1953 · Gottlieb
Quintette
Flat pale sky-blue field, large overlapping flat circles in red, magenta, green and yellow behind the figures, solid yellow-green banner across the top and wooden cabinet frame and varnished backbox visible around the glass.
- 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
- blue
- yellow
- red
- green
Fingerprint: "Quintette" title in enormous white cursive script with red and blue drop shadowing, seven bare-breasted cartoon mermaids with brightly colored fish tails filling sky-blue field, largest blonde mermaid with both arms raised above head at center, tall red triangular arrow on left pointing upward, vertical ladder of nine score panels descending 900000 to 100000, "Million" in yellow-green banner top.
The memorable feature is the swarm of seven bare-breasted cartoon mermaids with bright multicoloured tails filling a solid sky-blue field, the biggest one blonde with both arms thrown straight up in the middle. Just behind them the title Quintette slashes diagonally across in huge white cursive with red and blue shadowing. A tall red triangular arrow on the left points up above a nine-step ladder of score numbers from 900000 down to 100000, and the word MILLION sits alone in a yellow-green top banner.
Setting
- Flat pale sky-blue field
- Large overlapping flat circles in red, magenta, green and yellow behind the figures
- Solid yellow-green banner across the top
- Wooden cabinet frame and varnished backbox visible around the glass
Symbols
- Large red triangular arrow pointing upward at top left
- Vertical ladder of nine rectangular score panels
- Yellow arrow pointing at the word point at bottom left
- Flat coloured circles behind the figures
- Playfield ball-return cups marked 1 and 2
Lettering
- Million in bold geometric sans-serif capitals shaded pink and violet; quintette in huge flowing cursive script, white fill with red and blue drop shadow; gottlieb in small italic script; score numerals in clean sans-serif
Themes
- Mermaids
- Underwater fantasy
- Score ladder
- Sea
- Pinball backglass
Title on it
- Million quintette
Text on it
- MILLION
- Gottlieb
- Quintette
- POINT
- 900000
- 800000
- 700000
- 600000
- 500000
- 400000
- 300000
- 200000
- 100000
- 1
- 2
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large central mermaid, blonde wavy hair, bare breasts, both arms raised above her head, long green fish tail curving to the left, drawn largest on the glass |
| Woman | Mermaid at upper right on a red disc, blonde hair, one arm lifted, yellow-green tail, head tilted back |
| Woman | Mermaid at right with a bright green tail and dark hair, arcing leftwards, one arm extended |
| Woman | Mermaid mid-right with a deep purple/magenta tail, seated pose with tail sweeping right |
| Woman | Mermaid lower centre with a scarlet red tail looping in front of her, pale hair |
| Woman | Mermaid lower left with an orange tail, blonde hair, arm raised |
| Woman | Partially hidden mermaid at far left behind the score column, pale blue-white tail |
A wooden-framed backglass with a flat mid-century cartoon illustration on a pale sky-blue field. Across the top runs a wide yellow-green banner carrying the word MILLION in large block capitals shaded pink and violet, with the name Gottlieb in small slanted script just below and the main title Quintette sweeping across the upper third in enormous cursive script lettered white with a red and blue drop shadow. The left third is occupied by a tall triangular red arrow rising from a vertical ladder of score panels reading 900000, 800000, 700000, 600000, 500000, 400000, 300000, 200000 and 100000 in white and yellow numerals, and a yellow arrow at the bottom left points at the word POINT. The centre and right are filled by seven cartoon mermaids with bare breasts, each with long hair and a differently coloured fish tail - a large blonde mermaid in the centre raises both arms above her head, others arch, swim or lift one arm against overlapping red, magenta, green and yellow circles. A small white oval printed label with red and blue text sits at the lower right, too small to read. Below the glass a varnished wooden cabinet and a sliver of playfield with two white ball returns marked 1 and 2 are visible.