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Original Press Your Luck Slides For Sale
TLEberle:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on March 20, 2025, 02:14:45 PM ---
--- Quote from: Kevin Prather on March 20, 2025, 01:46:13 PM ---A whammy and a Big Bucks. Anxious to see how much those go for.
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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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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.
tvwxman:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on March 20, 2025, 02:06:49 PM ---I'm not selling the dice.
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DAMMIT. :)
jlgarfield:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/256864736690 - ZOMG, another Whammy card (but from another different seller).
parliboy:
--- Quote from: clemon79 on March 20, 2025, 02:14:45 PM ---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?
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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.
tyshaun1:
--- Quote from: cmjb13 on March 17, 2025, 08:09:09 PM ---Bill was kind enough to send me these 10 years ago. Maybe I should auction them off for the prices he’s getting.
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--- Quote from: jlgarfield 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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Same one.
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