wheelman97
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Post by wheelman97 on Aug 19, 2015 12:26:13 GMT -5
Hey all, I'm new to the forum and I've got a question. I just got a copy of the Tyco WOF game from '91 yesterday and the little slip of plastic (the stopper for the Wheel) snapped. What would be a decent replacement for that and how can I get the Wheel to spin easier?
If this isn't the right section for this, I apologize in advance.
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germanname1990
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Post by germanname1990 on Aug 19, 2015 22:29:36 GMT -5
No, you should be in the right spot. As for a replacement, a strip of paper or thin cardboard should do. I recommend you poke a hole in the center with a pin so that it holds better. If none of that works, please let me know, and I'll try and think of something else.
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Post by MarioGS on Aug 19, 2015 23:07:54 GMT -5
The clicker was the death of every owner of the Tyco/Mattel game ever. When we first assembled the Wheel when we got the Mattel reissue (we never had the original Tyco version, just the Pressman one), the clicker went flying across the room when we first spun the Wheel and we never found it. We would just cut little strips of paper but they were prone to slipping out of the clicker's holder. I look at listings of the game on eBay and almost all of them have the clicker missing. The only ones that do have it are the rare never-opened ones. "Like" this post if you had the Tyco or Mattel game and you lost or broke the clicker.  |
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germanname1990
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Post by germanname1990 on Aug 20, 2015 0:54:23 GMT -5
I lost the clicker a few times, but my parents were always able to send requests to Tyco for replacements, but of course, that was before Tyco went out of business.
Within the last four or five years or so, I bought an unopened Tyco first edition online. So, I have the clicker and have since been making sure not to lose it. I also bought Tyco's 2nd Edition and the coveted 1998 Mattel adaption; both of these could've been in better shape, but at least they came with all the puzzles, which was what I was really going for when I bought them.
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wheelman97
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Post by wheelman97 on Aug 20, 2015 1:33:32 GMT -5
For the moment I seem to have a fix. Oddly enough I couldn't get paper to work  on the upside the rubber band won't go flying.  I might actually be able to tape my clicker back together but that might have an adverse effect. |
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wheelman97
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Post by wheelman97 on Aug 20, 2015 1:36:05 GMT -5
The clicker was the death of every owner of the Tyco/Mattel game ever. When we first assembled the Wheel when we got the Mattel reissue (we never had the original Tyco version, just the Pressman one), the clicker went flying across the room when we first spun the Wheel and we never found it. We would just cut little strips of paper but they were prone to slipping out of the clicker's holder. I look at listings of the game on eBay and almost all of them have the clicker missing. The only ones that do have it are the rare never-opened ones. "Like" this post if you had the Tyco or Mattel game and you lost or broke the clicker. I saw something about parts on ebay, but it didn't seem to have a clicker. Maybe the flimsy pointer is why people say this particular wheel sucks? And my copy I actually snagged for $1.50 at a thrift shop, so I'm surprised the pointer was even there. |
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Post by gameshowguy2000 on Sept 15, 2015 20:34:40 GMT -5
Wait, did Mattel buy Tyco (thus resulting in the 1998 Mattel re-release)?
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Post by Bryce L. on Sept 17, 2015 1:37:14 GMT -5
I had the original Tyco edition (got it as a Christmas present one year along with their Jeopardy! game), I don't even remember there being a clicker with it...
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Post by woffan4ever on Sept 17, 2015 8:19:33 GMT -5
I had the original. There was a clicker with it, but it either broke or disappeared within a few months time...
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wheelman97
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Post by wheelman97 on Sept 25, 2015 11:56:18 GMT -5
I had the original. There was a clicker with it, but it either broke or disappeared within a few months time... That was the case with a lot of them, so I've heard |
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on the upside the rubber band won't go flying. 
