1953 · Gottlieb
Pin Wheel
Pale blue and white swirl field behind the central ring, dark navy starry night sky with white bubble dots on the right, orange and yellow curved rainbow-like bands along the bottom and wooden outer frame with black inner border.
- Year
- 1953
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
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
- pink
- red
- yellow
- blue
Fingerprint: MILLION POINTS banner across top above row of seven bikini-clad women standing behind colored discs, huge yellow crescent moon with grinning face and bikini-clad brunette climbing striped orange-to-purple tail down right side, central magenta starburst PIN WHEEL logo ringed by colored capsules, blonde mermaid with orange fish-scale tail bottom left
A giant smiling yellow crescent moon with a face, its body trailing down the right side as a long orange-to-purple striped tail, with a bikini-clad brunette climbing it. Second, the central ring of chunky yellow, green, orange and red capsule shapes enclosing a magenta starburst logo, ringed by white spray-paint swirls like a water splash. Third, the top row of seven women in alternating red and yellow bikinis standing behind flat coloured discs, one per letter of a long word across the banner. Fourth, a blonde figure lying on a mat at bottom left with an orange fish-scale mermaid tail thrown straight up.
Setting
- Pale blue and white swirl field behind the central ring
- Dark navy starry night sky with white bubble dots on the right
- Orange and yellow curved rainbow-like bands along the bottom
- Wooden outer frame with black inner border
Symbols
- Arrow-ended value ribbons
- Coloured circles on stalks
- Two small rocket ships trailing bubbles
- Green ball on a pole at lower left
- Starburst badge
- White paint-splash swirls
Lettering
- Tall condensed white block capitals with black outline on the top banner; white capitals arranged in a circle around the centre badge; red flowing script inside the yellow disc and in the boxed signature; large condensed numerals on coloured ribbons
Themes
- Circus
- Carnival
- Sea
- Mermaid
- Pinwheel
- Score values
- Acrobatics
Title on it
- Pin wheel
Text on it
- MILLION
- POINTS
- PIN WHEEL
- Gottlieb
- 1
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 400 000
- 300 000
- 200 000
- 100 000
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Top row, seven young women in red and yellow two-piece bikinis standing upright behind coloured circles, hands on hips or at sides, bare legs, high heels, hair in black, blonde, brunette and red styles |
| Woman | Right side, brunette in a yellow bikini climbing and sitting astride the yellow crescent moon, one arm up holding the moon's edge, smiling |
| Woman | Bottom centre-right, tall red-haired woman in a dark blue spotted bikini, arms flung wide, mouth open, looking upward |
| Woman | Bottom left, blonde woman lying on her back on a purple mat, wearing a bikini top, her lower body replaced by a large orange fish-scale mermaid tail kicked up behind her |
| Man | Bottom left, man in a red bodysuit with dark hair, arms raised, leaping |
| Man | Bottom left, second man in a red bodysuit bent forward with arms out, in a tumbling pose |
| Creature | Bottom centre, clown figure in a white ruff-collared costume with a round face and small hat, arms raised |
| Alien | The yellow crescent moon itself has a human face with a large eye, long lashes, nose and grinning mouth |
A framed comic-style backglass. Across the top a pink rounded banner reads MILLION in tall white block capitals with black outline, one letter above each of a row of women; it continues right into a black panel reading POINTS in yellow. Below stand seven young women in alternating red and yellow two-piece bikinis, bare legs and heels, hair black, blonde, brunette and red, behind large flat coloured circles, the first marked 1. On a pale blue swirl field, nine arrow-ended value ribbons stack in two columns around a central ring: 700 000, 500 000, 300 000, 100 000 left and 900 000, 800 000, 600 000, 400 000, 200 000 right, in red, yellow, orange and green. The centre holds a magenta starburst reading PIN WHEEL in white capitals round a yellow disc with red script, encircled by chunky yellow, green, orange and red capsules. Right of centre a huge yellow crescent moon with a grinning face carries a brunette in a yellow bikini climbing it, tapering into a striped orange-to-purple tail down the right edge. Bottom left: a red-haired woman in a dark spotted bikini with arms spread, two men in red bodysuits leaping, a clown in white, and a blonde figure lying on a mat with an orange fish-scale tail thrown up.