1970 · Bally
See Saw
Flat blue sky, grey-blue pavement, fairground funfair stalls with pink-and-white striped awnings, bunting-strung entrance arch and small buildings and kiosks.
- Year
- 1970
- Maker
- Bally
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Made by
- Design
- Ted Zale
- Art
- Christian Marche
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pink
- yellow
- blue
- red
Fingerprint: "SEE SAG" (German): giant pink shield, blonde woman sprawled on small red car numbered 6, suited man diving toward her, fairground kiosk with bunting and awning, four score reels
The title SEE SAG is rendered as enormous yellow bubble letters inside a hot-pink shield/crest that fills the whole upper-left quadrant, far bigger than any other element. Four cream mechanical score reels are scattered at uneven heights across the fairground scene, each with a black end cap carrying a yellow player number. The most memorable figure is a blonde woman in a yellow top sprawled across the bonnet of a tiny red car carrying the number 6, while a suited man dives towards her. German instruction text, 1-4 KÖNNEN SPIELEN and KUGEL IM SPIEL, sits in the two bottom corners.
Setting
- Flat blue sky
- Grey-blue pavement
- Fairground funfair stalls with pink-and-white striped awnings
- Bunting-strung entrance arch
- Small buildings and kiosks
Symbols
- Pink shield-shaped title crest
- Pink-and-white striped awnings
- Triangular bunting flags
- Yellow numbered circles 1 2 3 4
- Number 6 on the car
- Red open-top car
- Score windows with red-and-white striped end caps
Lettering
- Large rounded yellow bubble capitals with pink drop-shadow for the title; smaller yellow sans-serif capitals with a dark outline for the player labels; pink capitals with dark outline for the bottom-right instruction
Themes
- Fairground
- Amusement park
- Funfair
- Crash scene
- Comedy
- Multi-player
Title on it
- See sag
Text on it
- SEE SAG
- 1. SPIELER
- 2. SPIELER
- 3. SPIELER
- 4. SPIELER
- 1-4 KÖNNEN SPIELEN
- KUGEL IM SPIEL
- PARK
- 6
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Young blonde woman in a yellow top and pink shorts, lying face-down and splayed across the bonnet and windscreen of a small red open-top car, arms and legs thrown out, appearing to have fallen or been thrown |
| Man | Man in a grey plaid suit with white shirt and orange tie, at bottom left, leaning and lunging forward with arms outstretched toward the car, mouth open |
| Man | Man in a pink suit with red hat at mid-right, tumbling head-first with arms and legs splayed in mid-air, black shoes |
| Man | Man in a white-and-red striped shirt and red hat at right edge, partly behind the 2. spieler panel |
| Man | Man in a blue jacket at top right, leaning out of an upper window holding a pale cup or mug |
| Other | Two small distant figures walking together on the pavement in the middle background, one in pink, one in blue |
| Other | Small figure in pink near the bunting arch in the middle distance |
| Other | Partial figure in a red polka-dot garment at the right edge, below the 4. spieler panel |
A cartoon-illustrated backglass with a flat blue sky and grey-blue pavement, framed by a cream/tan outer border. Dominating the upper left is a huge pink shield-shaped cartouche carrying the title SEE SAG in chunky yellow bubble letters with pink shadowing; a small yellow cursive signature sits above it. The scene is a fairground funfair: a pink-and-white striped awning kiosk, a bunting-strung entrance arch, small distant figures walking on a pavement, and a small central building with a signboard. Four cream-coloured mechanical score windows with black end panels are set into the art at different heights, each labelled in yellow with 1. SPIELER, 2. SPIELER, 3. SPIELER and 4. SPIELER. Figures include a blonde woman in a yellow top and pink shorts sprawled over a small red open-top car marked 6, a man in a grey plaid suit lunging toward it, and, on the right, a pink-suited man in a red hat tumbling head-first beside a striped-shirt man. Bottom-left German text reads 1-4 KÖNNEN SPIELEN above yellow circles numbered 1 2 3 4; bottom-right reads KUGEL IM SPIEL in pink.