1968 · Gottlieb
Spin Wheel
Known for Spin Wheel, Top saucers and Spin side lanes. Domestic living room with pale blue walls, red brick chimney breast, light blue mantelpiece with brass candlesticks, yellow kitchen counter with fishbowl, wooden cabinet with red telephone and fruit bowl and stack of newspapers on the floor.
- Year
- 1968
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 4
Known for
- backglass toy
Spin Wheel
- saucers
Top saucers
- Lane
Spin side lanes
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Top saucers saucers
Bumpers 2
- Red bumpers
- Yellow bumper
Targets 2
- Center standup targets
- Upper standup targets
Lanes 2
- Spin side lanes
- Out lanes
Flipper 1
- Mini flippers extra flipper
Control 1
- Rollover buttons buttons
Lights 1
- Lighting Star Lights Same Player Shoots Again insert
Backbox 1
- Spin Wheel backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- man Young fair-haired man, white shirt with red tie and blue trousers, kneeling on the wheel at top, thrusting a pie toward an old woman
- woman Older grey-haired woman at upper left in blue, with a pie or cake pressed over her face
- woman Blue top with white collar and blue headscarf, mouth open in a shout, upper right of the wheel
- man Fair-haired young man in a red-and-white striped short-sleeve shirt, leaning in from the right side
- woman Blonde woman in a red sleeveless top with a necklace, right side, holding a small paper
- man Red-haired man in a green shirt, lower right, back three-quarter to viewer
Setting
- Domestic living room with pale blue walls
- Red brick chimney breast
- Light blue mantelpiece with brass candlesticks
- Yellow kitchen counter with fishbowl
- Wooden cabinet with red telephone and fruit bowl
- Stack of newspapers on the floor
Text on it
- PLAYERS 1
- A GAME OF SKILL
- LAST BALL IN PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- 2
- 3
- 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 2,780
- 2,094
- 1,557
- 2,172
- 50
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- Gottlieb's 4 Player
- SPIN WHEEL
- MFG. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60657
Made by
- Design
- Ed Krynski
- Art
- Art Stenholm
Reference
Linked terms
- Spin side lanes also called Spin
- Lighting Star Lights Same Player Shoots Again also called Shoots Again
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- green
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: Gottlieb's 4 Player SPIN WHEEL — colossal lime-green carnival prize wheel (wedges 50-500, yellow hub), eight surrounding people leaning to spin it, upper-left gag shows old woman pie-faced by kneeling young man, four numbered reel windows in corners, curved red script above white-red title, bright mid-century cartoon of family gathering
The central object is a giant lime-green carnival prize wheel with wedge values 50 through 500 and a yellow starburst at its hub, ringed by eight people of all ages crowding in to spin it. A comic gag sits in the upper left: an old woman has just had a pie or cake thrust into her face by the kneeling young man. Below the wheel, curved red script over huge white-and-red block capitals gives the title, with four numbered reel windows (2,780 / 2,094 / 1,557 / 2,172) arranged around it, one in each corner.
Setting
- Domestic living room with pale blue walls
- Red brick chimney breast
- Light blue mantelpiece with brass candlesticks
- Yellow kitchen counter with fishbowl
- Wooden cabinet with red telephone and fruit bowl
- Stack of newspapers on the floor
Symbols
- Green segmented prize wheel
- Yellow starburst at wheel hub
- Yellow direction arrow
- White five-pointed star on the 100 wedge
- Four white reel score windows in black surrounds
- Numbered yellow light circles 1-4
- Red brick chimney
- Fishbowl
- Red telephone
- Newspapers
Lettering
- Large white slab-serif block capitals with red inline shading for the title, curved red cursive script above it, and bold sans-serif capitals for player labels and instruction text
Themes
- Prize wheel
- Family game
- Four player
- Recreational game
- Contest
Title on it
- Gottlieb's 4 player spin wheel
Text on it
- PLAYERS 1
- A GAME OF SKILL
- LAST BALL IN PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE!
- 2
- 3
- 4
- CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME
- 1ST PLAYER
- 2ND PLAYER
- 3RD PLAYER
- 4TH PLAYER
- 2,780
- 2,094
- 1,557
- 2,172
- 50
- 100
- 200
- 300
- 400
- 500
- Gottlieb's 4 Player
- SPIN WHEEL
- MFG. BY D. GOTTLIEB & CO.
- CHICAGO, ILL. 60657
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Young fair-haired man, white shirt with red tie and blue trousers, kneeling on the wheel at top, thrusting a pie toward an old woman |
| Woman | Older grey-haired woman at upper left in blue, with a pie or cake pressed over her face |
| Woman | Blue top with white collar and blue headscarf, mouth open in a shout, upper right of the wheel |
| Man | Fair-haired young man in a red-and-white striped short-sleeve shirt, leaning in from the right side |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a red sleeveless top with a necklace, right side, holding a small paper |
| Man | Red-haired man in a green shirt, lower right, back three-quarter to viewer |
| Man | Older grey-haired man in a green sweater and maroon trousers, seated at lower left on a stool |
| Woman | Blonde woman in a pink/maroon top with dark skirt, seated at lower left beside the older man |
| Child | Boy in a pale blue shirt at the far left edge, only partly visible |
A four-player backglass painted as a bright mid-century cartoon of a family-and-friends group gathered around a huge green prize wheel. The wheel dominates the centre: a flat green disc divided into pie wedges marked 50, 100 (with a white star), 200, 300, 400 and 500, with a yellow starburst at the hub and a yellow arrow pointing left. Eight people ring it, leaning in: a fair-haired young man in a white shirt and red tie kneeling at the top; a woman in a blue top with a white collar and a blue scarf, mouth open, at the upper right; a young man in a red-and-white striped shirt leaning in from the right; a blonde woman in a red sleeveless top and necklace beside him; a red-haired man in a green shirt with his back to us at lower right; an older grey-haired man in a green sweater seated at lower left; a blonde woman in a pink/maroon top beside him; and a boy in a pale blue shirt at the upper left edge. Backgrounds include a pale blue kitchen wall with a yellow counter and a fishbowl, a red brick chimney breast, a light-blue mantelpiece with two brass candlesticks, a wooden cabinet with a red telephone and fruit bowl, a stack of newspapers, and a pale blue watery floor pattern. Four white reel windows with black surround read 1ST, 2ND, 3RD and 4TH PLAYER. Curved red script 'Gottlieb's 4 Player' sits above large white block letters with red inline shading reading SPIN WHEEL.