1962 · Gottlieb
Tropic Isle
Known for ABCD targets, Monkeys, Purple Pop Bumpers and Green Pop Bumpers. Tropical beach, blue sky with clouds, ocean horizon, sandy path and palm trees.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Gottlieb
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 1
Known for
- Target
ABCD targets
- backglass toy
Monkeys
- Bumper
Purple Pop Bumpers
- Bumper
Green Pop Bumpers
- rollunder gates
Rollunder gates
On the playfield
Hole 1
- Out hole
Bumpers 2
- Purple Pop Bumpers
- Green Pop Bumpers
Target 1
- ABCD targets
Lanes 2
- Rollunder gates rollunder gates
- Out lanes
Control 1
- On Purple and On Green buttons buttons
Backbox 1
- Monkeys backglass toy
On the backglass
Who and what
- woman Large bust portrait, young adult, tanned skin, long glossy black wavy hair, broad smile with red lips, head tilted right, white hibiscus flower behind her left ear, white frilled flower at her right shoulder, red-and-white ruffled halter top, bare arms raised to hold a curved white score plate with red lattice trim showing four digit windows
- man Slim young adult, bare-chested with a red neckerchief, short dark hair, green grass skirt, red sandals, standing full length on the sandy path at centre-right, holding a shallow bowl or coconut shell, thin fishing line curving from his hand
Setting
- Tropical beach
- Blue sky with clouds
- Ocean horizon
- Sandy path
- Palm trees
Text on it
- TROPIC ISLE
- 4 PLAYER 1
- 5
- 7
- 8
Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
The cast
- Moon Shot
Reference
Linked terms
- Monkeys also called Rockets
Backglass vision analysis
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- red
- blue
- green
- cream
Fingerprint: TROPIC ISLE arcing in cream-white letters outlined in red across blue sky, large bust of smiling woman with glossy black wavy hair and white hibiscus behind ear in red-white ruffled halter top, bare-chested man in grass skirt beside her holding coconut shell, red-blue parrot on pole, tropical beach scene
A huge grinning dark-haired hula girl whose white-and-red ruffled top doubles as a curved score plate with four digit windows reading blank-5-7-8, plus a white hibiscus behind her ear. A small bare-chested man in a grass skirt stands beside her on the beach holding a coconut shell, and a bright red-and-blue parrot perches on a pole at the right. The TROPIC ISLE script logo arcs across the sky in cream letters outlined in red, and a small white '4 PLAYER 1' sign hangs below it. Two coconut palms lean in from the top corners framing the whole beach scene.
Setting
- Tropical beach
- Blue sky with clouds
- Ocean horizon
- Sandy path
- Palm trees
Symbols
- Coconut palm trees
- Coconut fruit cluster
- Red-and-blue parrot
- Hibiscus flowers
- Fishing line
- Grass skirt
- Lattice trim
- Digit counter windows
- Ocean waves
- Clouds
Lettering
- Large slanted italic brush-script capitals, cream fill with a thick red outline and slight drop shadow, arched across the upper right; small plain black print on a white rectangular sign beneath it
Themes
- Tropical island
- Beach
- Hula girl
- Polynesian
- Fishing
- Coconut palms
- Vacation
- Tiki
Title on it
- Tropic isle
Text on it
- TROPIC ISLE
- 4 PLAYER 1
- 5
- 7
- 8
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Large bust portrait, young adult, tanned skin, long glossy black wavy hair, broad smile with red lips, head tilted right, white hibiscus flower behind her left ear, white frilled flower at her right shoulder, red-and-white ruffled halter top, bare arms raised to hold a curved white score plate with red lattice trim showing four digit windows |
| Man | Slim young adult, bare-chested with a red neckerchief, short dark hair, green grass skirt, red sandals, standing full length on the sandy path at centre-right, holding a shallow bowl or coconut shell, thin fishing line curving from his hand |
A square illustrated backglass panel set inside a thick glossy red border with a cream/white inner pinstripe and narrow white oblong accent panels inset at the left and right edges. The artwork is a bright painted tropical beach scene. Across the upper right, a large slanted italic script logo reading TROPIC ISLE in cream-white letters outlined in red, arched slightly over a blue sky. On the left half, a large bust portrait of a smiling young woman with tanned skin, long glossy black wavy hair, a white five-petal hibiscus tucked behind her ear and a white frilled flower at her shoulder; she wears a red-and-white ruffled halter top. Below her chin a curved white counter plate with a red lattice trim shows four digit windows reading blank, 5, 7, 8. On the right, a slim bare-chested young man in a green grass skirt, red neckerchief and red sandals stands on a sandy path holding a bowl or coconut shell, fishing line trailing from his hand. Two leaning coconut palms arch in from the top corners, a red-and-blue parrot perches on a pole at the right, and dark green fronds fill the bottom foreground. A small white rectangular sign hangs near the top right.