Just ordering some plastics to replace discolored ones on a 1970 Gottlieb Aquarius which brings me to a question....

I have seen dozens of photos of these machines, most of which have the 2" "Flipper" with blue lettering. I have seen a couple with just plain white ones as well. After scrutinizing the original sales brochure from Gottlieb, they look like just plain white on the flyer.

So... I am inclined to go the pure white to stay original but I really do like the lettering, (which I currently have).

Does any one know if Gottlieb mixed and matched these styles on any given machine?

These are the two...

flip in blue.jpgflip in white.jpg

Thanks for the info MikeO

Blue print it is then.

That was exactly my first thought when I checked out his photos as well Wayner.

I went through the Internet Pinball database and searched 1970 Gottlieb units. Pretty much all the units are showing the trademark blue letter flippers on them. Only real exception was "Baseball" which looks pure white but that may be them trying to make it look like a bat.

At any rate... I don't think a guy can go wrong with the blue lettered flipper, which is iconic of the era IMHO.

Just a quick side note to this for any Aquarius owners...

Aquarius has 4 "flipper" bodies on top which act as lane guides. All four have bulbs underneath to light them.
I was just speaking to Steve at PBR who let me know that you need to use Old New Stock on these as the newly manufactured versions do not let the light through. He of course has a secret supply of these for that very purpose....