Thunder Man

Photograph of a complete pinball playfield viewed from directly above, cabinet wood rails visible left and right, glass coverplate with wooden trim and a mustard-yellow front apron with chrome lockdown bar at the bottom. The artwork is a loud 1980s pulp-comic battle scene in bright primary colours. A huge bare-chested muscular man with a headband dominates the centre, one arm raised holding a gold mace, set against a yellow starburst. Behind him are blue and red multi-tiered Asian-style temple buildings under a dark night sky. Smaller painted figures surround him: a soldier in a blue-green uniform and peaked cap holding a fan of papers, a blonde woman in a yellow-and-black striped bodysuit holding a mace, another blonde woman in red at the left, a black man with an afro and an eyepatch, and a woman at top left swinging a discus. Two round pop bumpers with white caps and star motifs sit above centre; a vertical row of five red-bordered lamps runs down the left of the centre; two red-and-white circular lamps sit at lower centre. The lower third is mostly black with white and red pinstriping, holding two instruction cards, a score-card window, a QR code sticker and an oval approval stamp.

Photographed backglass behind a yellow-painted cabinet surround, lit with a strong yellow cast. Top band: the word THUNDER in large red block capitals with a white and silver outline, flanked by the red numerals 1 and 2, and two rectangular reel windows whose red seven-segment digits all read 0000000. Centre: a muscular bare-armed man with shoulder-length brown hair and a black eyepatch bearing a white skull and crossbones, gripping a long golden rod or staff. A helicopter marked POLICE flies at upper left above a city skyline. Below the title, the word MAN appears in yellow letters outlined in white and black. On the right are red and gold instruction boxes reading CREDIT, MATCH and BALLS TO PLAY, with two blank red rectangular windows and a red upward arrow. Lower left: a dark-haired youth in glasses beside a woman with long wavy blonde hair. Lower centre: a canal with a green towpath, a moored narrowboat, wooden jetties and small rowing boats. Lower right: golden Egyptian-style figures with striped nemes headdresses. An apple time sticker sits at lower left. Yellow circles numbered 1 2 3 4 sit at bottom centre. Reflections and a chipped lower edge are visible.