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The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard backglass

Also known as TOMMY

1994 · Data East

The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard

Known for Mirror, Tommy hole, Union Jack and Silver Ball target. Full-bleed union jack flag with red, white and blue diagonal and vertical stripes, orange and yellow sunset sky shapes behind the flag and four oversized flat yellow cartoon letter shapes across the upper third.

Year
1994
Maker
Data East
Type
Solid state
Display
Dot matrix
Players
4

Known for

  • Toy

    Mirror

  • Hole

    Tommy hole

  • insert list

    Union Jack

  • Target

    Silver Ball target

  • Lane

    Genius lane

  • Toy

    Blinder

  • Wizard mode

    Pinball Wizard

  • Multiball

    Tommy Multiball

On the playfield

  • yellow
  • red
  • black
  • white
The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard playfield
Spotted in this photo
  • 2 flippers
  • 2 pop bumpers
  • 2 slingshots

Full vision analysis

Toys 2

  • Mirror
  • Blinder

Ramp 1

  • Side ramp

Holes 2

  • Tommy hole
  • Skill Shot hole

Captive ball 1

  • Right captive ball

Targets 4

  • Silver Ball target
  • White targets
  • More Time target
  • Lower standup targets

Lane 1

  • Genius lane

Flipper 1

  • Upper flipper extra flipper

Lights 1

  • Union Jack insert list

On the backglass

  • red
  • blue
  • yellow
  • orange
The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard backglass

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • man Left foreground: dark shaggy hair, moustache and heavy sideburns, open collar, red/white/blue patterned military-style jacket, strumming a white electric guitar with black pickguard, looking forward
  • man Centre-left background: smaller dark curly-haired man in a dark shirt, mouth open as if singing, right arm raised outward
  • man Centre foreground: curly light-brown hair, light blue collared shirt with black necktie, head tilted back and mouth open singing, framed by a large red geometric metal frame; a tall red microphone on a stand rises directly above his head
  • man Right: dark curly hair and full dark beard, pale grey-white jacket over a black shirt, playing an orange-brown electric guitar with a dark neck
  • vehicle Orange and black single-propeller aeroplane in the top left corner with a small pilot figure visible in the cockpit
  • vehicle Orange and black single-propeller aeroplane in the top right corner, mirrored, with a small pilot figure in the cockpit

Setting

  • Full-bleed union jack flag with red, white and blue diagonal and vertical stripes
  • Orange and yellow sunset sky shapes behind the flag
  • Four oversized flat yellow cartoon letter shapes across the upper third

Text on it

  • THE WHO'S
  • EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY
  • PLAYED THE SILVER BALL
  • Another BGR Resto Restoration

How it plays

  1. Modes 9

    • Christmas
    • Holiday Camp
    • Fiddle About
    • Acid Queen
    • There's a Doctor
    • Sally Simpson
    • Captain Walker's mode
    • Tommy Shield mode

    Video modes

    • Captain Walker
  2. Multiballs 4

    • Cousin Kevin
    • Smash the Mirror
    • Tommy Scoring
    • Tommy Multiball
  3. Awards 6

    • Mystery
    • Super Pops
    • Million Spinners
    • Max Skill Shot
    • Sigma Bonus
    • Super Loops
  4. Wizard modes 1

    • Pinball Wizard

Made by

Design
Joe Kaminkow
Design
Ed Cebula
Design & Software
Lonnie D. Ropp
Design & Software
Lyman F. Sheats Jr.
Art & Display animation
Kurt Andersen
Art
Markus Rothkranz
Software
John Carpenter
Sound & Music
Brian Schmidt
Display animation
Jack Liddon

Reference

Linked terms
  • Mirror also called TOMMY mirror
  • Tommy hole also called Mirror hole
  • Silver Ball target also called Silver Ball
  • Genius lane also called Genius
  • Captain Walker also called Captain Walker Union Jack
  • Pinball Wizard also called Wizard
  • Tommy Multiball also called Spell Tommy
  • Mystery also called Mystery Awards
Playfield vision analysis

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

The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard playfield

Playfield

  • yellow
  • red
  • black
  • white

Fingerprint: The Who Pinball Wizard on Broadway, large Union Jack used as central map with red-and-blue wedges lettered with status words, title split by flippers reading PINBALL and WIZARD with black-and-yellow logo between, two green oval BRAIN signs and red SHOOT AGAIN starburst, comic-book montage in yellow red black white

Distinctive

The large Union Jack used as the playfield's central map, its red-and-blue wedges lettered with status words like MOD, QUIZ, SALLY, STRIKE, QUICK, CONCERTS and HIGH SCORE, framed by a big rear-view figure in a mustard-yellow shirt reaching up with a model car. Second, the title split in two by the flippers: PINBALL on the left of the lower playfield and WIZARD on the right, with a black-and-yellow THE WHO / ON BROADWAY logo between them. Third, the two green oval BRAIN signs and the red SHOOT AGAIN starburst. Fourth, the pair of inset black-and-white and colour comic panels of a mop-haired singer, a girl on a red scooter, and a green-jacketed Mod.

Setting

  • Flat comic-panel collage with no single horizon
  • Union jack flag as central field
  • Black starburst with radiating speed lines
  • Yellow daisy-shaped instruction panels at lower corners
  • White manufacturer card panel at lower right
  • Grey cabinet and black side rails framing the playfield

Symbols

  • Union jack flag
  • Green oval brain signs
  • Red shoot again starburst
  • Black radiating sunburst
  • Union jack shields
  • Red-and-gold crown-like ornament on the left lane
  • Star and arrow motifs in the upper playfield
  • Card-suit-like wedge lettering on the flag

Notable shapes

  • Large central union jack wedge panel
  • Yellow daisy/flower-shaped instruction panels
  • Black multi-pointed starburst behind the lower centre
  • Tall v-shaped wireform ramp
  • Narrow curved metal ball guide down the right edge
  • Rectangular outlined comic panels framing the inset figures

Art motifs

  • Pop-comic panel grid
  • Halftone-free flat colour blocks with heavy black outlines
  • Speed lines radiating from the starbursts
  • Printed theatre-ticket and poster style panels
  • Yellow flower/daisy shaped sign boards

Themes

  • Rock music
  • Mod culture
  • 1960s british fashion
  • Union jack
  • Concert hall

Title on it

  • The who - pinball wizard - on broadway

Text on it

  • THE WHO
  • ON BROADWAY
  • PINBALL
  • WIZARD
  • SHOOT AGAIN
  • BRAIN
  • MOD
  • CONCERTS
  • CONCERT GAMES
  • QUIZ
  • CONTESTS
  • SALLY
  • STRIKE
  • QUICK
  • HOME GAMES
  • HIGH SCORE
  • GAME OVER
  • SPEEDY
  • BALL
  • EXTRA BALL
  • 2 PLAYERS
  • YOU ARE A FOOL AND A SCOFF
  • KICKOUT
  • LAST BALL
  • TILT
  • SUPER VALUE
  • GAME 1
  • CREDITS
  • 3 CREDITS MAX PLAY
  • MORE VALUE
  • Today Pinball Wizard
  • PUSH EITHER FLIPPER DURING POWER-OUTAGE TO JETTISON BALL
  • HOLD EITHER FLIPPER FOR INSTANT INFO
  • GENERAL ADMISSION
  • Adult Only Per Credit
  • ROW 1
  • SEAT 21
  • Data East Pinball, Incorporated
  • Melrose Park, Illinois, U.S.A
  • Game: The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard
  • Coin/Op: Left, Red Coin Slideshow, Jim Kirschner, Lonnie Popp
  • Artwork: Kurt Anderson, Markus Rothkranz
  • Manufactured Date: 1994
  • Total Production: 4,700
  • DATA EAST
  • SKILL SHOT
Pop bumpers
Two visible pop-bumper caps with blue rings near the top of the playfield
Ramps
V-shaped wire ramp and straight wire ramp rails running through the centre and upper playfield, plus a metal ball guide lane down the right side
Slingshots
Two triangular slingshots flanking the flippers
Upper playfield
Raised upper section at the top with a lane carrying a 't' and 'e' sign, star and arrow decals, plastic ramp structure and a metal return lane
Apron and lower playfield
Grey lower apron with a yellow the who / on broadway logo plate, a left instruction card, a right white manufacturer card, two yellow daisy instruction panels, a qr code at far left and an orange skill shot panel at far right
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Large central rear-view figure in a mustard-yellow shirt, short black hair, right arm raised holding a small model car above shoulder height; head and shoulders fill the lower centre, seen from behind
Man Lower-left inset black-and-white panel: young man with black mop-top haircut, white shirt, mouth open as if singing, drawn in high-contrast monochrome
Woman Lower-right inset colour panel: young woman with dark hair in a short white dress or apron, seated side-on on a red scooter, one leg down
Man Upper right: figure in a dark green jacket leaning over, near the right-hand brain sign and the yellow radiating burst
Other Small pale face with a white helmet or headband directly below the central yellow-shirted figure, between the two flippers
Vehicle Red scooter or moped in the lower-right inset panel
Vehicle Small model car held aloft by the central figure's raised hand
Full description

A portrait-orientation pinball playfield photographed under glass, on a grey cabinet with black rails down both sides. The art is a busy comic-book montage in yellow, red, black and white, split into panels by painted lines and real chrome hardware. Dominating the centre is a large Union Jack in red, white and blue, its wedges lettered with small status words. A big yellow starburst near the lower centre reads SHOOT AGAIN. Below and behind the flippers is a large rear-view illustration of a young man in a mustard-yellow shirt, black hair, his right arm raised, holding a small model car. A green sign reading BRAIN appears twice, upper centre-left and upper right. At lower left a black-and-white panel shows a young man in a white shirt with a black mop-top haircut, singing. At lower right a woman in a white mini-dress sits on a red scooter. Along the bottom edge the title is split by the flippers into PINBALL and WIZARD, with a black-on-yellow THE WHO / ON BROADWAY logo between them. Yellow daisy-shaped instruction panels sit at both lower corners. Hardware includes two blue pop-bumper caps at the top, two chrome flippers, two slingshots, a V-shaped wire ramp and metal ball guides.

Backglass vision analysis

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

The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard backglass

Backglass

  • red
  • blue
  • yellow
  • orange

Fingerprint: THE WHO'S in oversized yellow cartoon letter-shapes, Union Jack background in bold red-white-blue starburst, four young men in grey suits with electric guitars at microphones, hand-lettered red and black markers scrawled over letters, two orange propeller planes in top corners with visible pilots, pop-art screen-printed poster style, rock band concert theme

Distinctive

A Union Jack covers the whole background in a bold pop-art red, white and blue starburst, with four realistically painted young men — three holding electric guitars — layered over it. The singer in the centre foreground is framed by a big red mechanical structure with a tall upright red microphone, head thrown back mid-song. Oversized flat yellow cartoon letter-shapes run across the top with crude red and black marker lettering scrawled over them. Two small orange propeller planes with visible pilots cross the upper corners, one over a tiny inset panel of yellow-red print.

Setting

  • Full-bleed union jack flag with red, white and blue diagonal and vertical stripes
  • Orange and yellow sunset sky shapes behind the flag
  • Four oversized flat yellow cartoon letter shapes across the upper third

Symbols

  • Union jack
  • Electric guitars
  • Stage microphone
  • Propeller aeroplanes
  • Red angular mechanical frame

Lettering

  • Oversized flat yellow cartoon block shapes with heavy black outlines, overlaid with crude uppercase marker scrawl — pale white capitals inside the left yellow circle, red capitals in the centre, and a flowing black script line across the bottom edge of the yellow shapes

Themes

  • Band
  • Rock concert
  • Guitar players
  • Singer
  • Union jack
  • Aircraft
  • British pop culture

Title on it

  • The who's

Text on it

  • THE WHO'S
  • EVER SINCE I WAS A YOUNG BOY
  • PLAYED THE SILVER BALL
  • Another BGR Resto Restoration
Who and what
Kind Description
Man Left foreground: dark shaggy hair, moustache and heavy sideburns, open collar, red/white/blue patterned military-style jacket, strumming a white electric guitar with black pickguard, looking forward
Man Centre-left background: smaller dark curly-haired man in a dark shirt, mouth open as if singing, right arm raised outward
Man Centre foreground: curly light-brown hair, light blue collared shirt with black necktie, head tilted back and mouth open singing, framed by a large red geometric metal frame; a tall red microphone on a stand rises directly above his head
Man Right: dark curly hair and full dark beard, pale grey-white jacket over a black shirt, playing an orange-brown electric guitar with a dark neck
Vehicle Orange and black single-propeller aeroplane in the top left corner with a small pilot figure visible in the cockpit
Vehicle Orange and black single-propeller aeroplane in the top right corner, mirrored, with a small pilot figure in the cockpit
Full description

A square backglass with a Union Jack motif filling the entire background: red, white and blue diagonal and vertical flag stripes with orange sky shapes showing through. Across the upper third sit four large yellow cartoon shapes spelling out a name in oversized block letters, outlined in black and overlaid with red and black hand-lettered words. Faint white capital letters inside the left yellow circle read 'THE WHO'S'. Four men are pictured in a painted, high-contrast, poster-like pop-art style. Left: a dark-haired man with a moustache, thick sideburns and open collar, wearing a red, white and blue patterned military-style jacket, strumming a white electric guitar. Centre-left behind him: a smaller dark-haired man in a dark shirt, mouth open, one arm raised. Centre foreground: a curly-haired man in a light blue shirt and black tie, head tilted back, mouth open, singing, framed by a large red geometric metal structure with a tall red microphone above his head. Right: a dark-haired, bearded man in a pale jacket over a black shirt, playing an orange-brown electric guitar. Two orange and black propeller aeroplanes with small pilot figures fly in the top left and top right corners.

The Who's Tommy Pinball Wizard backglass

Backglass

  • yellow
  • dark blue
  • red
  • white

Fingerprint: PINBALL WIZARD title over THE WHO'S rounded shield badge in orange, massive white faceted crystal bursting with red-white-blue paint spray at centre, dark navy starfield background with enormous yellow title letters spanning full width, photographic cutout collage of figures including tartan-jacketed man, Union Jack flag, stone archway with paired young men, diverse group of suited and gesturing musicians arranged at varied scales

Distinctive

A giant white faceted cut-diamond or crystal shape burst through by red, white and blue spray paint, sitting dead centre under an orange round badge that reads THE WHO'S. Behind everything, enormous yellow letters the width of the entire glass spell out a title in a starfield. The people are photographic cut-outs rather than painted figures, scattered around the crystal at different scales like a photocopied collage, including a man in a green tartan jacket pointing upward and a Union Jack flag. A tiny yellow manufacturer logo sits in the top right corner against blue.

Setting

  • Deep navy-blue starfield with white star specks and scattered sparkle glints
  • Giant oversized yellow gradient title letters with black outlines filling the background behind everything else

Symbols

  • Union jack flag
  • Starfield with sparkle glints
  • Large white faceted crystal or cut diamond
  • Red white and blue paint-spray burst
  • Orange rounded shield badge
  • Coloured light beams radiating from the crystal

Lettering

  • Jagged comic-book red capitals with cream and white drop-shadow outline for the top logo; thin informal red handwriting on three lines inside the orange badge; enormous soft-gradient yellow sans-serif capitals with heavy black outlines as the background lettering; small plain yellow block capitals in the top-right logo box

Themes

  • Rock music
  • Band members
  • Stage performance
  • Collage of faces
  • Space and stars

Title on it

  • Pinball wizard

Text on it

  • PINBALL WIZARD
  • THE WHO'S
  • WIZARD
  • DATA EAST
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman At far left edge, a woman in a shiny gold satin dress, dark hair, head thrown back, mouth open laughing or singing, both arms flung up and outwards, cropped by the left border
Other Above her at upper left, a small pale figure dressed all in white with both arms raised straight up, legs apart, rendered flatly like a silhouette sticker against the blue
Man Left of centre, a man in a green tartan/plaid jacket over a yellow shirt with a dark tie, dark hair, head tilted back with mouth open, right arm pointing up and to the right with index finger extended
Man Lower left, a man in a dark suit and white shirt, arm outstretched pointing right
Man Lower left-centre, a man in a bright red suit jacket over a white shirt, dark trousers, walking
Man Left of the arch, a man in a dark navy shirt and dark trousers with both arms flung wide and knees bent, mid-stride
Man Standing inside the cream stone archway, a man in a white shirt and light trousers facing forward
Man Also inside the archway, seen from behind/side, a man in a white shirt with an orange-yellow patch on the back and dark shorts
Man Centre-right, the largest figure: a young man with dark hair in a bright yellow jacket over a pale shirt and blue tie, right arm raised high with fingers spread, mouth open as if shouting, left hand out
Man Far right upper, a man in a dark suit with slicked dark hair, head tilted, face in shadow, looking down-left
Woman Far right, below him, a woman with long auburn-brown hair and a pale face in three-quarter view, looking left
Man Lower right, a man in a white shirt and dark trousers leaning steeply forward, appearing to fall or dive
Other Lower right, a figure in a red and blue costume sprawled or diving, legs splayed, cropped by the bottom edge
Full description

A landscape-format backglass with a dark navy-blue starfield background and huge yellow gradient block letters spelling out a title across the entire width, outlined in black. Overlaid at the top centre is a jagged, comic-book style red logo reading PINBALL WIZARD in cream and white outline, and beneath it a large orange/yellow rounded shield-shaped badge carrying the hand-lettered red text THE WHO'S on three lines. Top right corner has a small yellow logo on a blue rectangle. The centre of the glass is dominated by a big white and silver faceted crystal or cut-diamond shape, backed by a red, white and blue paint-spray burst. Around it is a collage of photographic, cut-out human figures: a laughing woman in a gold satin dress with raised arms at far left; a man in a green tartan jacket pointing up and shouting; three men in suits and dark clothing striding and gesturing below him; a cream stone archway at bottom centre with two young men standing inside it; a Union Jack flag draped behind; a young man in a bright yellow jacket at centre-right with one arm thrown up and mouth open; two dark-suited figures at far right, one dark-haired man and one auburn-haired woman; and a tumbling pair of figures in white and red at lower right.