Author Topic: New Game Show home game (Read 9014 times)

tvwxman · « **on:** February 11, 2006, 09:37:42 AM »

scroll down, you'll find it.

http://www.playthings.com/article/CA6305096.html

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:06:07 AM »

I've never heard of Irwin Toy before, but checking their website (where DoND isn't listed yet), they appear to be one of those companies that skirts around the edges of copyright infringement by giving new names to popular games ("Frustration" instead of "Trouble", "Inline" instead of "Connect Four", "Sea Battle" instead of "Battleship") with only the slightest modifications. Strikes me as a little surprising that they'd be the ones to obtain rights to a super-hot property, when they could have just as easily made up their own version and called it "What's In The Suitcase?"

MikeK · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:12:26 AM »

How to save $35, the Klauss way.

1. Get 26 security envelopes.
2. Number them 1 to 26.
3. Get 26 3x5 cards.
4. Number them with the dollar values from the game.
5. Have a third party shuffle the envelopes and dollar value cards, and insert the cards into the envelopes.
6. Make each offer slightly above the median value.
7. Borrow 26 dolls from your sister's/niece's/daughter's Barbie collection. Dress them identically.
8. Borrow the kid's Fisher Price My First Telephone.
9. Do the fist knock with the contestant any time a low value is removed. To be more like Howie, keep a gallon of Purel nearby.
10. Say certain phrases in a slightly different voice, so it sounds like there were some comments edited in during post.
Items 7 through 10 are merely optional, but they give this home game some authenticity.

Ta da. You can thank me later for saving you $35 apiece.

$35 times 1500 Invision members...HALLELUJAH, I think I found a way to pay off my student loans.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:15:24 AM »

[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:12 AM\']How to save $35, the Klauss way.

1. Get 26 security envelopes.
2. Number them 1 to 26.
3. Get 26 3x5 cards.
4. Number them with the dollar values from the game.
5. Have a third party shuffle the envelopes and dollar value cards, and insert the cards into the envelopes.
6. Make each offer slightly above the median value.
7. Borrow 26 dolls from your sister's/niece's/daughter's Barbie collection. Dress them identically.
8. Borrow the kid's Fisher Price My First Telephone.
9. Do the fist knock with the contestant any time a low value is removed. To be more like Howie, keep a gallon of Purel nearby.
10. Say certain phrases in a slightly different voice, so it sounds like there were some comments edited in during post.
Items 7 through 10 are merely optional, but they give this home game some authenticity.

Ta da. You can thank me later for saving you $35 apiece.

$35 times 1500 Invision members...HALLELUJAH, I think I found a way to pay off my student loans.

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Henke and GSWitch probably play with 260 Barbie dolls, so I would think the Barbies are no problem for them, hehe.

BTW, can I be the second member of the Ugly Dave fan club?

MikeK · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:17:26 AM »

[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:15 AM\']Henke and GSWitch probably play with 260 Barbie dolls, so I would think the Barbies are no problem for them, hehe.[/quote]
Since when are Barbies inflatable?

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BTW, can I be the second member of the Ugly Dave fan club?

*sigh* Fine. Now I have to change that custom member title thingy.

DjohnsonCB · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2006, 10:58:22 AM »

While it's nice to see that one game maker is putting some sturdy material into their DonD home game, I have an idea as to how a manufacturer could make an adequate one and sell it for less:

Make a stand-up board with 26 numbered clear plastic pockets and a cardboard backing, and 26 small, hinged, soft plastic suitcases to slip into the pockets. To one side of the board, add a 27th pocket marked "Player's Choice" or something similar, for the chosen case at the outset to be slipped into. Each case has a slot so that a small cardboard card, 26 in all, (something like the Concentration prize cards), can be slipped in face down while each case is also face down. When a case is removed it can be opened to reveal the $ amount.

Each time a case is removed and opened, those turns are counted off on a pegboard with one peg that is moved further down, each hole bearing a notation to the side that either reads "Safe" or "Call From Banker", with the latter message appearing more often as the holes progress. A pad of sheets (or a wipe-off sheet and crayon) is used to mark off the revealed amounts in each game. When the peg reaches a "Call From Banker" hole, the host offers the player half or 3/4 the amount that is assumed in the "Player's Choice" case to buy it back (sorry, this is where my memory gets fuzzy on the game play).

Finally, the player uses a card that's blank on one side (and face down) and has the word "Deal" on the other, to indicate "DonD" for each offer. Turned face up, this marks the non-reversible decision to take the deal.

itiparanoid13 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2006, 11:11:13 AM »

NBC and Endemol are kind of worrying me about all of this. It was really successful for one week when there was nothing else on, and we're already rushing into electronic home game stage? Don't get me wrong, I love Deal or No Deal and I'll probably be picking up the game since it's only $15, but we haven't even seen if DoND can do well against actual competition and a home game is coming out.

BrandonFG · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2006, 12:08:27 PM »

[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:17 AM\'][quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:15 AM\']Henke and GSWitch probably play with 260 Barbie dolls, so I would think the Barbies are no problem for them, hehe.[/quote]
Since when are Barbies inflatable?
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That's a Line of the Day candidate. Credit to Jim for the setup.

Dbacksfan12 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2006, 03:16:13 PM »

[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 11:11 AM\']I love Deal or No Deal and I'll probably be picking up the game since it's only $15, but we haven't even seen if DoND can do well against actual competition and a home game is coming out.
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There's been some other klunkers that had a home game put out...check Matt's page for a list.

cmjb13 · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2006, 03:18:32 PM »

[quote name=\'itiparanoid13\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 11:11 AM\']NBC and Endemol are kind of worrying me about all of this. It was really successful for one week when there was nothing else on, and we're already rushing into electronic home game stage? Don't get me wrong, I love Deal or No Deal and I'll probably be picking up the game since it's only $15, but we haven't even seen if DoND can do well against actual competition and a home game is coming out.

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According to On Camera Audiences, it looks like Deal will now be taped at Sunset Gower Studios.

One wonders if it's a cost-cutting measure as I'm sure CBS space isn't cheap.

FOXSportsFan · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2006, 03:57:17 PM »

Since when were Barbies inflatable, was asked? Well...not...but less we forget the my size Barbie. Granted, a my size Barbie for them may be in excess of 5'7" and 300 pounds...

JayDLewis · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2006, 11:09:56 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:06 AM\']I've never heard of Irwin Toy before,

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I have...and they went bankrupt a couple of years ago. Dunno if that's great foreshadowing or not.

Irwin is not known for "quality" toys. They're an Endless clone (by that I mean any way to cut costs without impacting the game too much).

DrJWJustice · « **Reply #12 on:** February 12, 2006, 12:33:22 AM »

[quote name=\'hmtriplecrown\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:12 AM\']How to save $35, the Klauss way.

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7. Borrow 26 dolls from your sister's/niece's/daughter's Barbie collection. Dress them identically.
8. Borrow the kid's Fisher Price My First Telephone.
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Ta da. You can thank me later for saving you $35 apiece.

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OK, I might save $35, but I really don't want to listen to the little brat yelling and screaming while I, a 32-year-old grown man, am playing with her dolls & toys.

Wait a minute! Say, Klauss, can I borrow your GI Joe action figures? I'd like to do the Full Metal Jacket version of Deal or No Deal, if you don't mind. How many grenades are in the box?

parliboy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 12, 2006, 05:41:14 PM »

[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 11 2006, 10:06 AM\']I've never heard of Irwin Toy before, but checking their website (where DoND isn't listed yet), they appear to be one of those companies that skirts around the edges of copyright infringement by giving new names to popular games ("Frustration" instead of "Trouble", "Inline" instead of "Connect Four", "Sea Battle" instead of "Battleship") with only the slightest modifications. Strikes me as a little surprising that they'd be the ones to obtain rights to a super-hot property, when they could have just as easily made up their own version and called it "What's In The Suitcase?"

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While they're certainly not showing much imagination with those titles, they're not skirting around copyright infringement. All of those games are actually non-proprietary, public-domain games that were given lots of plastic parts and re-dubbed by a manufacturer. Anyone's free to make a Connect Four-type game as long as they don't call it Connect Four, since it's just another derivative of "The Captain's Mistress", just as Battleship is taken from a public-domain game, and Trouble is a gimmicky "Pachisi".

Luckily I don't own any of those (cradles Catan Collector's Chest while impersonating Gollum).

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #14 on:** February 12, 2006, 06:18:08 PM »

[quote name=\'parliboy\' date=\'Feb 12 2006, 06:41 PM\']While they're certainly not showing much imagination with those titles, they're not skirting around copyright infringement. All of those games are actually non-proprietary, public-domain games that were given lots of plastic parts and re-dubbed by a manufacturer. Anyone's free to make a Connect Four-type game as long as they don't call it Connect Four, since it's just another derivative of "The Captain's Mistress", just as Battleship is taken from a public-domain game, and Trouble is a gimmicky "Pachisi".[/quote]
I understand that every bit as much as Hasbro's lawyers do. But when they're copying the better-known company's games, all the way down to a "pop-a-dice" instead of a "pop-a-matic" (neither of which, I'm assuming, were a part of the original pachisi), then they're certainly skirting around something!