Golden-Road.net
Studio 33 - Price is Right Discussion => The TALK Is Right => Topic started by: pricefan95 on September 17, 2015, 02:03:03 AM
-
Alright guys, in the CBS press release regarding Premiere Week, it was announced that this season's new pricing game will be called Vend-O-Price. Any thoughts on how this game will look/be played, and what it will be played for?
My guess:
Prop: Vending machine filled with snack food items, junk food, candy bars, etc.
Prize: a trip or a car
Play: The contestant is given some dollars and cents, say $3.00 for instance. A target remaining amount is revealed, let's say it's $0.25, which is the maximum they are allowed to have left over. The contestant must spend his or her dollars and cents down to the target balance by picking items to buy from the vending machine. Let's limit the amount of picks to be 4 items. Items may only be bought once, and in single quantity (unlike Grocery Game and Bullseye) . If the contestant has spent more than he or she started out with, they lose. If the contestant exhausts their 4 picks and their remaining balance is more than $0.25, they lose. The game is won when the contestant has spent their money down to between $0 and $0.25.
Thoughts?
I'd also love to hear your ideas.
-
Because the game title was made available via publicly available info (in this case a press release), I've got no problem with it's title being disclosed, however, I have tagged the spoiler and edited the headline. Link to the PR is below.
https://www.cbspressexpress.com/cbs-entertainment/releases/view?id=43493
Please note that everything aside from the title most likely represents speculation on the original poster's part. Thanks!
-
I hope the gameplay fares better than the name of the game itself.
-
Vend-O-Price sounds like an interesting game! I would like to see it myself.
-
Can't wait to see how things go! It almost reminds me of the "Telephone game"
-
sounds to me like the early version of Pick-A-Pair with the Ferris Wheel
-
Grand game and wrikent, are you making those comments based on information available about the game, or based just on its name or the guess that pricefan made about the gameplay format?
-
Well, even though there were two parts to the "Telephone game", just looking at the posts made me want to compare it to a retro type game. Even though Vend-O-Price is brand new, my thoughts were based on Pricefan95's guess about how the new game is played. You needed a dime (I think) in order to be able to use the telephone in the telephone game.
-
So in other words, it doesn't really "remind" you of anything -- you're just talking for the sake of saying something.
-
just hazarding a guess
-
I wonder if Vend-O-Price might be a sort of reboot of Credit Card, with products instead of prizes, and you have to buy a certain number of items and not spend more than a certain amount, which will change from each playing, as Credit Card did.
-
That's a possibility too
-
It's a crapshoot to guess.
Since Drew took over, we've had a car game (Gas Money), two cash-prize games (Time is Money & Pay the Rent), and two one-guess games in Double Cross & Do The Math.
But I love when they get creative every season and put another one together.
-
My thoughts went along with a 2 stage game as well. But not like telephone game. My thoughts were a game was played with pricing small items to earn as much money for the vending machine as possible. Then with earned money the contestant can buy as many items from the machine they can afford. Only one item is attached to winning a car or whatnot. Like Bonus Game in a way.
-
It certainly sounds like a GP game based on the name, though there's no need for another one of those. Thinking about areas of need, I'd guess it's either a quickie (to take pressure off of Flip Flop and Coming or Going) or a two-prizer (Switch? and Bargain Game).
Then with earned money the contestant can buy as many items from the machine they can afford.
Like the old Wheel of Fortune shopping round? That would be an interesting concept.
-
They haven't addressed "areas of need" with a new game in forever, so good luck on that.
-
With the upcoming 2010s show on Friday, I don't think it would be a GP game, as a typical episode cannot have more than one (meaning that they must decide between Pay the Rent and Time is Money, although the latter could also be played on Thursday's show, as it was first played in Season 32), but it can have two SP games as evidenced by those special episodes and the all-Plinko show from Season 42. My guess is that it would be an SP game, but with items priced below $100. We'll just have to see on Friday.
-
Since Drew took over, we've had a car game (Gas Money)
Um, huh? Forgive me for saying so, but I distinctly remember this game being played with Bob Barker. Is my memory playing tricks on me?
-
Um, huh? Forgive me for saying so, but I distinctly remember this game being played with Bob Barker. Is my memory playing tricks on me?
Gas Money debuted in 2008, one year AFTER Barker retired.
-
This image has been posted on Buzzerblog
(http://i59.tinypic.com/8z301v.jpg)
No rules have been given yet.
Read the full story here: http://www.buzzerblog.com/2015/09/24/first-look-at-the-new-price-is-right-game/ (http://www.buzzerblog.com/2015/09/24/first-look-at-the-new-price-is-right-game/)
-
it has a Grocery Game feel to it...
-
Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have ourselves a true quickie GP game. Three quick plugs for the GPs, and then Drew bestows some sort of voucher - be it physical or metaphorical - to the contestant. She then has to pick which row she can afford with her money (i.e.: the least expensive). Push the button, and you win or lose. I love it. It evokes Credit Card without all the delay.
The color palette is snazzy, too.
-
it has a Grocery Game feel to it...
And Bullseye as well.
Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have ourselves a true quickie GP game. Three quick plugs for the GPs, and then Drew asks what row equals a certain price (let's say $5.50). Push the button, and you win or lose. I love it.
The color palette is snazzy, too.
This, however, is not the first quickie game involving GP's. Penny Ante, with two of those, holds that distinction.
With the upcoming 2010s show on Friday, I don't think it would be a GP game.
So clearly I was wrong. This means that any chances of seeing Pay the Rent on Friday have just gone out the window. And it's nice to see a new game being played on the Turntable. For those of you keeping score, it's the first such game to debut in the Drew era, and the first since Coming or Going premiered in 2003, shortly before Rod's death. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.
-
This, however, is not the first quickie game involving GP's. Penny Ante, with two of those, holds that distinction.
Penny Ante involves a maximum of four selections to this game's one.
-
Vend-o-Price is the first Pricing game that debuted in the Drew era that is played on the turntable and I believe the first new GP Pricing game on the turntable since Super Saver.
-
Penny Ante involves a maximum of four selections to this game's one.
Actually, Penny Ante allowed for three selections from a contestant. Once the contestant lost his/her last penny, the game was over.
I like the nifty retro vending machine look to this, and I'll be curious about the gameplay. Hopefully this will spice up the lineups a bit and give us something other than Pick-a-Pair for a quick GP game, after going years without Hit Me or Penny Ante.
-
So clearly I was wrong. This means that any chances of seeing Pay the Rent on Friday have just gone out the window. And it's nice to see a new game being played on the Turntable. For those of you keeping score, it's the first such game to debut in the Drew era, and the first since Coming or Going premiered in 2003, shortly before Rod's death. It'll be interesting to see how that goes.
Except that wasn't the issue that they only had 5 games that debuted since 2010 - since pay the Rent is one of those, they'd have to play it to have enough games, no? Those 5 plus this new one makes 6 for the show.
-
This looks pretty good. I like the orange color scheme for the bulk of the prop and the blue/green/red scheme for the GPs, plus the logo is nifty. The only thing I don't like about this is the reflections around the shelves—it looks too distracting seeing Door 4 and the curtains in the prop's reflection. I'm also wondering what the orange part at the bottom is used for...maybe for showing the total of what the contestant selects?
I'm curious as to how long this game will last, too. Pick-a-Pair is the shortest game (and only game) so far at 4.5 minutes, so it'd be nice to see another GP game that length.
-
[rules]
I assume you're speculating?
-
Actually, Penny Ante allowed for three selections from a contestant.
Three wrong selections. It is possible to choose incorrectly twice, then choose correctly twice, thereby making four selections.
-
Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have ourselves a true quickie GP game. Three quick plugs for the GPs, and then Drew bestows some sort of voucher - be it physical or metaphorical - to the contestant. She then has to pick which row she can afford with her money (i.e.: the least expensive). Push the button, and you win or lose. I love it. It evokes Credit Card without all the delay.
You're speculating.
There's (at least) one Beverage missing, one Candy missing and one French Fries missing. The monitors are displaying how many are left in each row. If she's meant to pick an entire row, they'd be spaced far more evenly.
-
Looks snazzy! Can't wait to see it tomorrow.
-
You're speculating.
There's (at least) one Beverage missing, one Candy missing and one French Fries missing. The monitors are displaying how many are left in each row. If she's meant to pick an entire row, they'd be spaced far more evenly.
But picking a combination of the three all at once would kinda be like Grocery...
-
If she's meant to pick an entire row, they'd be spaced far more evenly.
I suspect that's for the sake of the plugs. When they're describing the candy, they only want to have one bag of candy in the shot.
This is the only time that I haven't seen any chocks on a set piece on the shiny-floor turntable. Does that mean the Vend-O-Price board isn't on wheels? If so, I wonder how difficult it would be to lift it into position.
-
The official Price YouTube channel posted a video of Vend-O-Price, from tomorrow's show. It looks like a very interesting game.
- Insert coin that Drew gives contestant
- Slider (like One Away) moves to the right, revealing a number of each item
- Contestant must guess what row is the most expensive and pull a lever (individual item price multiplied by the quantity in the row)
- Individual price is shown, multiplied by the quantity
- If the contestant is correct, they win the prize package
-
Grocery Game meets Most Expensive. And they brought back the Penny Ante sound effect. This is going to be a great game.
-
Three wrong selections. It is possible to choose incorrectly twice, then choose correctly twice, thereby making four selections.
Gah, I can't believe I forgot about the correct guess counting as #4.
-
The official Price YouTube channel posted a video of Vend-O-Price, from tomorrow's show. It looks like a very interesting game.
This video is private.
Oh well. I'm excited to see how it plays, but I can certainly wait.
-
I suspect that's for the sake of the plugs. When they're describing the candy, they only want to have one bag of candy in the shot.
Never thought of that. I guess I figured it'd be easier to have the items via still-store and animate through them.
Doesn't look "tidy" though...
-
Ladies and gentlemen, we finally have ourselves a true quickie GP game. Three quick plugs for the GPs, and then Drew bestows some sort of voucher - be it physical or metaphorical - to the contestant. She then has to pick which row she can afford with her money (i.e.: the least expensive). Push the button, and you win or lose. I love it. It evokes Credit Card without all the delay.
Okay, "most" instead of "least", but ... if you're feeling like a pimp, go and brush your shoulders off.
-
I love how the SFX for the game is the classic SFX from Penny Ante.
-
The best way I can describe my feelings about this, is that it's the game I never knew I wanted. I love the fact its a GP quickie, I love the multiplication aspect, and biggest of all, this game using the Penny Ante sound effects and Credit Card-esque decision has quelled my desire to see those games returned. Kudos to all involved!