Cool stuff for sale mega-thread.

That's how you combine a TV and boombox! I hope to find one someday at an estate sale, nicely taken care of. These would be the coolest video ad if you had a store or manning a convention, now that the broadcasting tech is pretty cheap and you can send it from a computer, it's a no-brainer.

 

Now that is cool Longman, I've never seen anything close to that before. I'd grab it if it shipped here, it's just too cool not to have, the price seems like a steal unless it's plastic crap.

 

Boombox season is not as plentiful as in the past but there's some cool stereo equipment popping up.
Rotel RV-555, I tried to buy one of these a couple years ago since it looked like it would be a great desk-top system, I didn't touch it so it might be junk but they are pretty cool looking.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Ro...m=283041662984&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109

 

The Outsider doesn't get a lot of respect but these are neat mini's with water resistant buttons and dials. The Sanyo MGT7A is a little cooler looking than the myriad of Sony Sports Models and a tad more robust.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sanyo-MGT7...243846?hash=item3d74d6dec6:g:e0YAAOSwuHJbpza~

 

Hello Mia, there's a thread below this for equipment you want, that might be a better place to post. I know over the years these boxes have been parted out but it might take awhile to find your parts.

 

I used to see kind of neat, reasonable priced all the time but the times have changed. This Hitachi TRQ-150K is pretty cool and would be fun to play with, it looks like a better version of the karoke machine that everyone seemed to have a few years ago. I'm not sure what the antenna is for, maybe the microphone or to broadcast to your stereo system. Apparently the common method is to use pre-recorded 8-track (without vocals) to sing to.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hitachi-8-...181595?hash=item214fd37f9b:g:9XsAAOSwzjxal7D3

 

While the debate may never end if AIWA or Phillips had the first modern version of the boombox, this one came soon after and it looks great. This might be an opportunty to get a fairly-rare AIWA Model TPR-202 for cheap. A must have for the first-generation guys or anybody looking for a pretty cool early box. these are usually very-well built and will stretch your arm if you carry it too much. Short wave and VU meter are a bonus.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-VTG-A...250915?hash=item215020d9a3:g:QOUAAOSwTQNcLjdL

 

Since we posted some later model computer cassette tape drives, lets post this one that looks like it's from the mid-70's. this looks old and check out the interface, someone will have to explain that to me. The handwritten serial number makes me think of a garage with a bunch of home-made assembly going on but the Pegasus PD1 makes me think of mini-computers. I can imagine Jobs had one of these when he came up with the much cooler disk drive for the Apple II.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Pe...650885?hash=item3fb57a9b45:g:BPYAAOSw~WNbrV3T

 

Computers really made a huge leap from homegrown clubs using off the shelf parts to a nice looking unit. I think Apple used Frog Designs to design the second generation Apple II and really pushed the look of the equipment. While looking at old stuff on ebay I found a few other neat old drives and at least one other had the large connector. It would be neat for somebody with knowledge to let us know what all the connections were for but I think your right Longman, no need to "dial" in the signal and some of the other mechanical functions might have been controlled by the computer.

We have a new bar/lounge here with a million pinball machines and vintage games, stuff like this would be cool to display. In the old days the computer nerds were also excellent craft brewers, the hobbies seemed to intertwine.

 

I can't imagine these are up for sale very often, a great companion for a BomBeat.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TOSHIBA-BO...m=132744771881&_trksid=p2047675.c100008.m2219

 

And a cool BomBeat to go with it, although shipping is huge since it's coming from Japan. The FM is Japanese Band but this Toshiba Actas 580 looks like a pretty cool box.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Bo...=item23b36614fb:g:SIYAAOSw8~hcNbWL:rk:46:pf:0

 

For the serious collector, a Walkman Shirt.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-So...h=item44325e8318:g:ecQAAOSw15Zbz1q4:rk:1:pf:0

 

Maybe it's because it's from Sencore, maybe because it's for old tv's, I don't know but it's cheap and cool, too bad all my little tv's run great but most are black and white.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1960s-Senc...m=323599365731&_trksid=p2047675.c100752.m1982

 

Trident P 1010, this is cool, I'd be in a 1/2 the price but there's a lot out there in it's range. I don't remember ever seeing one of these before, too bad it doesn't have a handle.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/TRIDENT-P-...h=item3b27cbed06:g:iQ8AAOSwTY9bwFlk:rk:1:pf:0

 

Wow, this is a strange entry in the boombox turntable category. It looks like it has a handle and takes batteries so it's a true boombox, the top mounted turntable makes it unique to these boxes.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sharp-boom...m=173750596764&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109

 

My god that is truly hideous....