Made by
- Design
- Wayne Neyens
- Art
- Roy Parker
Vision analysis
On the backglass
Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.
Backglass
- blue
- red
- yellow
- green
Fingerprint: whirl-a-wing, giant five-bladed red green yellow and white pinwheel of curved feathers dominating centre with white title arching over it and white 2 PLAYER disc at hub, dancing woman in rainbow-striped swirling skirt on left and moustachioed man in green suit and broad-brimmed hat on right, two ornate player windows in red and green with mechanical score reels, dark blue tiled background
A giant five-bladed red, green, yellow and white pinwheel of curved feathers dominating the centre, with the white title arching over it and a white 2 PLAYER disc at its hub. Flanking it, a dancing woman in a rainbow-striped swirling skirt on the left and a moustachioed man in a green suit and broad-brimmed hat on the right. Two matching ornate player windows in red and green carry mechanical score reels reading 1,7,7,8 and 1,0,0.
Setting
- Dark blue tiled grid or mosaic wall
- Yellow sunburst ray panels behind the player windows
- White spotlight patches on the right-hand figure
Symbols
- Large five-blade pinwheel of coloured feathers
- Snare drum with drumsticks
- Two green billiard-style balls
- Sunburst ray panels
- Grid of small blue squares
Lettering
- Large arched white block letters with heavy red and dark outlines for the title; white script on a red ribbon for the maker name; plain black and red sans-serif capitals on cream panels
Themes
- Pinwheel
- Feathers
- Musical-comedy
- Dancers
- Two-player
- Skill game
Title on it
- Whirl-a-wing
Text on it
- Gottlieb's
- WHIRL
- WING
- 2 PLAYER
- Amusement Pinballs
- 1 OR 2
- CAN PLAY
- AT THE SAME TIME
- IT'S MORE FUN
- TO COMPETE
- - A GAME OF SKILL -
- BALL
- in PLAY
- D. Gottlieb & Co.
- 1
- 2
- 1st PLAYER
- 2nd PLAYER
- PLAYERS
- 1-2
| Kind | Description |
|---|---|
| Woman | Left side, adult, light skin, dark hair under a wide-brimmed cream hat trimmed with red flowers; red halter top, bare midriff, and a huge swirling skirt of concentric yellow, green, blue and red ruffles; one leg extended forward in a dance pose, smiling broadly |
| Man | Right side, adult, light skin, black moustache, wide-brimmed green hat, green jacket and trousers with a yellow stripe down the leg, white ruffled shirt with a red necktie, red sash at the waist with yellow stripes, one hand at his hip |
A brightly coloured electro-mechanical backglass with a dark blue tiled/grid background and a big red, white and green pinwheel or fan of curved feather-like blades in the centre, over which the title arches in white block letters outlined in red. A red ribbon banner top left reads Gottlieb's in white script. On the left a smiling woman in a wide-brimmed hat with flowers, a red top and a full yellow, green and red striped skirt whirls with one leg kicked out. On the right a man in a green suit with yellow side stripe, ruffled shirt, red sash, wide-brimmed green hat and a dark moustache stands smiling. A white disc reading 2 PLAYER sits in the pinwheel hub. Mid-low are two cream instruction panels: 1 OR 2 CAN PLAY AT THE SAME TIME, and IT'S MORE FUN TO COMPETE - A GAME OF SKILL. Below are two ornate number windows: 1 in a red frame with 1st PLAYER and score reels showing 1,7,7,8, and 2 in a green frame with 2nd PLAYER and reels 1,0,0. A drum, drumsticks and two green balls fill a yellow oval between them.