hey guys,did realistic ever make this unit for the uk market,ie through tandy stores,thus making it available in the uk?if yes/no how easy is it to aquire one????

well basicly what you are doing here ( asking ) - That is the Good thing.

 as far as the SCR-8 making itself to the uk as another brand am not so sure or dont remember the crossove brand/model number

or if you can afford it get one from the USA from those that have one

It was "realistic" in the UK. I think, i remember seeing that model in a tandy catalogue. Good old tandy.

What was this model in the US, The general electric?

Realistic SCR-8 on the front

Realistic Model no. 14-778A on the back  

Still looking for the aka as a General Electric or ?

I have the ge at home.  actually its in my collection page...    shoot i cant remember the numbers on it but it was nicnamed the blockbuster.   do a search on ge blockbuster and it might come up.  

GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster.   found it in the search.   I do have both!   one has vu one has led for meeters but the are the same unit. 

Guess what brb be-right-back

Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster Working

Radio shack only working
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Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox aka GE 3-5259A IMG_2430

ge first
http://i41.tinypic.com/302oumv.jpg

Realistic SCR-8 top Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster

Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster IMG_2425
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Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster IMG_2427

Realistic SCR-8 top Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster back IMG_2427
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Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster IMG_2428

Realistic SCR-8 top Model 14-778A Boombox General Electric GE 3-5259A aka blockbuster back-open IMG_2428
http://i44.tinypic.com/2wg8wsz.jpg

yah brb after a 4 hour nap waitng uploading pictures yawn...

The scr-8 is a stunning looking box. I always thought Realistic was an American make, was it actually Tandys own make? like how Dixons had Sashio etc?

I used to love going in Tandy as a kid, i was a sucker for the soft ejects on all those stereos in there

Is the Radio-Shack Store's in the USA ,,, Called ( Tandy ) in the UK United Kingdom - Cause i dont know what you are referring to as 'Tandy'?

Realistic I always thought was simply a Refabrication of the same ,,, uh,,,

GE or Sanyo or Panasonic or whatever Popular brand that Radio-Shack desired to Sell under Their Name of "Realistic"

Which is why here is seen the Two similar box's with different cosmetic's and the tuning know an power switch in different colcations but essentially the Same box's and Even the Same Sound Characterisic's of the GE versus the Realistic as I showed the Radio on in the above picture + Cassette Works Very well.

For me it's a too-up between both model's as I like that the Realistic has Loops for adding a shoulder-strap, ge nope.  GE has More of a open design Reaslitic look's older

Realsitic has Cheaper Led power meter's, GE has VU meters.  GE is Silver in color, Realistic is grey/green in color or drabby looking...

If I had to chose between these 2, I would chose the GE First.

Finally am perfectly content with selling all Four of these I have 3 of the ge's and 1 of the Realistic as you see it here

Those Led's on the realistic love it !!

Realistic SCR-8 Model 14-778A Boombox aka GE 3-5259A Blockbuster

...It's for sale you know....

... did you pm a offer ?

along with all the rest of these seen and not seen boombox's

Love the led's but i bet they dont sound any better than a sharp gf8989

More bass then the 8989 and I think a bit clearer and not as tinny sounding to me.   BUT, remember sound is all subjective to the person. 

Thanks EJ

I'm sure that one was sold by Tandy in the UK, as their flagship boomer 1983-84 ish. I don't know the model number, unfortunately. I'd expect it to be pretty rare in the UK, as Tandy were quite expensive when compared to Dixons & Comet.

Someone I know had one & he reported the sound to be surprisingly solid - Tandy weren't considered top choice in the UK (at least not around my way).

i used to go in to tandy alot in the 80s iso,i cant recall seeing any of those realistic,but..i dont think they stocked the higher end boomboxes,i think they would more likely to be stocked in london ect..the main things i used to see in my local tandy is the huge speakers and disco equipment..

hey iso,do you remember the weird way they sold their stuff e.g speakers,alot of the bigger speakers they never sold them as a pair,they always sold them in singles,i would look and see the prices,and thought "whoa thats cheap for a set of huge speakers" but when you looked closer it would say "each" very odd !

As for the the realistic box,i would have one just for the lights,those led's are just crazy !! are those lights fixed VU's or do they increase and decrease with the volume ?

Funny you should say that. I was browsing here:

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1984/

& sure enough, the old "each" pricing on the speakers foxed me again - just like old times  

Realistic actually had some decent receivers in the day.  the sta 2000 2100 were nice.  Some were made from Pioneer and some were foster made.   the foster made ones were very underrated and sounded darn good.  

http://www.radioshackcatalogs.com/catalogs/1980/

take a look at the 2100D and the 2000    both were great sounding units.   even the prior version of the 2100 without the d sounded great.   

Do you still have a GE 3-5259A Blockbuster for sale?

Hi Bparker,

Mr. Pierce was banned from this site a few months ago so you will not get a response from him here.

see this link  index.php?board_oid=193392314111653483&content_oid=258979670028879559

Good luck with your GE hunt, there still may be others here who may be able to help

think this explains it all     

It was worth registering just for that. Thanks!

I sent a message to BoomboxCassette2Go via YouTube recently as a long shot to see what my chances might be to purchase one. Now that I have this info, I'll be EXTRA careful.

hey Bparker check your dialog box.

Done!

Yeah, we had a lot of fun with James

Yea and the guy that started this thread is also a dirty thief and a rippoff merchant,along with his ebay partner in conn crime oldskoolcollectables,both of them a pair of thieves !!

Hearsay Paul, hearsay

awful popband

Forewarned is forearmed they say

Deliverance...just priceless! LMAO

cannon fodder for sure