1971 · Williams
Solids N Stripes
Known for Pool pocket saucers, 8 ball saucer and Center post. Flat tan-brown wall, dark blue and teal angular triangular shapes, light blue pool table baize across the bottom third and wooden pool cue laid horizontally across the table.
- Year
- 1971
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Known for
- saucers
Pool pocket saucers
- saucer
8 ball saucer
- post
Center post
On the playfield
Holes 2
- Pool pocket saucers saucers
- 8 ball saucer saucer
Bumpers 2
- Yellow and green bumpers
- Center red bumper
Target 1
- Top standup targets
Lanes 3
- Center top lane
- Upper side lanes
- Out lanes
Post or gate 1
- Center post post
Control 1
- Rollover button button
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Large central blonde woman, shoulder-length curled hair, smiling with heavy eye makeup, wearing a fitted bright red dress with a high white collar; her right arm raised beside her head holding a thin cigarette or stick
- man Foreground centre-right, grinning man lunging horizontally to the right, dark slicked-back hair, white suit jacket with bold black vertical stripes, floral-patterned tie, both arms stretched wide with fingers splayed over the table
- man Standing left of centre, short blond hair, teal/blue long-sleeve shirt, dark trousers, hands on hips, facing forward
- man Small figure at far left in a tan/orange jacket and dark trousers, walking left
- man Small figure left of centre in a green jacket over a white shirt, dark trousers, standing facing forward
Setting
- Flat tan-brown wall
- Dark blue and teal angular triangular shapes
- Light blue pool table baize across the bottom third
- Wooden pool cue laid horizontally across the table
Text on it
- SOLID &
- SHINES
- 1up
- 2up
- BALL IN PLAY
How it plays
-
Goals 1
- Collecting the 8 ball 8-ball
Made by
- Design
- Norm Clark
- Art
- Christian Marche
Reference
Linked terms
- Pool pocket saucers also called pool pockets
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- brown
- light blue
- red
- yellow
Fingerprint: SOLID & SHINES: Grinning man in white suit with bold black vertical stripes and floral tie lunging horizontally across pool table with both arms spread, blonde woman in bright red dress with white collar behind him, fanned playing cards on sides, billiard balls at bottom, atomic-age geometric blue teal triangular shards.
The most memorable feature is the grinning man in a white suit with heavy black vertical stripes, thrown horizontally across the panel with both arms stretched wide over the pool table, tie flying. Behind him looms a large blonde woman in a bright red dress with her hand raised. Framing them are fans of white-backed playing cards on both the left and right sides, plus two clusters of coloured billiard balls. The title SOLID & SHINES is a stacked red-and-yellow logotype with a heavy drop shadow at top centre. The whole background is a flat brown field scattered with dark blue and teal triangular shards, giving it an atomic-age 1950s-60s geometric look.
Setting
- Flat tan-brown wall
- Dark blue and teal angular triangular shapes
- Light blue pool table baize across the bottom third
- Wooden pool cue laid horizontally across the table
Symbols
- Fanned playing cards, five card backs at left and seven at right in white frames
- Two clusters of coloured billiard balls, left cluster of seven and right cluster of eight
- Black 8-ball at lower left beside a white cue ball
- Yellow ball and two blue-and-white balls at lower right
- Red ball at the bottom edge
- Wooden pool cue
- Dark blue and teal triangles
- Score reel windows
Lettering
- Stacked slanted display logotype in red and yellow with cream and red drop shadow; small italic 1up and 2up in yellow and magenta inside coloured triangles; small red condensed capitals on the table cloth
Themes
- Billiards
- Pool
- Playing cards
- Atomic age
- Mid-century modern
Title on it
- Solid & shines
Text on it
- SOLID &
- SHINES
- 1up
- 2up
- BALL IN PLAY
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large central blonde woman, shoulder-length curled hair, smiling with heavy eye makeup, wearing a fitted bright red dress with a high white collar; her right arm raised beside her head holding a thin cigarette or stick |
| Man | Foreground centre-right, grinning man lunging horizontally to the right, dark slicked-back hair, white suit jacket with bold black vertical stripes, floral-patterned tie, both arms stretched wide with fingers splayed over the table |
| Man | Standing left of centre, short blond hair, teal/blue long-sleeve shirt, dark trousers, hands on hips, facing forward |
| Man | Small figure at far left in a tan/orange jacket and dark trousers, walking left |
| Man | Small figure left of centre in a green jacket over a white shirt, dark trousers, standing facing forward |
A mid-century modern billiards-themed backglass. A wide brown/tan background is broken up by hard-edged dark-blue and teal triangular geometric shards radiating outward from the centre. Across the top, a large stacked logo reads SOLID & over SHINES in slanted red-and-yellow display lettering with a cream and red drop shadow. Yellow 1up sits at upper left inside a blue triangle, magenta 2up at upper right. Below each, two angled white-framed windows of dark score reels run left and right. The centre shows a smiling blonde woman in a fitted red dress with a high collar, one hand raised holding a cigarette or thin stick. In front of her a grinning man in a white suit with bold black vertical stripes and a floral-patterned tie lunges horizontally to the right, both arms splayed out over the baize. A blond man in a teal shirt and dark trousers stands left of centre, and two smaller men in an orange jacket and a green jacket stand further left. The bottom third is a light blue pool table with a wooden cue laid across it, clusters of numbered billiard balls at both sides, and red BALL IN PLAY lettering on the cloth.