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Average Fun Rating: | 7.7/10 (31 ratings/22 comments) [ Add Your Rating! ] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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. 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 Price to Distributor: $460.00 *These quantities may be sales estimates. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Photos in: |
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 1, page 221 Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2, page 243 The Complete Pinball Book, pages 118 and 213 Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z Arcade Treasures, page 89 Pinball Collectors' Quarterly, Issue 3, front cover, pages 2, 6, and 7 Pinball Portfolio, page 93 Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 68 Pinball An Illustrated History, page 106 Pinball Snapshots, 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 | English Manual | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
716 KB | Schematic Diagram (continuous) | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 MB | Schematic Diagram (continuous, coordinates 14-ABCDE are missing or incomplete) | [Williams Electronics, Inc.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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