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MikeK

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2025, 12:32:51 PM »
The Whammy pop-up card went for $8600.

Who wants to go in business, printing Whammy cards?

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #16 on: March 18, 2025, 12:37:15 PM »
The Whammy pop-up card went for $8600.

Who wants to go in business, printing Whammy cards?
I think I may put mine up for sale if there are no more in the pipeline.

Looks like eBay’s take is about $1000. Still awesome price
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #17 on: March 18, 2025, 05:19:38 PM »
Assuming the sale goes through.
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Matt Ottinger

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #18 on: March 18, 2025, 05:45:46 PM »
Assuming the sale goes through.

You know, we keep talking about that as a possibility, but the winning bidder has a 100% positive feedback rating on 139 reviews and, from what little information Ebay shows us about buyers, appears to be specifically interested in TV memorabilia.  I don't think this is a kid who got on mommy's computer.

https://www.ebay.com/bmgt/ViewBidderProfile?&mode=1&item=326481915273&bidtid=2626567010011&_trksid=p2471758.m4792
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« Reply #19 on: March 18, 2025, 09:51:02 PM »
Assuming the sale goes through.

You know, we keep talking about that as a possibility, but the winning bidder has a 100% positive feedback rating on 139 reviews and, from what little information Ebay shows us about buyers, appears to be specifically interested in TV memorabilia.  I don't think this is a kid who got on mommy's computer.
Probably not, I'll allow that. Also I have an eight of clubs from Card Sharks on my mantle and I paid less than a hundred dollars all up on it. I'm more bewildered by it is all. Also I promise not to try to flip the Quizbusters keyrings you sent me either. Those actually bring me joy when I see them.
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #20 on: March 20, 2025, 01:43:48 PM »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116526801259 -and- https://www.ebay.com/itm/116526794431 - Different seller, but two more PYL slides are on the auction block.

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #21 on: March 20, 2025, 01:46:13 PM »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/116526801259 -and- https://www.ebay.com/itm/116526794431 - Different seller, but two more PYL slides are on the auction block.

A whammy and a Big Bucks. Anxious to see how much those go for.

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #22 on: March 20, 2025, 02:06:49 PM »
I'm not selling the dice.
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #23 on: March 20, 2025, 02:14:45 PM »
A whammy and a Big Bucks. Anxious to see how much those go for.

Not for nothing, but we never had a slide projector growing up; I know absolutely nothing about slides. Is it even POSSIBLE to duplicate one only having the source slide itself? I'm sure they had a few as backups, but there can't be a lot of Big Bucks slides in existence, seeing as they needed exactly two at any given time (because they were different for each round, right?) Maybe ten or twenty out there, in case a projector burned one out or something?

My point is, if these things are going for over four figures per, counterfeiting suddenly seems like a worthwhile investment. Not saying anyone here would do it, but I could see the market getting flooded, especially if there's any kind of buzz about the movie.
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Matt Ottinger

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #24 on: March 20, 2025, 04:53:08 PM »
Ebay does a lot to obscure this, but the early high bidder on the Big Bucks slide is the same guy who bought the others.
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #25 on: March 20, 2025, 05:28:44 PM »
A whammy and a Big Bucks. Anxious to see how much those go for.

Not for nothing, but we never had a slide projector growing up; I know absolutely nothing about slides. Is it even POSSIBLE to duplicate one only having the source slide itself? I'm sure they had a few as backups, but there can't be a lot of Big Bucks slides in existence, seeing as they needed exactly two at any given time (because they were different for each round, right?) Maybe ten or twenty out there, in case a projector burned one out or something?

My point is, if these things are going for over four figures per, counterfeiting suddenly seems like a worthwhile investment. Not saying anyone here would do it, but I could see the market getting flooded, especially if there's any kind of buzz about the movie.
I think each square cycled through six slides, which means you’d need two, and four if you wanted to ready a different projector for next round without a stop.
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #26 on: March 20, 2025, 05:46:13 PM »
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #27 on: March 20, 2025, 07:49:31 PM »
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256864736690 - ZOMG, another Whammy card (but from another different seller).

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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #28 on: March 21, 2025, 04:15:59 AM »
Not for nothing, but we never had a slide projector growing up; I know absolutely nothing about slides. Is it even POSSIBLE to duplicate one only having the source slide itself?

It's probably not hard to scan in the image and then print it.  You can likely do that on your home printer if it's of high enough quality, though if you're concerned about color differences from using home products, you'd want to take the job to a professional who can color match better.  If you want "authenticity", you'll want to make sure you have the right material; you can get transparencies that are made from more than one material, and I don't know which one the original slides are. 

If you were trying to "pass one off", then the other smell test would be the slide casings.  You can get second-hand cardboard casings online, or you can 3d-print new ones.  But those won't look like the original casings that these are in.

So... you could certainly make your own 35mm slide of a whammy, but making it look like the real thing would take a bit more work.
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Re: Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
« Reply #29 on: March 21, 2025, 08:58:23 AM »
Bill was kind enough to send me these 10 years ago. Maybe I should auction them off for the prices he’s getting.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/256864736690 - ZOMG, another Whammy card (but from another different seller).
Same one.