Faces

Faces, released in December 1976 by Segasa of Spain under its Sonic trade name, is a four-player electro-mechanical game from one of Spain's active pinball manufacturers of the 1970s. According to the Encyclopedia of Pinball Volume 2, its playfield design was influenced by Williams' 1976 'Grand Prix'.

The game offers a solid EM feature set: three flippers, two pop bumpers, two slingshots, five standup targets, two spinning targets, and a kick-out hole, with an end-of-ball bonus. A standout element is the upper-left ball gate, controlled by a relay under the playfield and opened as an earned feature of play - a nice touch of rule depth for an EM design.

Surviving examples show interesting production variation: the manufacturer's flyer depicts all-red round standup targets, but most known playfields use red, green, and yellow targets tied to separate bonus features, suggesting a target change occurred during the run. Faces offers an intriguing glimpse into Spanish EM pinball of the mid-1970s.