The second one is a Toyota as well I think. These look more like original Sharp machines that have been re-badged to me, ie. AKA's

Radiotone Cordoba 900 (aka of the Steepletone posted by bison)

Where was this knock-off found Retro? I wonder how many other look-a-likes there are floating around?

 I could see these things burning my house down after being plugged in

look at this strange beast, the Qualimax GP-7:

the pic comes from an ebay auction I am definitely not adding to my watch list...

That actually looks quite nasty on close inspection; not that any of these replicas look that good! (Except for the Toyota, I quite like that one!)

and you haven't seen the price! outrageous!

Bison those are definitely not rip offs...those are made by Sharp....they were badged under the Toyota name for a promotion they had back in the 80s for Toyota...we had a member here from Japan that worked at Sharp at the time and he explained what was that about....very old thread from long ago.....the bottom sharp is a GF-909 of the sharp 777 family ...those two are truly rare grails  

Originally Posted by samovar:

the Toyota blends the speakers of the VZ2000 with the frame of the VZ2500 very nice indeed! which brand is the second box?

...those are definitely not rip offs...those are made by Sharp....they were badged under the Toyota name for a promotion they had back in the 80s for Toyota...we had a member here from Japan that worked at Sharp at the time and he explained what was that about....very old thread from long ago.....the bottom sharp is a GF-909 of the sharp 777 family ...

I hadn't recognized the 909! Both units looks too good to be true, and under the spell of the turkeys portrayed in this thread, I even thought that the pics had been Photoshopped! In fact, they simply show promotional versions of the real thing.

Thanks for the contribution to the discussion, very helpful and thought-provoking. Indeed, it has just prompted this thread of mine:

http://REPLACEMENT ERROR/topic/promotional-boomboxes

Just found this listed on a local site.

The copiers actually had the nerve to copy the sharp logo as well, poorly. Model is "Model GF-7"

Now ain't that just the king of copies?

Despite the shameless lie, I must admit that Sharp 7 (!) is a roguish ironic touch. Perhaps by GF the perps meant Grand Fake?

i want it! love the handle and the knobs . it's not high quality but it looks pretty bad ass lol.

This reminds me of the tosh wx1000 or what ever there called...dreadful looking things