Author Topic: Wheel of Fortune puzzle board pictures (Read 8657 times)

barker5000 · « **on:** December 07, 2007, 07:12:47 PM »

Is there a way I can find pictures ( or just 1 picture ) of the 1981 - 1997 " Wheel of Fortune " puzzle board that says WHEEL OF FORTUNE, just like in the cover boxes of the board game versions and video game versions of the show? If so, how?

Thanks,
barker5000

DoorNumberFour · « **Reply #1 on:** December 07, 2007, 07:28:54 PM »

Find...a copy of the game?

Or you could just do an image search on Google.

clemon79 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 07, 2007, 07:31:29 PM »

[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'171517\' date=\'Dec 7 2007, 04:12 PM\']
Is there a way I can find pictures ( or just 1 picture ) of the 1981 - 1997 " Wheel of Fortune " puzzle board that says WHEEL OF FORTUNE, just like in the cover boxes of the board game versions and video game versions of the show? If so, how?
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Oh, so close, I just so happen to have a 1998 one here.

dzinkin · « **Reply #3 on:** December 07, 2007, 07:47:26 PM »

[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'171518\' date=\'Dec 7 2007, 07:28 PM\']
Find...a copy of the game?

Or you could just do an image search on Google.
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I think he wants an actual photo or screenshot of the real board showing "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" as a puzzle, rather than the drawing found on the home game boxes.

When I first saw the post I doubted that such a picture existed, but I don't claim to know about every existing promotional photo so I let it through.

barker5000 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 07, 2007, 08:18:39 PM »

[quote name=\'dzinkin\' post=\'171520\' date=\'Dec 7 2007, 08:47 PM\']
[quote name=\'DoorNumberFour\' post=\'171518\' date=\'Dec 7 2007, 07:28 PM\']
Find...a copy of the game?

Or you could just do an image search on Google.
[/quote]
I think he wants an actual photo or screenshot of the real board showing "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" as a puzzle, rather than the drawing found on the home game boxes.

When I first saw the post I doubted that such a picture existed, but I don't claim to know about every existing promotional photo so I let it through.
[/quote]

Yes, I'm looking for an actual photo / screenshot of the real board showing "WHEEL OF FORTUNE" as a puzzle, not the drawing found on the home game boxes.

Thanks,
barker5000

Matt Ottinger · « **Reply #5 on:** December 07, 2007, 10:03:04 PM »

[quote name=\'barker5000\' post=\'171521\' date=\'Dec 7 2007, 08:18 PM\']
not the drawing found on the home game boxes.[/quote]
Then I can't help you.

/but I already knew that.

MikeK · « **Reply #6 on:** December 07, 2007, 10:59:48 PM »

Hopefully size doesn't matter...

http://image.com.com/gamespot/images/2003/...63476_29051.jpg

It was either that or this...

BrandonFG · « **Reply #7 on:** December 08, 2007, 02:37:24 AM »

OP,

Get a copy of Vanna Speaks. There's a photo of the board there. It's on you to find a copy.

Because I'm a nice guy, here's a list of eBay auctions.

GrandGame1440 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 08, 2007, 07:22:14 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'171553\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 02:37 AM\']
OP,

Get a copy of Vanna Speaks. There's a photo of the board there. It's on you to find a copy.

Because I'm a nice guy, here's a list of eBay auctions.
[/quote]

As a matter of fact, I have the image in question...

BrandonFG · « **Reply #9 on:** December 08, 2007, 08:17:51 PM »

[quote name=\'GrandGame1440\' post=\'171597\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 07:22 PM\']
As a matter of fact, I have the image in question...

http://i2.tinypic.com/80ue974.jpg
[/quote]
Fixed to make a link to the image (direct images not allowed here), but that's the one. Thanks! :-)

rebelwrest · « **Reply #10 on:** December 08, 2007, 08:59:06 PM »

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' post=\'171606\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 08:17 PM\']
[quote name=\'GrandGame1440\' post=\'171597\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 07:22 PM\']
As a matter of fact, I have the image in question...

http://i2.tinypic.com/80ue974.jpg
[/quote]
Fixed to make a link to the image (direct images not allowed here), but that's the one. Thanks! :-)
[/quote]

I've always wanted to know those why those left most 2 trilons were almost always turned towards a different direction rather than having the green glittered side facing straight toward us?

Chelsea Thrasher · « **Reply #11 on:** December 08, 2007, 09:24:18 PM »

[quote name=\'rebelwrest\' post=\'171612\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 09:59 PM\'] I've always wanted to know those why those left most 2 trilons were almost always turned towards a different direction rather than having the green glittered side facing straight toward us?
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The trilon in each corner was never used, and (my guess) probably fixed in place to prevent use. Those corner trilons would be partially obscured by the board's border in any camera shot, and as such couldn't realistically be used for a puzzle. By fixing them in place or otherwise disabling their use, you prevent any problems.

As for why those corner trilons would even be there in the first place? It probably just looked better from a design perspective. All of the puzzleboards/borders used from the debut of the 4 line board in '81 to the digital board debut in '97 featured those corner trilons - except for the one used on road trips [Pic]. Said boards all had smooth interior edges. The one that didn't use them - the board shown earlier - used a jagged inner edge which jutted into the spaces normally occupied by those trilons somewhat noticeably. One could therefore go with the assumption that they simply didn't want the empty space.

Robert Hutchinson · « **Reply #12 on:** December 08, 2007, 10:59:36 PM »

I think he's talking about the two left center trilons, not the corner ones. Although why one would wonder about that, I can't fathom--someone probably didn't turn them the right way when they took the picture.

rebelwrest · « **Reply #13 on:** December 09, 2007, 01:06:41 AM »

[quote name=\'Robert Hutchinson\' post=\'171624\' date=\'Dec 8 2007, 10:59 PM\']
I think he's talking about the two left center trilons, not the corner ones. Although why one would wonder about that, I can't fathom--someone probably didn't turn them the right way when they took the picture.
[/quote]

However, I also remember episodes in which those particular trilons were turned the same way, but I can't pin down particular episodes.

CJBojangles · « **Reply #14 on:** December 09, 2007, 01:09:56 AM »

Actually, I've wondered about those myself as well. Those trilons weren't facing that way in just that picture. See here, here, and here (remember when there were still 1-word puzzles in the main game and the giant bow on the board at Christmas?).