Bullseye 84 isn't that much of a flop. It's actually a lot more interesting than the current one.
It’s an very good idea at its core, interesting and unique. The presentation was veeeeeerrrrrry flawed. Bob had a habit of using thorough and precise language every time he explained a game’s rules. Usually that’s a plus, but in this case he made the game way more complicated than it actually was.
Bob’s explanation had too many steps to it—throwing too much info at the contestant, too fast, too soon, before the idea could be digested. When the contestant didn’t know how to play it, they basically picked items at random while Bob had to play the game in their place by walking them through every little step. It was anticlimactic.
All they had to say was “If you can get this side of the scale within $5 of the other side of the scale, you win.” Maybe even start them off with one item placed on one side by default, to give them a clue of what sort of product to aim for next.
But the core concept is unique, very “Price”, and deserved a bit more credit, especially when compared it to a game that boils down to “Pick-A-Number with better window dressing”.
