1973 · Inder
Touch
Open sky-blue field with soft white cloud puffs, circus ring floor in the mid band, curved cream-coloured banner band behind the top title, striped circus awning at top right and brown wooden rail or cabinet edge along the very top.
- Year
- 1973
- Maker
- Inder
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pale blue
- teal
- white
- red
Fingerprint: Enormous three-dimensional striped TOUCH banner across top with grey speech bubble full of five digit cards 8 6 6 7 0 sliding across it, oversized grinning orange-faced clown head with red hair filling lower right corner, parade of horses in profile walking behind four white red-numbered placards 1 2 3 4, small SUPER pennant among them, chaotic clown crowd packed into bottom edge, pale sky-blue cartoon field with white clouds
The most memorable element is the enormous striped three-dimensional TOUCH banner across the top, with a big grey cartoon speech bubble full of digit cards (8 6 6 7 0) sliding in front of it. Second is the oversized grinning clown head with orange face and red hair filling the lower right corner. Third, a parade of horses in profile walking left-to-right behind four white placards numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 in red, with a small SUPER pennant among them. Fourth, the chaotic clown crowd packed into the bottom edge, including a large red-white-and-blue clown face at lower left.
Setting
- Open sky-blue field with soft white cloud puffs
- Circus ring floor in the mid band
- Curved cream-coloured banner band behind the top title
- Striped circus awning at top right
- Brown wooden rail or cabinet edge along the very top
Symbols
- Red numbered placards 1-4
- Grey speech bubble with five digit cards
- Red-and-white striped awning
- Red-and-white pennant flag
- Yellow starbursts
- Horse silhouettes
- Cloud puffs
Lettering
- Very large three-dimensional block capitals with horizontal teal/green/white striping, heavy black outline, slight perspective lean, curving along a band; smaller placards use plain red numerals on white cards
Themes
- Circus
- Clowns
- Horses
- Game or fairground
- Touch-the-target
Title on it
- Touch
Text on it
- TOUCH
- SUPER
- 8
- 6
- 7
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Other | Small grinning clown peeking over a red-and-white striped awning at the top right, wearing a pointed striped hat, white face with red markings, arms raised |
| Other | Huge clown head at lower right, orange/tan skin, round white eyes with black pupils, red hair and sideburns, big open grinning mouth with pink tongue, white ruff |
| Other | Large stylised clown face at lower left in red, white and blue, pointed hat, wide open mouth, drawn in a flatter graphic style |
| Animal | Line of circus horses in profile walking left to right across the middle: a black horse, two small dark horses/donkeys, a chestnut horse, a white horse and a piebald brown-and-white horse, all with black manes and simple line-drawn harness |
| Other | Dense crowd of clowns and spectators along the bottom: men in blue, teal and striped suits and bowler or pointed hats, one figure in a black-and-white striped jumper, one in a tall red hat, faces in profile shouting, with yellow starburst shapes suggesting noise or laughter |
Cartoon backglass on a pale sky-blue field with white cloud puffs. Across the top runs a huge three-dimensional block-letter banner in teal, sea-green and white horizontal striping with a thick black outline, curving along a pale cream band; TOUCH is legible at the right end. Overlapping the banner's left half is a large grey-white cloud/speech-bubble outlined in black, holding five white black-bordered digit cards reading 8, 6, 6, 7 and 0. At top right a small grinning clown in a red-and-white cap leans over a striped circus awning. The middle band is a circus ring: a line of horses in profile (black, chestnut, white, piebald) walking behind four white placards numbered 1, 2, 3 and 4 in red, plus a red-and-white pennant reading SUPER. Lower right is a huge clown head with orange skin, red sideburns and a wide grin. The bottom is packed with a jostling crowd of clowns in hats and ruffled collars, with a large red-white-and-blue clown face at lower left. Glossy surface, reflection streak, brown wooden edge along the top.