Prize Wedge Hunter - Vintage Edition

Someone may have lost the first MINI CAR wedge, because it was never seen again and this one appeared very shortly after the first variant, in [S2-E252 Laura/Bob/Rochelle 11/27/1984]. This variant was seen twice more in Season 3, last being seen in [S3-E551 Ken/John/Andra 5/5/1986]. After that, MINI CAR seems to have been retired.

Typographically, this variant is a bit more on-brand, but still has some non-Clarendon pecularity to it. We love it anyway.

Let's put this version of the MINI CAR on my mini wheel.

Duke, I gotta say, you're doing an AWESOME job on these bonus prize wedges. Keep up the great work.

Here's a new wedge - BANGLE has a total of 10 known appearances across seasons 2 through 7. This particular variant accounts for at least two of those appearances, first appearing in [S2-E280 Angela/Diane/Roger 12/31/1984] and then again in [S4-E741 Bob/Nancy/Eleanor 4/2/1987]. It might have appeared in Season 5, in [S5-E882 Hank/Nancy/Becky 2/12/1988], but I am unable to confirm whether that appearance was this Season 2 variant or the newer Season 5 variant as I currently lack a video source for that episode.

BANGLE was logically used to give away bangle-style bracelets, which were, as was usual for jewelry prizes, stand-ins for a gift certificate.

I described the BANGLE so I'll not leave you to dangle - here it is on the wheel.




When I first started doing this I did not promise a particular cadence, though I've been regularly releasing weekly on the weekend for some time. So as to prevent any disappointment, though, I'll say now that it is unlikely I will be releasing any new Prize Wedge Hunter wedges next weekend, July 27/28. I have a good reason, though. Friends are gathering from out of town, and our plans include a Wheel of Fortune tournament on my wheel. Good thing I have 34 prize wedges to draw from by now!

If I do not release anything next weekend, rest assured that the Prize Wedge Hunter will return soon.

No, it will not be studio-style recorded. I will probably have pictures and short videos I can share. Maybe some extended clips if I can find a good place for a tripod that captures all of the action.

I will be host-only for this one, and as of now we have 7 players RSVP'd. It will be a somewhat informal structure, winner of prior game stays, new contestants are chosen randomly from remaining willing players that have played the fewest games. Tournament ends via attrition or when people get hungry for dinner, and highest cumulative dollar amount wins the event. I was thinking of putting together some kind of swag for winner and runner up, possibly including a commemorative trophy wedge if I have time and inspiration to make one.

The clips you posted off your wheel didn’t work

By now we've had RING, PIN, WATCH, HEART, BANGLE, and JEWEL all represent jewelry prizes, so, why not introduce a JEWELRY wedge to replace them all?

I'm not sure if that was the rationale behind this wedge, but either way this wedge really didn't take off in Season 2. This variant seems to have been used once in [S2-E287 Steve/Kelli/Jim 1/22/1985], and the generic JEWELRY wedge was not revisited again until Season 6, with a new variant, after which JEWELRY was used more frequently. Overall, there seem to have been 28 appearances of JEWELRY that the producers decided not to designate with a more specific wedge.

This wedge was often used to give away earrings, since EARRINGS did not appear as its own wedge until Season 12. Other than that, a large variety of jewelry was offered using JEWELRY wedges, sometimes even if a more specific wedge like RING was available.

All of these prize wedges are like JEWELRY for the wheel, so let's put it on and see how it looks.

Welcome back, Duke! Neat job on the Jewelry and Fridge wedges. Very authentic. Keep it up.

[S2-E297 Peg/Renee/Doc 2/1/1985] was the second and last known time a GRAPHIC wedge appeared, and it was the second and last known variant of the GRAPHIC wedge. Its duties would be largely subsumed by the yet-to-be-introduced ART wedge.

Again, this wedge was used to offer a limited-edition serigraph of Aquarium by Hiro Yamagata.

This wedge, like several others from the era uses Claremont font for its text. Overall the text occupies much more of the wedge on this variant, and leaves much less open space.

There's not much else to say about this wedge, lets hope the picture of it on the wheel isn't too GRAPHIC for some audiences.