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Stackertosh

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Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« on: December 02, 2025, 03:06:26 PM »
If anyone has $1200 laying around, someone is selling Plinko Chips from the show.

https://ebay.us/m/iZXwfN
« Last Edit: December 02, 2025, 03:57:27 PM by Stackertosh »

Denials

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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2025, 04:30:32 PM »
Already sold.  Took someone's best offer.

MikeK

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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2025, 05:35:46 PM »
The accepted best offer was $1100.

MSTieScott

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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2025, 07:20:42 PM »
A coworker once sent me a picture of a Plinko chip someone had given him, asking me whether I thought it was authentic. I replied that I couldn't be certain, but I did know that the actual Plinko chips used on the show are kept in a locked container, and there are only ten of them. In the end, we concluded that while his chip looked real, it was possible it came from the live show.

This eBay listing is light on details, but the lack of wear and tear visible in the pictures leads me to believe these weren't used on the show. I know the props folks made some lookalike chips for photo shoots, which would be easier to "lose track of"... I wonder whether that's what those are.

Meanwhile, when I checked out that listing, the algorithm suggested a listing for an animation cel from the opening to 1979's Beat the Clock, which seems more likely to be authentic.

MikeK

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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2025, 08:18:36 PM »
Hat tip to Scott.  I am the new owner of that Beat the Clock cel.

Matt Ottinger

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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2025, 11:11:13 PM »
This eBay listing is light on details, but the lack of wear and tear visible in the pictures leads me to believe these weren't used on the show. I know the props folks made some lookalike chips for photo shoots, which would be easier to "lose track of"... I wonder whether that's what those are.

Creating chips that look authentic seems like something someone with a little crafting talent could probably do for not terribly much money.  If someone is willing to drop $1200 and not be worried about proof of provenance, there might be money to be made there.

Hat tip to Scott.  I am the new owner of that Beat the Clock cel.

Nice.  There appears to be a second one of just the clock, in case somebody else wants to score a rare item.
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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #6 on: Today at 02:01:10 AM »
This eBay listing is light on details, but the lack of wear and tear visible in the pictures leads me to believe these weren't used on the show. I know the props folks made some lookalike chips for photo shoots, which would be easier to "lose track of"... I wonder whether that's what those are.

Creating chips that look authentic seems like something someone with a little crafting talent could probably do for not terribly much money.  If someone is willing to drop $1200 and not be worried about proof of provenance, there might be money to be made there.
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Re: Ebay The price is right Plinko Chips
« Reply #7 on: Today at 07:18:43 AM »
The video game coasters came out brilliantly though the sizing ratio  wasn’t quite the same scale as the original cartridges and her Wheel of Fortune work is fantastic.  I don’t love the prices of the actual pricing game sets but I’m not facile at 3D printing. It’s a nice little cottage industry and she has the advantage of being the only game in town
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