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1948 · Exhibit

Build Up

Theatre stage, red curtain and starry teal backdrop.

Year
1948
Maker
Exhibit
Type
Electro-mechanical
Display
Backglass lights
Players
1

On the playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • teal
  • brown
  • 2 flippers

Full vision analysis

Seen in the photo

  • Pop bumpers Six round cream-capped bumpers: two near the top centre, one left and one right in the middle, two low near the centre; more cup-like bumpers in the top corners.
  • Apron and bottom of playfield Bare wood below the Reserve panel with a white instruction card reading OPERATE FLIPPER BUTTONS at each side of game, a drain slot and a red plunger plate on the right.
  • Two teal SPECIAL discs with slot gates
  • Small cream kicker bumpers with wire loops

On the backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • purple

Full vision analysis

Who and what

  • woman Blonde, purple dress with ruffled billowing skirt, purple heels, leaning with one hand on the curtain, smiling

Setting

  • Theatre stage
  • Red curtain
  • Starry teal backdrop

Text on it

  • Exhibit's
  • BUILD UP
  • 100,000
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000
  • 600,000
  • 90,000
  • 80,000
  • 70,000
  • 60,000
  • 50,000
  • 40,000
  • 30,000
  • 20,000
  • 10,000
  • 9000
  • 8000
  • 7000
  • 6000
  • 5000
  • 4000
  • 3000
  • 2000
  • 1000
  • KLOV

The cast

  • Building and construction

Reference

Playfield vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Playfield

  • red
  • yellow
  • teal
  • brown

Fingerprint: pair of blonde women, yellow mini frocks, mirror-imaged either side of centre, bending and kicking, heart-like red swirl panel, teal SPECIAL discs with red centres, big teal curved Reserve panel with ring of red circles 5000 to 100,000, B.U.I.L.D. banners, six round cream-capped bumpers, corner cups, tiny cream kickers wrapped in wire loops, red yellow teal palette

Distinctive

Two identical blonde women in short yellow dresses are painted mirror-image either side of the centre. A big teal Reserve panel at the bottom holds a ring of red circles valued 5000 to 100,000. Banners spell out the letters B.U.I.L.D. in the rules. The wood is worn and the red paint is flaking.

Setting

  • Plain painted surface with heart-shaped swirls

Symbols

  • Red circles
  • Teal discs

Notable shapes

  • Heart-like red panel
  • Teal curved reserve panel

Art motifs

  • Heart shape
  • Symmetry

Themes

  • Glamour girls
  • Build-up lettering

Text on it

  • Extra SPECIAL
  • WHEN B.U.I.L.D.U.P. ARE HIT
  • 50,000 SPECIAL
  • 5000 Reserve
  • Collect Reserve
  • SPECIAL
  • WHEN B.U.I.L.D.U.P. HIT
  • 50,000
  • 25,000
  • 5000
  • 10,000
  • and 5000 RESERVE
  • Double Reserve
  • WHEN B.U.I.L.D ARE HIT
  • 10,000 and 5000 RESERVE
  • Reserve
  • 15,000
  • 20,000
  • 30,000
  • 35,000
  • 40,000
  • 45,000
  • 100,000
  • OPERATE FLIPPER BUTTONS at each side of game
Pop bumpers
Six round cream-capped bumpers: two near the top centre, one left and one right in the middle, two low near the centre; more cup-like bumpers in the top corners.
Apron and bottom of playfield
Bare wood below the Reserve panel with a white instruction card reading OPERATE FLIPPER BUTTONS at each side of game, a drain slot and a red plunger plate on the right.
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde woman in short yellow dress bending forward, left of centre, facing right
Woman Mirror-image blonde woman in short yellow dress on the right, facing left
Full description

An overhead photo of an old, wood-rimmed playfield with a red, yellow and teal painted surface in a heart-like swirl pattern, showing wear and rust. Six round bumpers with cream caps sit in two upper groups and a lower pair, plus bumper-like cups in the top corners. Two blonde women in short yellow dresses are painted symmetrically either side of the centre, bending and kicking. Teal discs marked SPECIAL with red centres and slot gates sit left and right. A large teal curved panel at the bottom reads Reserve with a ring of red circles valued 5000 to 100,000. Banners carry lettering such as WHEN B.U.I.L.D. ARE HIT and Double Reserve. Two flippers sit at the bottom with small cream ones higher up. A red metal plate on the right holds the plunger lane.

Backglass vision analysis

Written by a machine from the photos, so details may be off.

Backglass

  • yellow
  • red
  • blue
  • purple

Fingerprint: BUILD UP in yellow outlined letters arcing over a teal-blue backdrop with white stars. Blonde showgirl in purple ruffled short dress and purple heels leans on red stage curtain, on yellow stage spot. Score arc 100,000 to 600,000 across top, Exhibit's in purple script, red curved band 10,000 to 90,000 down left, round discs 1000 to 9000 along bottom.

Distinctive

A blonde showgirl in a billowing purple dress leaning on a red stage curtain, under the title BUILD UP in yellow outlined letters. Rainbow-coloured score numbers run in a big arc: 100,000 to 600,000 across the top and 10,000 to 90,000 down a red curved band. Round numbered discs from 1000 to 9000 run along the bottom.

Setting

  • Theatre stage
  • Red curtain
  • Starry teal backdrop

Symbols

  • Stars
  • Red curtain
  • Numbered discs
  • Framed card on easel

Lettering

  • Yellow outlined block capitals for the title; chunky multicolour numerals; purple script for the small header word

Themes

  • Showgirl
  • Stage
  • Score arc

Title on it

  • BUILD UP

Text on it

  • Exhibit's
  • BUILD UP
  • 100,000
  • 200,000
  • 300,000
  • 400,000
  • 500,000
  • 600,000
  • 90,000
  • 80,000
  • 70,000
  • 60,000
  • 50,000
  • 40,000
  • 30,000
  • 20,000
  • 10,000
  • 9000
  • 8000
  • 7000
  • 6000
  • 5000
  • 4000
  • 3000
  • 2000
  • 1000
  • KLOV
Who and what
Kind Description
Woman Blonde, purple dress with ruffled billowing skirt, purple heels, leaning with one hand on the curtain, smiling
Full description

A wooden-framed, brightly coloured 1950s-style backglass. Across the top is a curved yellow banner with the score values 100,000 to 600,000 in red, green, purple, blue, yellow and teal, with the word Exhibit's in purple script at its left. A red curved band down the left lists 10,000 to 90,000 in alternating colours. Along the bottom run round discs from 1000 to 9000. The title BUILD UP is in yellow outlined letters curving over the middle. In the centre a blonde woman in a purple short dress with a ruffled, billowing skirt leans against a red stage curtain at right, wearing purple high heels and standing on a yellow stage spot. Small white stars scatter across a teal-blue backdrop. A framed small panel sits at lower right. A faint KLOV watermark is at bottom right.