Trapeze

Trapeze was designed by Harry Mabs, with art by Roy Parker, and manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Company in August 1940. It's a single-player, flipperless electro-mechanical machine with a circus theme, marketed at the time as offering 'three times the oomph' of Gottlieb's earlier hit Oh! Johnny.

Gameplay revolves around 14 passive bumpers scattered across the playfield, along with multi-coin play that let players continue past their initial investment. A standout feature let skilled players win up to 60 free games on the very first ball, giving Trapeze significant replay potential for the era.

Trapeze's circus theme fits its name and playful tone, though specific details of its backglass and playfield artwork are not well documented. It remains a notable example of Gottlieb's flipperless, multi-coin EM machines from just before the flipper era transformed pinball design.