I noticed this game features nice women on the playfield.
Does anyone know for interest if a pinball manufacturer back in this era ever released a pinball machine with naked or topless artwork of sexy women.
I only ask the question cause I am guessing that pinball in this era was designed solely or mostly for mature men to play in various adult only or heavily influenced men style bars or pubs or out the back type European or American type places.
If such a pinball machine exists, I am guessing they might be super rare or very limited in custom numbers and may be worth a lot of money ?
Is anyone on here a expert of this artwork and era ?
Always wondered if any manufacturer ever pushed the limits of female artwork for men only type of enjoyment ? ?
Not much was allowed in the way of "risqué" artwork... everything was subject to approval and the moral code was upheld..... you have to remember that pinball was nearly always on the verge of being banned so to put nude women in the artwork would have been a nail in the coffin.
There are however small "incidences" that slipped through and were deliberate attempts to get a mans heart rate up a little when playing the machine... all of course was done in pure innocence
. To show a breast would have caused outrage.
But... if you look at Genco's 1948 TRIPLE ACTION playfield the 2 posts positions on the ladies are strategically placed to give the illusion of a 3D breast... when standing playing the machine, these line up perfectly over the breast... its a post right?? At first glance though.. the player was forced to take a 2nd look.
Williams 1954 SPITFIRE has the lady on the left with one leg cocked... the eye is drawn to between her thighs. If in any doubt, the lady on the right has the gun positioned over the genital area but the handle of the gun faces the lady on the right... again, drawing the eye to between her legs as does the horse on the left... still in doubt?? Theres a guy in the background emulating your face as you realise that you can ALMOST see between her legs!
And that is about as risky as it got... not much by todays standard but still clever and subtle incidences that allow some form of titillation.
Pinball artwork of this era is riddled with them... now you know how to view them, you find them all over the place!
