Triplets

Triplets, designed by Harry Mabs and manufactured by Gottlieb in July 1950, is a notable early-1950s addition to Gottlieb's lineup, though far from one of the company's earliest machines - Gottlieb had already been producing pinball machines since 1931, nearly two decades before Triplets was released.

Triplets features an electro-mechanical (EM) layout with two flippers, two pop bumpers, eight passive bumpers, and a kick-out hole, providing players with a challenging yet engaging experience. Left and right triple outlane rollovers add a layer of complexity, and two additional rollovers in the flipper gap round out the scoring layout. The machine's Girls/Women theme, with artwork by Roy Parker, reflects common thematic conventions of the era. Notably, Triplets was the first Gottlieb game to use a drop coin chute, replacing the earlier coin slide mechanism - a genuine manufacturing milestone for the company.

With only 750 confirmed units produced, Triplets is a scarce machine and an interesting piece for collectors, both for its relative rarity and its place in Gottlieb's transition to a new coin-handling mechanism.