1962 · Williams
Valiant
Flat salmon-pink sky and ground wash filling the whole panel, central red-and-white striped pavilion tent with a flagpole, green turf foreground at the bottom, crowd of small figures standing behind a white-and-yellow striped barrier, pink-and-yellow conical tents at the far left and far right edges and pink castle turrets on the horizon at both sides.
- Year
- 1962
- Maker
- Williams
- Type
- Electro-mechanical
- Display
- Score reels
- Players
- 2
Made by
- Design
- Steve Kordek
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- pink
- red
- blue
- yellow
Fingerprint: VALIANT in red serif letters on pink ground, two armoured knights colliding on rearing horses with red-gold lion caparisons, blue heraldic shields held aloft by gold lions with white diamond score windows, striped pavilion barrier, castle turrets and crowds, red scroll captions, symmetrical medieval tournament layout, flat cartoon palette
A jousting-medieval tournament scene as the main image: two armoured knights on rearing horses colliding with lances across a striped barrier, the horses draped in red-and-gold lion caparisons. Above them two blue heraldic shields hung from gold lions, each pierced by four white diamond score windows showing 250 and 074. The title VALIANT appears in enormous red block serif capitals with a white drop outline on a pink ground. Flanking slogans sit on ribbon banners: 1 OR 2 / CAN PLAY on the left and IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE on a green scroll on the right, with TWO PLAYER in yellow capitals above.
Setting
- Flat salmon-pink sky and ground wash filling the whole panel
- Central red-and-white striped pavilion tent with a flagpole
- Green turf foreground at the bottom
- Crowd of small figures standing behind a white-and-yellow striped barrier
- Pink-and-yellow conical tents at the far left and far right edges
- Pink castle turrets on the horizon at both sides
Symbols
- Red-and-gold lion caparisons (heraldic lions)
- Gold heraldic lions holding the shields
- Red oval medallions with the numerals 1 and 2
- White diamond score windows
- Two crossed flags on the central pole
- Blue swallow-tail ribbon
- Green scroll banner
- Pink-and-yellow conical tents
- White-and-yellow striped barrier
- Pink castle turrets
Lettering
- Large red block serif capitals with white inner highlight and dark outline for the title; yellow sans-serif capitals for two player; white hand-lettered capitals on coloured ribbon and scroll banners for the slogans
Themes
- Medieval jousting
- Heraldry
- Tournament
- Knights on horseback
- Two player
- Score reels in shield panels
- Castle and pavilion fairground setting
Title on it
- Valiant
Text on it
- VALIANT
- TWO PLAYER
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY
- IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- BALL IN PLAY
- PLAYERS
- 1,2
- 250
- 074
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Man | Left jousting knight, full plate armour painted blue-grey with a closed helmet and plume, seated on a rearing chestnut horse, lance couched and pointing right, red-and-gold lion caparison over the horse's front |
| Man | Right jousting knight, helmeted, yellow surcoat over red, seated on a white/grey horse galloping right, holding a shield and lance, horse draped in red caparison with yellow lions |
| Animal | Chestnut horse rearing on its hind legs, left of centre |
| Animal | White/grey horse galloping right, with white plume at the tail |
| Creature | Two small gold heraldic lions, one at each upper corner of the blue shields, rearing and holding the shields |
| Other | Central crowned figure in a red robe seated on a throne inside the pavilion, holding a small object, with standing attendants in white, green and yellow flanking him |
| Other | Row of roughly a dozen small crowd figures in red, blue, yellow, green and white tunics along the striped barrier behind the tournament |
Flat painted backglass on a salmon-pink ground, laid out symmetrically around a central striped pavilion. Across the top a large red block-serif word VALIANT with white and dark outline, flanked left by a magenta pennant reading 1 OR 2 beside a blue swallow-tail ribbon reading CAN PLAY, and right by a green scroll reading IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE. Yellow lettering above the title reads TWO PLAYER. Two big blue-and-gold shield panels fill the upper half, one marked 1 in a red oval and one marked 2; each is held aloft by a gold heraldic lion and each contains four white diamond score windows with grey numerals, 250 on the left and 074 on the right, plus a red scroll caption 1st PLAYER and 2nd PLAYER. Lower half shows a medieval jousting tournament before green turf: a knight in blue-grey armour on a chestnut horse rears left, lance raised against a knight in yellow and red surcoat on a white horse galloping right, both horses carrying red-and-gold caparisons emblazoned with yellow lions. A white-and-yellow striped barrier runs across, with crowds of small figures behind it in red, blue, yellow and green, a BALL IN PLAY box at left and a PLAYERS box over 1,2 at right. Bright red, blue, yellow and green dominate; style is flat cartoon illustration with heavy black outlines.