So how many pricing games with eggcrate and/or vane displays are left? Off the top of my head are:
• Race Game (I can see this one overhauled sooner than later)
• Switcheroo (a single monitor can show both the timer and the # right)
• Spelling Bee (surprised that they never converted to the manual flip reveal method, ala Cliff Hangers, since I rarely see them show the \"difference\" number anymore).
• Line Em Up (single eggcrate display, no real need to convert this one).
• Magic # (considering the alleged long time needed in getting the game up and running, I\'m surprised this is still old school)
• Bullseye (love to see this one converted with a larger monitor showing the price and a little animation for the \"hits\" and \"misses\" on the target, plus this is one of the games that has gone the longest without a remodel)
• Check-Out
• The Big Wheel/Showcase Showdown
Ok, honestly I don\'t get the big deal with replacing the classic egg crate displays with video screens. I know it\'s something different, but video screens are more versatile, and are probably easier to run
Many of the foreign TPIR versions have been doing it since the late 90s at least, if not since the starts of the respective shows. Monitors are definitely more versatile and easier to run, and incandescent bulbs are gradually being phased out overall anyway. I like how some fast food joints are going with \"cleaner-looking\" menu & pricing LCD-monitor boards rather than adhesive price stickers and rotating number wheels.
In TPIRs pre-monitor heyday, look at how many lightbulbs -- big and small, on sets and displays -- were used. Had to be hundreds if not a several thousand, all totaled, and somebody had to screw all those puppies in and switch out the dead ones on a regular basis.
