Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- navy blue
- yellow
- white
Fingerprint: Blonde woman in red polka-dot top riding white carousel horse with pink spotted saddle, orange giraffe galloping beside her, symmetric red-white striped ticket booths flanking with burst medallions, "MERRY GO ROUND" in huge curved red letters with yellow banner, carousel horses and riders in background, colored balloon cluster
A carousel/merry-go-round scene dominated by a blonde woman in a red polka-dot top riding a white carousel horse with a spotted pink saddle and a spotted teal-and-white carousel base. Flanking her are two symmetrical red-and-white striped circus ticket booths, each with its own window of four score reels, labelled 1st PLAYER and 2nd PLAYER. A yellow MERRY GO ROUND title banner in huge curved red lettering with a yellow drop shadow spans the centre. Two large tilted signboards carry the slogans 1 or 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME and IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE! A GAME OF SKILL. A tall orange giraffe stands immediately left of the woman, and a red ribbon at bottom right holds three round lamps above Ball in Play.
Setting
- Circus fairground midway
- Night sky with scattered small stars and coloured dots
- Carousel platform
Symbols
- Mechanical score reels
- Numbered burst medallions 1 and 2
- Balloons
- Giraffe
- Carousel horse
- Circus tent canopies
- Three round lamps in a red ribbon
- Scalloped awning valance
- Stars
Lettering
- Main title in very large curved red capitals with yellow inner highlight and white drop shadow on a yellow banner; player labels in red slab-serif capitals with white outline; slogans in mixed red and black sans-serif capitals on tilted white signboards; gottlieb's in white cursive script; maker plaque in mixed case with flipper in a white oval cartouche.
Themes
- Carousel
- Circus
- Fairground
- Merry-go-round
- Carnival
- One or two players
- Skill game
Title on it
- Merry go round
Text on it
- A Gottlieb
- FLIPPER
- SKILL GAME
- Gottlieb's
- MERRY GO ROUND
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- PLAYER 5
- 1 or 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN
- TO COMPETE!
- A GAME OF SKILL
- Ball in Play
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Blonde, fair-skinned adult woman with wavy shoulder-length hair, wearing a red top with white polka dots and a short black skirt; smiling with mouth open, seated side-saddle astride a carousel horse and holding a small spotted pony figure in one hand |
| Animal | Tall orange giraffe with darker orange spots and a cream belly, long neck, standing to the left of the woman |
| Animal | White carousel horse with yellow head and mane, blue-and-white spotted blanket, pink saddle, red harness rings, mounted on a teal-and-white spotted carousel base |
| Animal | Small black-and-white spotted pony held in the woman's raised hand |
| Other | Riders on galloping horses in the left background, a clown or horn-blowing figure at far left, and additional carousel horses and riders in the right background |
| Other | A cluster of red, orange, yellow and blue balloons between the two ticket booths |
Hand-painted fairground backglass on a deep navy-blue field with a gold frame and a yellow-and-red awning valance along the top. Two symmetric red-and-white striped circus ticket booths sit left and right, each with a scalloped canopy, a burst medallion numbered 1 and 2, four score reels, and labels 1st PLAYER and 2nd PLAYER. A cluster of red, orange, yellow and blue balloons sits between them, under a yellow plaque reading A Gottlieb FLIPPER SKILL GAME and white script Gottlieb's. Across the middle, huge curved red letters with yellow and white outlines on a yellow banner spell MERRY GO ROUND. Below is a carousel scene: a blonde woman in a red polka-dot top and black skirt rides a white carousel horse with a yellow head, pink saddle and spotted base, holding a small spotted pony. An orange giraffe, galloping riders and a clown figure fill the left beside a sign, 1 or 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME; galloping horses and a skill slogan fill the right. Three lit lamps in a red ribbon sit above Ball in Play.