Five Star Final Sr.

The Five Star Final Sr., manufactured by D. Gottlieb & Company in June 1932, is a single-player pure mechanical (PM) pinball game and a larger, wooden-legged version of the company's Five Star Final Jr.

Its standout feature is a distinctive 'Figure 8' playfield layout, guiding the ball along a looping path rather than the simpler layouts common on many machines of the era — an early example of manufacturers experimenting with more elaborate playfield geometry.

Little further documentation survives about Five Star Final Sr.'s specific theme or artwork, and its name may allude to the news and publishing world of the early 1930s, though this connection is speculative. As an early entry in Gottlieb's catalog, it offers a window into the pure mechanical era that preceded electromechanical pinball.