Foreign Colors

Foreign Colors, manufactured by Westerhaus Manufacturing Company in 1945, holds an interesting place in the history of pinball. It was a Flipperless conversion of Mills' 1941 'Owl', produced by Westerhaus Manufacturing Company after it split off from Westerhaus Amusement Company (which continued on as an operator). Its National Flags theme and relatively simple gameplay make it an attractive piece for collectors interested in the wartime and immediate postwar conversion-kit era of pinball.

As a Flipperless game, gameplay on Foreign Colors relies on the skillful plunging and guiding of the ball to score against targets, rather than flipper control. The machine features 12 passive bumpers, which, while not mechanically complex by modern standards, added an interactive element to the playfield typical of games from this period.

The most notable aspect of Foreign Colors' design is its straightforward, wartime-era aesthetic tied to its National Flags theme, likely intended to appeal to a patriotic audience in 1945. Unfortunately, no specific information on the designer or additional historical context is available, leaving Foreign Colors an intriguing but relatively mysterious piece of pinball history.