; two enormous white feathered wings, one sweeping down to the lower left and one curling up to the upper right |
A painted backglass dominated by a huge white-and-gold Art Deco/circus-poster wordmark across the top, a hyphenated single word in tall condensed capitals with a black drop shadow. Beneath it a single nude muscular male figure with long dark brown hair and enormous white feathered wings, seen from behind, leaping upward with both arms raised and fingers splayed, right leg kicked back and toes pointed, floating in front of a huge glowing yellow-white sunburst. The wings sweep down and to both sides, the left wing crossing behind the figure and the right wing curling upward. The background is a blaze of saturated red and orange with yellow radial rays and horizontal yellow light streaks, fading to a pale golden-yellow band at the bottom with small red desert-hill silhouettes. A thin Art Deco double-line gold frame with Celtic-knot style corner ornaments runs round the left and right edges. Flanking the figure mid-height are two black rectangular plaques with white tall condensed lettering: one at the left reading an establishment date, one at the right reading a city name. A small red-and-white oval maker's badge with a chrome pinball ball sits at the lower right, and a copyright line is printed in small black type at the lower left. Black frame edges and chrome trim are visible at the extreme sides.
Backglass Premium
- black
- white
- orange
Fingerprint: Stark three-colour scheme of cream, black and orange, upper area dominated by high-contrast black-and-white halftone photograph of guitarist's hands and neck sweeping across electric guitar, 'LED ZEPPELIN' in bold condensed sans-serif capitals colored orange left half, black right half in cream field lower third, small red Stern Pinball logo bottom left, concert photography poster aesthetic.
A giant orange-and-black condensed sans-serif title LED ZEPPELIN split by colour mid-word, sitting on a plain cream field below an enormous grainy black-and-white halftone photo of a guitarist's hands on an electric guitar fretboard. The extreme black-and-white posterisation, with only that one orange element and the small red logo, is the stand-out feature. A tiny pinball sphere logo sits alone in the bottom-left corner.
Setting
- High-contrast halftone photograph of an electric guitar being played
- Plain cream background field
- Speckled grain and splatter texture across the top and right
Symbols
- Electric guitar and fretboard
- Pinball sphere in the logo
- Halftone dot texture
Lettering
- Bold condensed geometric sans-serif capitals, very large, flat colour with no outline, split orange-and-black across the word
Themes
- Rock music
- Guitar
- Concert photography
- Poster graphics
- Band name title
Title on it
- Led zeppelin
Text on it
- LED ZEPPELIN
- Stern
- Pinball
- ©2020 MYTHGEM, LTD
A landscape-format printed panel with a stark three-colour scheme of cream white, black and orange. Most of the upper and right-hand area is a high-contrast black-and-white halftone photograph, heavily grainy, showing the fretting hands and neck of an electric guitar sweeping in from the top right, with a dark guitar body silhouette filling the centre-left. The lower-left and lower-centre is a plain cream field carrying the title LED ZEPPELIN in very large, bold, condensed sans-serif capitals, coloured orange on the left half of the word (LED ZEP) and solid black on the right half (PELIN), set on one line across the lower third. Bottom-left is a small logo of a pinball sphere over the word Stern in red script with Pinball in smaller black script beneath. Bottom-right corner carries small white copyright text on black. No people, no score display and no instruction panels appear.
Backglass Pro
- cream
- black
- yellow
- magenta
Fingerprint: Colossal cream bubble-letter Leaper! with exclamation point carrying cluster coloured stars behind, chaotic pop-art sticker collage of three near-identical stencil portraits moustached long-haired men top-right bottom-left lower-right, photographic portrait smiling long-haired man in white oval centre-right, butterflies moths pineapple playing-card pips scattered yellow-black speckled ground
The colossal cream bubble-letter title 'Leaper!' filling most of the panel, with the exclamation point carrying a cluster of coloured stars behind it. The whole panel is a chaotic pop-art sticker collage of three near-identical stencil portraits of moustached, long-haired men placed at top right, bottom left and lower right. A photographic portrait of a smiling long-haired man in a white oval sits at centre right, uniquely photographic among the stencil figures. Butterflies, moths, a pineapple and playing-card pips are scattered all over the yellow-and-black speckled ground.
Setting
- Pop-art collage of cut-out shapes, speckled yellow and black ground, concentric striped arcs
Symbols
- Playing-card suits and pips
- Dice
- Butterflies and moths
- Black star bursts
- Coloured circles and rings
- Lightning bolts
- Concentric striped arcs
- Polka-dot fan
- Ice-cream cone
- Peacock feather
- Pineapple
- Exclamation mark
Lettering
- Enormous rounded cream bubble letters with thick black outline, slanted and overlapping
Themes
- Pop art
- Collage
- Stencil art
- Psychedelic
Title on it
- Leaper!
Text on it
- Leaper!
- ©2020 MYTHGEM, LTD
- Stern pinball
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Stencil portrait, top right, head tilted, long dark hair, thick moustache, open mouth, black and white |
| Man | Stencil portrait, bottom left, long dark hair, thick moustache, three-quarter view, black and white |
| Man | Stencil portrait, lower right, only the top of the head, dark hair and moustache visible, black and white |
| Man | Photographic headshot, centre right inside a white oval with black outline, smiling, long straight hair, no moustache |
| Creature | Large brown and cream butterfly, lower left, wings spread |
| Creature | Moth with yellow and black markings inside a white circle, mid left |
| Creature | Moth with yellow and black markings right of centre, below the oval portrait |
| Other | Pineapple motif, far left edge |
| Other | White rocket or arrow shape pointing down, upper centre left |
A busy pop-art collage backglass on a cream/off-white base, framed only by the black cabinet edge. Across the upper two-thirds sits an enormous word 'Leaper!' in fat rounded cream bubble letters with a heavy black outline, the letters overlapping and slanted, with a magenta and yellow star detail tucked behind the exclamation mark. The artwork is a dense patchwork of cut-out photographs and stencil shapes: three large stencil portraits of men with long dark hair and thick moustaches (one at top right, one at bottom left, one at lower right), plus a black-and-white photographic headshot of a smiling long-haired man set inside a white oval at centre right. Around them are butterflies, moths, playing-card suits and pips, dice, pineapples, a polka-dot fan, striped spirals, black star bursts, brightly coloured circles and rings in magenta, yellow, cyan, orange and lime, lightning-bolt shapes, a peacock feather, a rocket, an ice-cream cone, a bird, and multi-striped concentric arcs. A blocky white three-letter emblem with a black star and a purple star in a yellow circle sits low in the centre. The style is screen-printed street-art, high-contrast black stencils against saturated flat colour.