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Tropic Isle / IPD No. 2661 / April, 1962 / 1 Player

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Manufacturer:

D. Gottlieb & Company (1931-1977) [Trade Name: Gottlieb]

Date Of Manufacture:

April, 1962

Model Number:

186

Type:

Electro-mechanical (EM)

Production:

2,700 units (confirmed)

Serial Number Database:

View at The Internet Pinball Serial Number Database (IPSND.net) (External site)

Theme:

Happiness - Hawaii

Notable Features:

Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (4), Slingshots (2), Standup targets (4), 3-sided rollunder. Backbox light animation (three backlighted monkeys climb tree in backglass). The first monkey to the top awards 1 replay. The second monkey awards either 1 or 2 more replays (operator adjustable). The third monkey awards 3 more replays. Only the second monkey award is adjustable. This feature carries over from game to game. End-of-ball bonus scores 20 points or 200 when lit.

Maximum displayed point score is 1,999 points.

Design by:

Wayne Neyens

Art by:

Roy Parker

Notes:

Unlike other Gottlieb games of this period, 'Tropic Isle' has no option for 3-ball play.

Wayne Neyens tell us that the name of this game while it was being engineered was 'Monkey Shines' but David Gottlieb had the name changed. See the image in this listing marked "Engineering Prototype".

Photos in:

Cash Box, May-19-1962, page 65
Cigar Aficionado Autumn 1996, pp. 320 ,321,323,324,327,328,331,332,335,336,339,341.
PinGame Journal pp. Number 41/42
The Pinball Compendium 1930s - 1960s External Link

, page 213
Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2 External Link

, page 237
Pinball! (Sharpe) page 186
Mike Pacak's Pinball Flyer Reference Book S-Z
The Pinball Compendium Electro-mechanical Era, page 127
Pinball The Lure of the Silverball, page 55

Owners List URL:

http://www.pinballowners.com/owners/2661 (External site)

Documentation:

712 KB

PDF

Schematic Diagram (continuous) (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Files:

3 MB

PDF

Instruction Card and Score Card (Availability limited by copyright)

[D. Gottlieb & Co.]

Images:
(click to zoom)

Backglass 478x579	Playfield 482x709 [Russ Jensen]	Flyer 900x641	Backglass with Lit Monkeys 1024x1178 [Jay Stafford]	Instruction Card 1024x741
Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]	Playfield 700x977 [Raphael Lankar]	Upper Playfield 1024x768 [Bradley Joe Cunningham]	Lower Playfield 1024x768 [Bradley Joe Cunningham]	Cabinet - Left 984x788 [Bradley Joe Cunningham]
Cabinet - Right 954x918 [Bradley Joe Cunningham]	Right Front View 1024x1365	Playfield 1024x1365	Backglass with Lit Monkeys 1024x1365	Playfield - Detail 640x480 [Robert Fitzgerald]
Playfield - Detail 640x480 [Robert Fitzgerald]	Middle Playfield 640x480 [Robert Fitzgerald]	Playfield - Detail 800x920 [Raphael Lankar]	Playfield - Detail 800x411 [Raphael Lankar]	Backglass - Detail 400x300 [Bruno Durand]
Cabinet - Front View 480x640 [Olivier Mathe]	Cash Box Ad* 1200x893 [Rob Hawkins]	Under Lockdown Bar 1200x710 [Jay Stafford]	Stripped Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Inside Backbox 900x1154 [Jon Allison]
Under Playfield 900x1200 [Jon Allison]	Under Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Under Upper Playfield 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Under Lower Playfield 946x900 [Jon Allison]	Under Lower Playfield 1200x900 [Jon Allison]
Inside Cabinet 900x1200 [Jon Allison]	Ball Lift Mechanism 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Fuses and Tilts 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Motor Board 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Motor 1200x900 [Jon Allison]
Operator Adjustments 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Motor Switch Positions 1200x900 [Jon Allison]	Engineering Prototype* 1200x953

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