- description
- Flat rectangular targets mounted on spring-loaded mechanisms that retract below the playfield surface when struck by the ball. Typically arranged in banks of three, four, or five, they present the player with a completion challenge: knock down the entire bank to score a bonus or advance a game objective, then watch them reset for another round. [[manufacturer:gottlieb]] pioneered drop targets in the early 1960s, and they became one of the most versatile and widely used playfield mechanisms in pinball design, appearing in [[technology-generation:electromechanical]] and [[technology-generation:solid-state]] machines alike.