Sunshine

The Sunshine, manufactured by Gottlieb in September 1958, is a classic single-player electro-mechanical (EM) woodrail pinball machine designed by Wayne Neyens, one of Gottlieb's most prolific designers of the era.

The Sunshine features two flippers, five pop bumpers, and three gobble holes, providing players with multiple opportunities to score points and interact with the game in different ways. One of its unique aspects is the backglass animation, which displays a spinning number wheel after each lost ball. This animation not only adds visual interest but also serves as a device for assigning new A-B-C values for the next ball, adding an element of randomness and unpredictability to gameplay.

The Sunshine's design and art, credited to Roy Parker, are quintessential examples of 1950s pinball aesthetics, with clean lines, simple illustrations, and a color scheme that reflects the optimism of the era. The backglass also carries Gottlieb's famous tagline, "Amusement Pinballs, as American as Baseball and Hot Dogs!" With 1,100 units confirmed produced, it remains a moderately scarce and appealing find for collectors of Gottlieb's late-1950s woodrail machines.