Slick Chick

Slick Chick, manufactured by Gottlieb in 1963, is a well-documented example of mature, mid-century electro-mechanical pinball design. With 4,550 units confirmed produced, it was a commercially successful title designed by Wayne Neyens with artwork by Roy Parker.

Slick Chick's layout includes two flippers, five pop bumpers, four passive bumpers, two slingshots, five rollover buttons, three standup targets, and a gobble hole, with no outlanes on the playfield - all delivering fast-paced, varied gameplay typical of Gottlieb's wedge-head era. A distinctive design detail: below each flipper are two posts with a rubber ring stretched between them, originally fitted at the factory with a one-sided plastic ball guide to keep a fast-moving ball from getting stuck in the rings. The game's sound package of two bells and a knocker rounds out the sensory experience.

Slick Chick also marked a small piece of manufacturing history for Gottlieb: sample units were the last Gottlieb games to use a threaded bolt-and-wingnut method for fastening the lockdown bar, with production units switching to the latching method used on all subsequent games. The wedge-head cabinet and maximum displayed score of 1,999 points give Slick Chick a distinctly retro character that collectors continue to appreciate today.