wheel giving away it's 350 wedge

It's here! Not its most recent color, but it's the genuine style and right font, nonetheless. The shiny number outlines look really cool in person.

I bet the outlines would look cool. Comparing the replica, your creation actually does look like what they would really use in the 4K resolution era (although they would add sparkles to that one too, or maybe they would try glowing outlines in an effort to match the illuminated base).

I am so glad you got it! I would love to have an actual prop from the show but I am still happy with my mini wedge.

The numbers appear to be stickers. The feel exactly the same as the letters on my old Prize Wedge.

There appear to be three "layers" of the numbers. First, a plain white "outline" (any outline left of the black facing northeast has no sparkle), then the same outline shape in the holographic material placed directly on top of it wherever the sparkle is present (the holographic "sparkles" are actually small squares in a grid formation. I thought they were random polygons like I make in my graphics), then the black number sticker seems to placed directly on top, as some of them appear a tiny bit off-center when looking at it close up.

What I found most surprising is how sturdy the wedge is. It's VERY thick card stock and the color does not come from the card stock itself; it's paint. Even the number shadows (which I thought were stick-on graphics like I made in my replicas) are painted on. The reverse is pure white with some excess purple paint around the edges. Next time I go to Home Depot, I should get some paint samples and see exactly which shade it is.





Check eBay every few days. Many old Prize Wedges and puzzle board letter slides were auctioned off in the 90s and they pop up every now and then.

Let me know if you bid on one, though. Wouldn't want to realize that I outbid a fellow BAV member.

I wonder if the paint that they use on the wedge would be the same paint used on the flippers. I can recall when TV Guide put up a Youtube video of a Behind The Scenes one of the workers mentioned the flippers used white vinyl paint. Speaking of, does anyone know if this video still exists somewhere?

I remember that same video. I tried finding it in the past but had no luck. I'm pretty sure it's gone forever.


The paint feels like the same kind of paint you would use to paint a room.

I will do. Thanks for the tip