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The Hobbit backglass

Also known as TH

2015–2016 · Jersey Jack Pinball

The Hobbit

Known for Ring button, LOCK, Beasts and Captive Ball. Stone masonry and ivy, round glowing green doorway, dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel and hand-drawn parchment fantasy map.

Years
2015–2016
Maker
Jersey Jack Pinball
Type
Solid state
Display
LCD screen
Players
4

Known for

  • button

    Ring button

  • rollovers

    LOCK

  • Toy

    Beasts

  • Captive ball

    Captive Ball

  • Multiball

    Smaug Multiball

  • Multiball

    Beast Frenzy Multiball

  • Mode

    The Resurgence of Sauron

  • Wizard mode

    There and Back Again

5 games under this title

On the playfield

Toys 2

  • Beasts
  • Book

Holes 2

  • Left VUK
  • Right VUK

Captive ball 1

  • Captive Ball

Bumper 1

  • Bag End

Targets 4

  • ELF targets
  • DWARF targets
  • MAN targets
  • Mystery Target

Kickback 1

  • Windlance

Lanes 2

  • LOCK rollovers
  • Precioussss outlane

Control 1

  • Ring button button

On the backglass

  • gold
  • dark green
  • black
  • brown
The Hobbit backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Young curly dark-haired hero, centre top, wide eyes, open mouth, leather-toned clothing, sword rising behind right shoulder
  • other White-bearded wizard, top left, floppy pointed grey hat, layered grey-brown robes, one hand raised
  • woman Elf archer, top right, long white-blonde hair, thin spiked circlet, drawing a bow with black-fletched arrow
  • man Dark-haired archer figure partly behind the elf, top right, holding a bow
  • monster Giant snarling tusked orc head, centre of lower recessed panel, mottled grey-brown skin, open mouth
  • other Small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, standing on a rock facing the orc head

Setting

  • Stone masonry and ivy
  • Round glowing green doorway
  • Dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel
  • Hand-drawn parchment fantasy map

Text on it

  • THE HOBBIT
  • MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
  • ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK
  • L
  • C
  • K
  • DWARF CHARACTERS COLLECTED TO UNLOCK FEATURES
  • C.F.
  • DWARF
  • ELEN
  • PLAYER 1
  • 1,121,075
  • BALL 1/3
  • PLAYER 2
  • 1,342,456
  • PLAYER 3
  • 893,124
  • CREDITS 2
  • FREE PLAY AT 560,000

How it plays

  1. The plunge 4

    • Dwarf Skill Shot
    • Elf Skill Shot
    • Lock Skill Shot
    • Inlane Skill Shot
  2. Modes 13

    • The Resurgence of Sauron
    • Feast Frenzy
    • Super Spinners
    • Into the Fire
    • Barrel Escape
    • Battle of Five Armies
    • Treasure Hunt phase
    • Book Mode
    • An Unexpected Party
    • Moon Runes
    • Evil Revealed
    • Duel in Lake-Town
    • The Fall of Erebor
  3. Multiballs 2

    • Smaug Multiball
    • Beast Frenzy Multiball
  4. Goals 6

    • Erebor
    • Dwarves
    • Arkenstone

    Other

    • Mode Ball
    • Super Jets
    • Load Arrow
  5. Wizard modes 1

    • There and Back Again

Made by

Design
Joe Balcer
Art & Display animation
Jean-Paul de Win
Art
Matt Riesterer
Mechanics
Eric Meunier
Software
Keith P. Johnson
Software
Ted Estes
Software
Joe Katz
Software
JT Harkey
Software
Alex Levy
Sound
David Thiel
Music
Two Steps from Hell

The cast

  • Smaug
  • Gandalf
  • Bilbo Baggins
  • Radagast
  • Balin
  • Gollum

Reference

Linked terms
  • Ring button also called The Ring
  • LOCK also called LOCK Targets
  • Beasts also called Bash Targets
  • Captive Ball also called Captive
  • ELF targets also called ELF
  • DWARF targets also called DWARF
  • MAN targets also called MAN
  • Mystery Target also called Mystery
  • Precioussss also called Ring Save
  • Smaug Multiball also called Smaug lock
  • Beast Frenzy Multiball also called Beast Frenzy
  • The Resurgence of Sauron also called Resurgence
Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

The Hobbit backglass

Backglass Standard

  • gold
  • dark green
  • black
  • brown

Fingerprint: "THE HOBBIT MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY": curly-haired hero with sword raised behind shoulder, white-bearded wizard, elf archer drawing bow, giant snarling tusked orc head, tiny cloaked figure facing it

Distinctive

A young curly-haired hero with wide frightened eyes and mouth agape, a long sword blade thrust up diagonally behind his shoulder, directly above the massive gold THE HOBBIT title. A huge snarling tusked orc head filling a dark recessed panel, confronted by a single tiny cloaked figure seen from behind. A white-bearded wizard in a floppy pointed hat on the left facing a white-haired elf archer drawing a bow on the right. A 3-by-5 grid of fifteen small character head portraits in the lower right corner. A hand-inked parchment map of a jagged mountain range and pine forest in the upper right of the lower panel.

Setting

  • Stone masonry and ivy
  • Round glowing green doorway
  • Dark recessed riveted metal playfield panel
  • Hand-drawn parchment fantasy map

Symbols

  • Four gold rune letters l, c, k with a circled letter
  • Hexagonal character medallions
  • Parchment fantasy map
  • Long sword
  • Bow and arrow
  • Stone arch doorway
  • Riveted metal border

Lettering

  • Large gold serif capitals with weathered bronze texture and dark outline for the title; small gold serif capitals on a ribbon banner; engraved gold serif lettering on the score panel; a green-outlined nameplate band across the middle

Themes

  • Fantasy
  • Wizard and dwarf
  • Elves and bows
  • Treasure and runes
  • Film tie-in

Title on it

  • The hobbit

Text on it

  • THE HOBBIT
  • MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
  • ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK
  • L
  • C
  • K
  • DWARF CHARACTERS COLLECTED TO UNLOCK FEATURES
  • C.F.
  • DWARF
  • ELEN
  • PLAYER 1
  • 1,121,075
  • BALL 1/3
  • PLAYER 2
  • 1,342,456
  • PLAYER 3
  • 893,124
  • CREDITS 2
  • FREE PLAY AT 560,000
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Young curly dark-haired hero, centre top, wide eyes, open mouth, leather-toned clothing, sword rising behind right shoulder
Other White-bearded wizard, top left, floppy pointed grey hat, layered grey-brown robes, one hand raised
Woman Elf archer, top right, long white-blonde hair, thin spiked circlet, drawing a bow with black-fletched arrow
Man Dark-haired archer figure partly behind the elf, top right, holding a bow
Monster Giant snarling tusked orc head, centre of lower recessed panel, mottled grey-brown skin, open mouth
Other Small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, standing on a rock facing the orc head
Other Fifteen character head portraits in a 3-by-5 grid at lower right, mixed genders, beards, hoods and helmets
Other Small hexagonal character portrait icons across the top of the lower panel
Full description

A fantasy film backglass on a stone-textured dark green and slate ground, split into an upper painted scene and a lower recessed playfield panel. Upper centre: a curly dark-haired young man in leather-toned clothing stares forward with wide eyes and mouth open, while a long silver sword blade rises diagonally behind his right shoulder; beneath him the title THE HOBBIT in huge gold serif capitals with weathered bronze-and-gold fill, and MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY in small gold caps on a ribbon banner. Upper left: a white-bearded wizard in a floppy pointed grey hat and layered grey-brown robes, leaning forward with one hand raised, a round green-glowing doorway behind him. Upper right: an elven archer with long white-blonde hair and a circlet of thin spikes, drawing a bow with a black-feathered arrow, with another dark-haired archer behind him. The lower half is a dark recessed field in green-black riveted metal framing: ROLLOVER SPELL LOCK at left with gold rune letters L C K and a circled letter, a hexagonal banner of small character portraits reading C.F. DWARF ELEN, a hand-drawn parchment fantasy map of a jagged mountain range and pine forest at right, a giant snarling tusked orc head in the centre panel facing a small dark-cloaked figure seen from behind, two inset film-still rectangles at lower left, and a 3-by-5 grid of fifteen character head portraits at lower right. Colours: gold, dark green, black, flesh pink. Realistic painted film-poster style.

The Hobbit backglass

Backglass Smaug Gold

  • gold
  • blue
  • brown
  • black

Fingerprint: the hobbit title in huge gold serif capitals with motion picture trilogy in small gold capitals below; elderly wizard in floppy grey pointed hat with very long white beard at far left; wide-eyed young brown-haired man in blue belted tunic holding broadsword upright with mouth open in shock, centre; three elf archers on right in cream-gold robes and brown leather; blue-lit stone cavern with ornamental gold-red celtic-knot border framing inset lcd

Distinctive

A full-motion video-style lower panel: the bottom half of the glass is an actual inset screen showing a blue-lit cavern, an ornate gold Celtic-knot frame and the words MATCH / PLAYER 1 / 215,563. Above it, the hero is a wide-eyed young man in a blue tunic holding a sword upright with his mouth open in astonishment, flanked by three golden-haired elf archers with drawn bows on the right. The JERSEY JACK PINBALL logo in a red cartouche sits in the top right corner.

Setting

  • Misty birch wood
  • Mountain ridges
  • Glowing round stone doorway
  • Blue-lit stone cavern
  • Rock outcrop with chain

Symbols

  • Sword
  • Longbows and arrows
  • Stone archway with glowing light
  • Hanging iron chain
  • Celtic knot border
  • Jigsaw puzzle piece
  • Star field behind the title

Lettering

  • Large gold serif capitals with dark outline and bright inner highlight, small gold caps subtitle

Themes

  • Fantasy
  • Forest
  • Elves
  • Wizard
  • Archery
  • Sword
  • Film licence
  • Video backglass

Title on it

  • The hobbit

Text on it

  • THE HOBBIT
  • MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY
  • JERSEY JACK PINBALL
  • MATCH
  • PLAYER 1
  • 215,563
  • THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY
  • THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG
  • THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES
  • Middle-earth Enterprises
  • All rights reserved
  • New Line Productions
  • New Line Cinema
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Elderly wizard, far left, floppy wide grey pointed hat, grey hooded robe, very long white beard, hands clasped, half-length
Man Central young hero, tousled brown hair, blue belted tunic, wide staring blue eyes, mouth open, holding a broadsword upright in front of him
Man Right, tall long pale-blonde elf king in cream and gold robes with a thin pointed gold crown, stern face, standing
Man Right, elf archer with long blonde hair in brown-green leather, drawing a bow, billowing orange cloak behind
Man Right foreground, red-haired elf in dark brown leather, crouching and aiming a bow directly outward
Full description

Full cabinet front: a black speaker panel with perforated grille runs across the top, with a small backlit instruction card in the centre, above a large painted film-art backglass. The artwork's upper band shows a misty birch wood with pale white trunks and, at lower left, a round stone doorway glowing orange, lit like a sunset. Four figures: far left an elderly wizard in a floppy grey pointed hat and grey robe with a very long white beard, hands clasped; centre a wide-eyed young brown-haired man in a blue belted tunic holding a broadsword upright, mouth open in shock; on the right three elf archers - a tall long pale-blonde figure in cream and gold robes wearing a thin pointed crown, an archer in brown-green with a billowing orange cloak, and a red-haired archer in dark leather crouching with a bow. The title THE HOBBIT in huge gold serif capitals with THE in small caps above the H, and MOTION PICTURE TRILOGY in small gold caps below. Top right a red outlined logo reads JERSEY JACK PINBALL over three wavy lines. The lower half is a blue-lit stone cavern with a chain and rock outcrop, bearing an inset LCD screen with an ornamental gold-and-red Celtic-knot border reading MATCH and PLAYER 1 215,563.