Author Topic: TPIR Pricing Game Set Revamps... (Read 7296 times)

TimK2003 · « **on:** September 02, 2005, 05:09:21 PM »

I watched Price for the first time in quite a while, and saw that one of the oldest games, 10 Chances finally got somewhat of a remodeling make-over -- the 10 numbered push-buttons have all been replaced by 10 new plain red buttons with the numbers above them.

Which got me to thinking...

1) Out of all the pricing games that are 15 years old or more (Pre-1990):

A• Which pricing game sets/props have never been revamped (new lights, fonts, color schemes, new, or additional readouts etc,...)

B• And which of the older game sets has gone the longest since it's last make-over?

2) And out of all the games ever played on the show:

C• Which pricing game sets have had the most make-overs?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #1 on:** September 02, 2005, 05:19:30 PM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Sep 2 2005, 04:09 PM\']Which got me to thinking...
A• Which pricing game sets/props have never been revamped (new lights, fonts, color schemes, new, or additional readouts etc,...) [/quote]
I believe Bonus Game was last revamped in '76 or so; and Poker Game ('75?) has never been revamped.

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B• And which of the older game sets has gone the longest since it's last make-over?

Probably most of the 1986 sets, such as Any Number and Temptation. Any others don't come to immediate mind.

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C• Which pricing game sets have had the most make-overs?

Double Prices appears to have 5, looking at Brad's site.

I'm sure someone has better answers than I....this is based of my recollection only.

cmjb13 · « **Reply #2 on:** September 02, 2005, 05:20:48 PM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Sep 2 2005, 05:09 PM\']10 Chances finally got somewhat of a remodeling make-over -- the 10 numbered push-buttons have all been replaced by 10 new plain red buttons with the numbers above them.
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The buttons were only done for functionality.

Mr. Matté · « **Reply #3 on:** September 02, 2005, 05:24:47 PM »

[quote name=\'TimK2003\' date=\'Sep 2 2005, 05:09 PM\']C• Which pricing game sets have had the most make-overs?

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I'm sure you can make a case for On the Nose!

BTW, the Ten Chances buttons have been there since around early 2004 (January?).

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #4 on:** September 02, 2005, 07:35:44 PM »

[quote name=\'Modor\' date=\'Sep 2 2005, 05:19 PM\']I believe Bonus Game was last revamped in '76 or so; and Poker Game ('75?) has never been revamped.

Probably most of the 1986 sets, such as Any Number and Temptation. Any others don't come to immediate mind.

Double Prices appears to have 5, looking at Brad's site.

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No fancy quoting here. I'm feeling lazy. :-)

Bonus Game's current color scheme debuted sometime in 1981 or 1982. Brad doesn't have a picture of it.

Poker Game's board has never changed, but the price prop had a flashy-looking dollar sign added to it sometime in the '90s.

Temptation is not a "1986 set." I don't know when its color scheme changed, but it was still green in March, 1987.

In addition to having five sets, Double Prices's logo has also been written in two different fonts.

Neumms · « **Reply #5 on:** September 03, 2005, 03:29:09 PM »

I didn't look it up, but they've never changed Cliffhangers.

Race Game looks the same, too. The clock looks to have been replaced--the black area is bigger now--but it's still an eggcrate display. The green asterisks were added to the price stands at some point.

Range Game has gone a while without new paint.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #6 on:** September 03, 2005, 07:25:59 PM »

[quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 03:29 PM\']I didn't look it up, but they've never changed Cliffhangers.

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Actually, they have -- at some point, they redesigned the mountain climber.

whewfan · « **Reply #7 on:** September 03, 2005, 09:49:40 PM »

1986-1987 was a year of many pricing game revamps...

Any Number went from a rectangle to a football shaped board (the "Car" slot could be moved to conceal the first number for 4 digit cars)

Lucky Seven went from blue to purple, and also could be used for 4 or 5 digits

Money Game became "BIG Money Game" but the revamp of the game itself didn't occur until a few years later

3 Strikes and Dice Game became 3 Strikes + and DELUXE Dice Game

Hole in One became Hole in One or TWO (the rotating sign would debut sometime in the early 90s)

Add Em Up faced retirement because it was the only car game that couldn't be adapted for 5 digit prices

Punch A Bunch also got a small revamp in the 87 season... anyone care to guess?

BrandonFG · « **Reply #8 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:04:57 PM »

[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 08:49 PM\']Punch A Bunch also got a small revamp in the 87 season... anyone care to guess?

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Logo change from that weird logo to the blue circles reading "PUNCHBOARD"?

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #9 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:18:10 PM »

[quote name=\'whewfan\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 08:49 PM\']Punch A Bunch also got a small revamp in the 87 season... anyone care to guess?
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Nah, they had those blue circles ince the start.
My guess is thats when they changed the slips from white to yellow.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #10 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:32:11 PM »

Having taken my daily dose of Horanstones...

To the best of my knowledge, Big Money Game was only played on the Kennedy version. 5-digit Money Game was played with the game's original board, but its format is distinct from Big Money Game.

Deluxe Dice Game and 3 Strikes + first appeared in 1983.

Hole in One or Two's current sign was in place by September 14, 1988 at the latest.

Add 'em Up debuted in 1986. It wasn't retired until at least 1988, and possibly 1989.

I don't know what the Punch a Bunch set change is, but it hasn't been guessed yet -- the slips had changed by the '86 Specials, and the "PUNCHBOARD" holes were part of the game's original format. Just a thought...Matt might be jokingly referring to the first show after Bob changed his hair; they played Punch a Bunch that day, and Janice used chalk to give Bob white hair on the $10,000 bill. EDIT: And Brandon, the original Punch a Bunch logo was there for the entire lifespan of the game's first set.

gwarman2005 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:34:47 PM »

[quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 07:25 PM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 03:29 PM\']I didn't look it up, but they've never changed Cliffhangers.

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I knew I wasn't the only one that noticed that. Damn, even my wife looked at me like I was crazy, lol.

Give Or Keep never went through much of a change other than the name of the game getting bigger.

Danger Price hasn't changed since it's big change since the middle 80's.

Pick-A-Number I don't think has been revamped..... ever (do they even play it anymore?)

Master Key hasn't changed at all has it? I don't think it has.

Steve Gavazzi · « **Reply #12 on:** September 03, 2005, 10:45:29 PM »

[quote name=\'gwarman2005\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 10:34 PM\'][quote name=\'Steve Gavazzi\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 07:25 PM\'][quote name=\'Neumms\' date=\'Sep 3 2005, 03:29 PM\']I didn't look it up, but they've never changed Cliffhangers.

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Actually, they have -- at some point, they redesigned the mountain climber.

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I knew I wasn't the only one that noticed that. Damn, even my wife looked at me like I was crazy, lol.

Give Or Keep never went through much of a change other than the name of the game getting bigger.

Danger Price hasn't changed since it's big change since the middle 80's.

Pick-A-Number I don't think has been revamped..... ever (do they even play it anymore?)

Master Key hasn't changed at all has it? I don't think it has.

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Continuing the vitamin-induced frenzy...

Give or Keep didn't have a logo -- just labels for the "Keep" column and the "Give" column. It did undergo two color changes, in 1975 and 1983.

Pick-a-Number is generally played 2-5 times a year, and its set has never been altered.

Master Key...this is totally idiotic, but it has undergone a minor change. When they changed the border of the Turntable walls from green to gold in 1992, they repainted the back of the Master Key sign to match it, because if the camera takes too wide a shot, it can be seen sticking out over the wall. I'm not even sure why I know they did that, but I do.

(Guys, stop me if this starts to get annoying. My worst fear is becoming Zach, because I know I could if I wanted to.)

JasonA1 · « **Reply #13 on:** September 03, 2005, 11:40:33 PM »

While I can't speak for everybody Steve, I say bring it on. While Zach continues to repeat the same info over and over again unwarranted (I think he literally copy/pastes his blurbs by now), you are providing fresh trivia that's *gasp* on-topic.

-Jason

whewfan · « **Reply #14 on:** September 04, 2005, 05:29:43 AM »

I don't know what the Punch a Bunch set change is, but it hasn't been guessed yet -- the slips had changed by the '86 Specials, and the "PUNCHBOARD" holes were part of the game's original format. Just a thought...Matt might be jokingly referring to the first show after Bob changed his hair; they played Punch a Bunch that day, and Janice used chalk to give Bob white hair on the $10,000 bill. EDIT: And Brandon, the original Punch a Bunch logo was there for the entire lifespan of the game's first set.

That's what I was refering to. Later that season, they did update Bob's picture on the $10k bill. Oddly enough, on the Kennedy version, they had a picture of a younger Tom Kennedy without glasses. (I don't recall if they had a $10k bill with Doug's picture on the Doug Davidson version)