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predoodlebug · 18th Mar 2011, 2:33 pm

From my own web site here is a selection from my collection of novelty radios dating back 40 years. Many very rare ones. ( Michelin Man, James Bond, etc)

Done in a humorous fashion...."Novelty radios, clowns of the circuit circus!"
http://www.retinascope.co.uk/noveltyradios.html

Richard

newlite4 · 18th Mar 2011, 3:30 pm

Very good display Richard, the owl radio is particularly sought after.
Neil

tedzed1 · 18th Mar 2011, 11:15 pm

I like it, bit of a difference to the normal, I can remember in the seventies when I was a kid, my parents brought me a radio, that you wore on your wrist like a watch, the chunky strap must have been about 2 inches across, IIRC, you used to unscrew a small silver cap on the side to insert a AA battery,

Must say, I dont know why, buy really like the turntable radio,

Peter.N. · 18th Mar 2011, 11:54 pm

Brilliant collection Richard, I seem to remember the car battery and large coke bottle but don't recall any of the others.

Peter

davegsm82 · 21st Mar 2011, 11:11 am

I would love to own that car battery radio, such a novel item! Simple and fun.

Dave.

predoodlebug · 21st Mar 2011, 1:33 pm

Thanks guys for your kind remarks. Makes all the work of putting the
novelty radio section of my web site together worth while.
Richard.

murphyv310 · 23rd Mar 2011, 12:01 am

Brilliant!
I see two that have passed through my hands, The Tetley Radio & The Seahorse bathroom Radio.

radiotomcats · 25th Mar 2011, 9:31 am

Wow! I have seen various 'novelty' radios but this collection is great. Amazing what people will buy. Why stick to Roberts and Hacker. The early red Stilleto radio looks as if it has the same case as my, silver, Columbia telecom 1987 'phone. Is the radio 'life size'.

predoodlebug · 25th Mar 2011, 11:45 am

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Originally Posted by radiotomcats

Wow! I have seen various 'novelty' radios but this collection is great. Amazing what people will buy. Why stick to Roberts and Hacker. The early red Stilleto radio looks as if it has the same case as my, silver, Columbia telecom 1987 'phone. Is the radio 'life size'.

Yes, the older analogue stilleto is about life size. The new scanner shoe is about 1/2 life size.
Re your phone. There are a number of novelty radios in the shape of phones.
Some, the old upright type, others the modern shape. All use the dailing ring as the tuning.

There are as many novelty phones as there are novelty radios, but I daresay you know that and
may already collect them.
As you say, why stick to run of the mill 'straight' radios? I do collect very old 'serious' wireless too but get much more fun out of the screwy stuff, which helps keep me young in spirit.

Richard

18th Mar 2011, 2:33 pm	#1
predoodlebug Retired Dormant Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Burton on Trent Posts: 58	Rare novelty radios web site. From my own web site here is a selection from my collection of novelty radios dating back 40 years. Many very rare ones. ( Michelin Man, James Bond, etc) Done in a humorous fashion...."Novelty radios, clowns of the circuit circus!" http://www.retinascope.co.uk/noveltyradios.html Richard

18th Mar 2011, 3:30 pm	#2
newlite4 Octode Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Bath, Somerset, UK. Posts: 1,805	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. Very good display Richard, the owl radio is particularly sought after. Neil __________________ preserving the recent past, for the distant future.

18th Mar 2011, 11:15 pm	#3
tedzed1 Hexode Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Tamworth, Staffordshire, UK. Posts: 320	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. I like it, bit of a difference to the normal, I can remember in the seventies when I was a kid, my parents brought me a radio, that you wore on your wrist like a watch, the chunky strap must have been about 2 inches across, IIRC, you used to unscrew a small silver cap on the side to insert a AA battery, Must say, I dont know why, buy really like the turntable radio, __________________ Cheers Paul.

18th Mar 2011, 11:54 pm	#4
Peter.N. Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Charmouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 3,601	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. Brilliant collection Richard, I seem to remember the car battery and large coke bottle but don't recall any of the others. Peter

21st Mar 2011, 11:11 am	#5
davegsm82 Heptode Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Blyth, Northumberland, UK. Posts: 858	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. I would love to own that car battery radio, such a novel item! Simple and fun. Dave.

21st Mar 2011, 1:33 pm	#6
predoodlebug Retired Dormant Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Burton on Trent Posts: 58	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. Thanks guys for your kind remarks. Makes all the work of putting the novelty radio section of my web site together worth while. Richard.

23rd Mar 2011, 12:01 am	#7
murphyv310 Dekatron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire, UK. Posts: 5,422	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. Brilliant! I see two that have passed through my hands, The Tetley Radio & The Seahorse bathroom Radio. __________________ Cheers, Trevor. MM0KJJ. RSGB, GQRP, WACRAL, K&LARC. Member

25th Mar 2011, 9:31 am	#8
radiotomcats Retired Dormant Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Leicester Posts: 23	Re: Rare novelty radios web site. Wow! I have seen various 'novelty' radios but this collection is great. Amazing what people will buy. Why stick to Roberts and Hacker. The early red Stilleto radio looks as if it has the same case as my, silver, Columbia telecom 1987 'phone. Is the radio 'life size'.