Quote from: BrandonFG on November 06, 2025, 09:10:43 PM

That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.

I'm with you there.  As much as I've been a fan of PYL over the years, the bonus round on the current version is usually a drag to get thru.  It would have been better to have two half-hour games instead.

I usually change the channel when the bonus round comes on. It's just over the top and gives me deal or no deal vibes. I would love to see two half-hour games with a returning champion from the last game.

I generally didn't care about the front game of Shop Til You Drop except for the Shopper's Challenge round (tangent: Pat Finn is underrated in terms of handling rapid-fire Q&A), but I always found the bonus utterly delightful - and only JUST behind Legends of the Hidden Temple as the exemplar of the Stone-Stanley "Run around a ridiculously huge set finding stuff" bonus factory.

Meh.  On average, most of the gifts that were offered at the table were usually traded in the mall for something else.   It was mostly a blind luck bonus round whereas much of the front games were based on skill and the buzz-in round was based on knowledge.

I generally didn't care about the front game of Shop Til You Drop except for the Shopper's Challenge round (tangent: Pat Finn is underrated in terms of handling rapid-fire Q&A), but I always found the bonus utterly delightful - and only JUST behind Legends of the Hidden Temple as the exemplar of the Stone-Stanley "Run around a ridiculously huge set finding stuff" bonus factory.

I lose interest in TPIR at the showcases unless they are something unique.

$ale of the Century, at least the Perry version. In the shopping era, it was mostly anticlimactic unless someone played for the car, the jackpot, or the lot. Most of the lower-level prizes weren't that exciting.

The Winner's Board was solid but again, unless someone matched the car, one of the cash prizes, or maybe a trip it was still anticlimactic at times. But it at least fit NBC's mandate for an actual bonus round.

The Winner's Big Money Game would've been fine had $ale been an actual word-association game. Didn't help that you were pretty much on thin ice if you got one puzzle wrong.

One thing Temptation US got right was using Super Knockoff to build the jackpot quicker. For a reboot, maybe offer something similar here and offer more desirable lower-level prizes. Smaller trips, a stainless steel kitchen, maybe a personalized prize similar to what PYL does?

That reminds me, the current PYL. I still think 30 minutes is too long for a bonus round and you have to make a concerted effort not to look at the clock around 9:53.