Strip Tease

Strip Tease is a wartime conversion released in June 1945, adapted from Chicago Coin's 1939 game 'Sports' (Model 69 and/or Model 70). Like many games from the World War II era, when metal shortages and manufacturing restrictions limited new pinball production, Strip Tease reused an existing flipperless cabinet and playfield rather than being built from scratch - a common wartime practice known as a 'revamp.'

The game is flipperless, relying on plunging skill and playfield design rather than player-controlled flippers, consistent with pre-flipper pinball of the era (flippers weren't introduced industry-wide until 1947). It offered five balls per game, and its theme leaned into risque 'ecdysiast' (burlesque) imagery, a provocative choice aimed at adult audiences of the time.

A Billboard advertisement from August 1945, placed by distributor Scott-Crosse Company on behalf of Sam Stern, promoted the game as 'REX'S Strip Tease - The Most Tantalizing, Nickel-Snatching 5 Ball Revamp Ever Made,' underscoring its status as a wartime revamp rather than a wholly new design. Its manufacturer remains unknown, and detailed information about its artwork and specific rules has not survived.