Here's another I recently got running 100% A rare Canada version - I have found 2 Canadian variants so far.. this one being the common one. I have not found a Canadian full complete box set like I have found in the USA - but I'm sure they were sold in the box with power adapter, bags, battery adapters ect like they did with the Optimus version , but maybe not ? I would like to see that box from Canada (Realistic) .. the USA version I have quite a few box sets.
What a nice looking player. I thought Realistic were only low end, cheap things ... I didn't know they had players like this.
Hey OTB - check out my prior post where I introduced this here on the forum - it's also found as Optimus product but it's a SANYO mechanism - so it's based on some excellence of the time period - and very small player . You probably had it as REALISTIC in Australia (like Canada) unless it wasn't distro'd in that Queen colony .
Yeah, realistic in Australia were stores called Tandy. To me it was always cheaper stuff, I remember the stores but never really shopped there.
Our Radio Shacks also had more budget friendly options but if you look through the catalogs, they had some nicer higher-end equipment equipment as well. For the most part they were franchises over here, one local store was completely into the short-wave side of the catalog. His store was a mess but he had shelves of parts everywhere and none of the flashy bling toys.
Same with my experience in Ontario Canada - our local Radio Shack sucked but the stores in London a big city nearby were a haven of interesting gear and parts I lusted after.
Nice - Tandy was typically branded as the Computer arm of Radio Shack in Canada from what I had seen.
I have recently purchased a set in the Box made just for Canada market under the Realistic name . It exists.
