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Spanish Eyes / IPD No. 2265 / November 22, 1971 / 1 Player
 
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Manufacturer: Williams Electronics, Incorporated (1967-1985) [Trade Name: Williams]
Date Of Manufacture: November 22, 1971
Model Number: 408
Type: Electro-mechanical (EM) [?]
Production: 3,905 units   (confirmed)
Serial Number Database:View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net)  (External site)
Theme: Dancing - Music - Women - World Places
Notable Features: Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Standup targets (6), Kick-out hole (1), Horseshoe lane. One pop bumper is located between the flippers. No slingshots.
Design by: Norm Clark
Art by: John Craig
Notes: The add-a-ball version of this game is Williams' 1972 'Granada' but with a different playfield layout.

This game can be configured for replay, add-a-ball, or novelty play.

We previously showed Christian Marche as the artist for 'Spanish Eyes' but this game is not on a list of his games that he compiled in 1992. The actual artist is John Craig, who told us he was the sole artist for this game. He did the backglass and the playfield art and, although he does not believe he did the cabinet art, he said it looks to have been based on his designs. Craig shares with us his story of how he came to be involved with this game:

I was walking up Broadway [in Chicago], near Sheridan, carrying a portfolio to teach for a semester at Mundeline College, and this guy with a thin moustache, leaning on a building having a smoke, says "Hey...you an artist? I wanna show you something." So we go in this big garage and I saw these guys silkscreening backglass and boards for pinball games. I tried not to look excited, but I was. He wanted to know if I would be interested and could do some art for a game called Spanish Eyes. I didn't like the theme, but I said I'd like to do it, hoping that it would lead to some more interesting subjects.

This guy's name was Joe Mascheck and he was, I guess, their art director of sorts. I know I went out to the Williams factory for one of our meetings and I remember two things about that. One was this room, that once was like a lounge, but now was a lunch room, which once had a grand piano, but no one there could play, so it was a player piano. He talked about the days when there would be lots of women hanging around. Sounded like some private club. The other thing I remember was this little room with a row of 4 or 5 pinballs, which had no art on them, just the parts on plywood, and these guys who were paid to play them, looking for play appeal, and for bugs. According to my books, I was paid a little each time some of the art was done, from rough sketches in late June of 1971 through the final art in November 1971. I received $1000 for doing both the backglass and playfield. I was doing illustrations for Playboy [magazine] around this time too, and I remember doing a full page illustration for an article on pinball machines.


The article to which Craig refers is "Great Moments in Pinball History" by Michael Laurence, appearing in Playboy, December 1972, pages 162-163.

'Spanish Eyes' and 'Granada' are the only pinball machines on which his artwork appears.

Production Run Records for Spanish Eyes: 3905 total

Sample run: 85
Production Start Date: Nov-22-1971 / Production End Date: Dec-22-1971
First ship date: Dec-1-1971 / Last ship date: Unknown, remaining 1 shipped out with production games.

Production Run: 3820
Production Start Date: Mar-23-1972 / Production End Date: May-5-1972
First ship date: Mar-24-1972 / Last ship date: Mar-21-1973

Product History Record for Spanish Eyes:
Quantity produced for USA/Canada: 2871*
Quantity produced for export: 1034*
Total quantity produced: 3905*
BOM: $213.33
Price to Distributor: $460.00
*These quantities may be sales estimates.

Photos in: Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1External Link, page 221
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2External Link, page 243
The Complete Pinball BookExternal Link, pages 118 and 213
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
Arcade TreasuresExternal Link, page 89
Pinball Collectors' Quarterly, Issue 3, front cover, pages 2, 6, and 7
Pinball PortfolioExternal Link, page 93
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 68
Pinball An Illustrated HistoryExternal Link, page 106
Pinball SnapshotsExternal Link, pages 201-205
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 190
Owners List URL:http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2265  (External site)
Documentation: 41 MB PDF English Manual [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  716 KB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
  9 MB PDF Schematic Diagram (continuous, coordinates 14-ABCDE are missing or incomplete) [Williams Electronics, Inc.]
Images:
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Image # 4340: Spanish Eyes Flyer
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Image # 13013: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Front View
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[Bill Dempski]
Image # 13014: Spanish Eyes Playfield
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[Bill Dempski]
Image # 13015: Spanish Eyes Upper Playfield
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[Bill Dempski]
Image # 14555: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Backglass
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[Skynet Amusement Company]
Image # 14556: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Upper Playfield
Illuminated Upper Playfield

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[Skynet Amusement Company]
Image # 14557: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Left
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[Skynet Amusement Company]
Image # 14558: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Right
Cabinet - Right

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[Skynet Amusement Company]
Image # 14836: Spanish Eyes Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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Image # 14837: Spanish Eyes Inside Backbox
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Image # 14838: Spanish Eyes Designer's Autograph
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Image # 28119: Spanish Eyes Playfield
Playfield

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[Philippe Thibault]
Image # 28120: Spanish Eyes Backglass
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[Philippe Thibault]
Image # 32919: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Upper Playfield
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32920: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Middle Playfield
Illuminated Middle Playfield

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32921: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Lower Playfield
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32922: Spanish Eyes Backbox - Left
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32923: Spanish Eyes Backbox - Right
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32924: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Front
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32925: Spanish Eyes Under Playfield
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32926: Spanish Eyes Inside Cabinet
Inside Cabinet

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32927: Spanish Eyes Backbox Insert
Backbox Insert

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[Jim Palson]
Image # 32928: Spanish Eyes Backglass - Reverse
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[Jim Palson]
Image # 51191: Spanish Eyes Backglass
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51192: Spanish Eyes Backglass - Detail
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51193: Spanish Eyes Backbox - Left
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51194: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Right
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51195: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Front
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51196: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Front View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51197: Spanish Eyes Instruction Card
Instruction Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 51198: Spanish Eyes Score Card
Score Card

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 58955: Spanish Eyes Inside Backbox
Inside Backbox

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 58956: Spanish Eyes Illuminated Backglass
Illuminated Backglass

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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 58957: Spanish Eyes Playfield
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
Image # 58959: Spanish Eyes Cabinet - Front View
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[Jean-Pierre Renault]
 

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