1948 · Genco
Triple Action
Flat dark navy-blue painted field, large flat mid-blue oval/arc shape behind the three women, yellow wooden outer border with chipped and scuffed paint and yellow arched panel across the bottom third.
- Year
- 1948
- Maker
- Genco
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Backglass lights
- Players
- 1
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- yellow
- red
- white
Fingerprint: triple action: vertical ladder of nine score panels (900000-100000) alternating red and yellow down left edge, three pin-up women wearing diagonal sashes reading single double triple, overlapping numbered roundels and "million" banner top-left, painted vintage car nose between numbered circles at bottom arch, flat 1950s cartoon illustration style with dark navy ground
Three separate pin-up women each wearing a diagonal sash reading SINGLE, DOUBLE and TRIPLE, lined up left to right under the words MILLION and TRIPLE Action. A full-height ladder of nine value panels running 900 000 down to 100 000 down the left edge, alternating red and yellow. Three overlapping numbered roundels in the top-left corner on a yellow banner reading MILLION. An arc of ten numbered circles from 10 to 90 across the lower yellow panel, with a painted vintage car nose between them.
Setting
- Flat dark navy-blue painted field
- Large flat mid-blue oval/arc shape behind the three women
- Yellow wooden outer border with chipped and scuffed paint
- Yellow arched panel across the bottom third
Symbols
- Three overlapping numbered roundels top-left
- Nine stacked rounded score panels down the left edge
- Ten coloured numbered circles in an arc along the bottom
- Three white diagonal sashes
- Car grille and wheel
Lettering
- Main title in heavy white sans-serif block capitals with orange drop shadow, immediately followed by red-orange italic cursive; the left-edge values in plain white block numerals on rounded red and yellow panels; sash words in black and red capitals on white diagonal ribbons
Themes
- Pin-up
- Score ladder
- Value circles
- Swimsuit
- Vintage car detail
- Prize-level sashes
Title on it
- Triple action
Text on it
- MILLION
- TRIPLE
- Action
- SINGLE
- DOUBLE
- 900 000
- 800 000
- 700 000
- 600 000
- 500 000
- 400 000
- 300 000
- 200 000
- 100 000
- 10
- 20
- 30
- 40
- 50
- 60
- 70
- 80
- 90
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left figure: blonde pin-up with long curled hair, broad open-mouthed smile, head tilted right, holding a white sash reading single; pale blue patterned bra top and dark bottoms, bare arms. |
| Woman | Centre figure: brunette with glossy black shoulder-length waves, red lips, yellow two-piece outfit with a small red bow at the bust, holding a white sash reading double; leaning slightly left. |
| Woman | Right figure: platinum-blonde with hair swept up and to the side, red-and-white vertically striped swimsuit, holding a white sash reading triple; standing upright, facing left. |
| Vehicle | Painted vintage car detail at the lower centre: chrome grille slats, headlamp and a white-walled wheel, drawn small between the numbered circles on the yellow arch. |
A painted backglass on dark navy-blue ground, framed by a yellowed wooden or card edge with worn and chipped paint at the corners and along the top. Across the upper right runs the main title in two styles: huge white block capitals with orange shadow spelling TRIPLE, followed immediately by the word Action in slanted red-orange cursive. In the upper left, three overlapping roundels (orange, yellow, red) hold numerals, and a yellow banner beneath them carries the white script word MILLION. Down the entire left edge runs a vertical ladder of nine rounded score panels, reading 900 000 at the top through 800 000, 700 000, 600 000, 500 000, 400 000, 300 000, 200 000 to 100 000 at the bottom, alternating dark red and bright yellow with white numerals. The centre-right holds three smiling pin-up women standing shoulder to shoulder, each holding a white diagonal sash naming a payout level: SINGLE, DOUBLE and TRIPLE. The blonde at left wears a light blue bra and dark bottoms, the brunette in the middle a yellow two-piece with a red bow, and the platinum-blonde at right a red-and-white striped swimsuit. Below them an arched yellow panel carries ten coloured circles numbered 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 in a rising arc, with a painted car grille and wheel between them. Style is flat 1950s cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.