Hi there,

I've just managed to get, by a special contact I have in Tokyo, what I believe is the most extraordinary and rare walkman ever made: the unique Boodo Khan in Red finish!!

As far as I know, only 20 units of this extremely rare walkman were made, and they went only to Sony founder, general Ceo, Ceo of design deparment, and other VIP employees of SONY. I managed to get one of this, and now I present to you in a beautiful still-life:

All features are the same as the original model, and even the headphones are the same color and all that.

Hope you enjoy it like me!

Good grief, that's something special.  Anyone else knew a red one existed?

Wow!  I've never seen of those either.  Amazing find.  Is the DOL sticker in English?

Strange enough that reflection of the "it's a sony" logo is orange, but reflection of the walkman itself - is not red.

Now thats a find!!

hurodal, you also forgot to work with DOL sticker, it looks too red, but has to be black with red letters

Hi metad,

But remember that the reflection in the floor is from the DOL button, that's metallic. And the sticker are both transparent, except the words and graphics.

I attach high-res crops of the original photo.

I didn't say about reflection of the DOL button.

I said that reflection of the WALKMAN ITSELF is not red, but has to be red.

still wanna play ?

Well if stickers are transparent, then it means you won't see red letters on the red walkman body, right?

but on your pics we can see black DOL sticker with intensive red shade, and one more thing > 

see the light on the angle of the "sony" sticker ?

It's a light,  but even on the red walkman it can't be the same RED colour as letters or body of the player, it means you used photoshop filters.

Wait, I got another one, right from the Osaka!

Oh dear, what's going on here?

Haha. Well, you discover the trick! Well done!!

You're right: it's all a fake, a joke. A walkman that doesn't not exists. But, hey, you have good vision! Not so many people can see that detail...

To be honest, I expected that this fake continue for a few days, but you discover it...

I spent almost two hours to make this fake, beginning with the shot and continuing with the retouch within photoshop.

Well, I hope it made you feel good for a while ;-)

PS: Here is his brother, the blue version of the Boodo Khan ;-)

yeah, it was fun, until you strarted trying to fool with "reflection of the DOL button" reply.

Hmmmmm

very clever well spotted metad i"ll give you that one.

BTW, for making that, I had to do manual retouch. there's no filter in photoshop or any other software that can do this, because the walkman is black.

If it was originally green, yellow or any other strong color, then it could be easily filtered, because the color can be isolated and manipulated. But the problem here is that it has no color (remember: black is no color, is the absence of light).

Metad, that boombox is coloured originally or did you made manual retouching?

Hey, it was only a joke to make you spent a funny time! ;-)

dear christ

LOLOLOL

Figure something was up, with that sticker

I know but I was already booking my ticket to your house with my best suit on

spoofng !

Those are also photoshop jokes, made by Rambo Estrada, member of this site.

It's not because of the sticker.

Wrong light/reflection. 

If it would be the real picture of the red walkman on the black background, then the red reflex/accents/shades have to be (more or less) on the every subject and surface around the walkman, i.e:

- on the table

- on the metallic DOL button

- on the headphones cable and jack

- on the headphones

small example: little orange Sony logo has a reflection on the table, in case of red walkman - reflection would be more than visible.

This picture looks artificial, because everything around the walkman says - there is no big red object in the middle.

hahaha

BTW: I'm still waiting for your reply to my PMs ;-)

tell you what i dont really collect walkmans but i do have an aiwa and a sony,but that is beatifull,even though it is photoshopped,its a shame sony did'nt really make them in those colours,just like its a shame that sharp did'nt do the 777 in those colours too,just imagine colllecting all of that model in all of those colours lol,,that would be fun (and expensive)

Hey, you say because you actually know it's a fake ;-)

Regards,

Believe it or not, but I do not have a red boodookan

POIDH!

Happy new year, Nicolle 

To Metad: You're amazing, you quickly discovered the secret.
To Hurodal: You could do the same trick with DD9? I'd like to see the red and blue versions of the DD9.

Wow Metad! Way to go ... Respect Respect Respect

Hurodal ...Bad Boy!! You almost gave a couple of members a heart attack with that rare find stunt...But then again it is like saying MINT BOX on this forum ...probably in the Boombox section with this link :

http://tinyurl.com/7hy8uk5

Dottor Walkman and DocP thanks

Yes...honest descriptions are always welcome...I was being a bit critical about not following that etiquette .... a box of breath mints...'a Mint Box' doesn't become a Boombox in Mint condition...anymore than a digitally retouched Boodo Khan pic can become the real thing....maybe a Voodoo Khan

I wish Hurodal & Rambo can actually start some sort of a  thread where you can have 'designer' Modifications for walkmans/boxes. Simple Mods that folks can try ...be it anodizing jobs or paint/airbrush based jobs. I sure would love to try customizing a wm10 shell

Thanks all. Hope my 'photoshopped' boodo khan made you dream for a while

This won't be the  last 'photoshopped' walkman, for sure. I have a deep blue AIWA G08 close to finishing retouching ;-) Soon you will see it.

But now I want to present you the last addition to my webpage: the Boodo khan page. I tried to put a lot of info about this legendary player, and a big set of beautiful photos of my units. Hope you enjoy it! 

www.walkman-archive.com -> go to gallery > sony

BTW: I spent some time trying to do big improvements to the gallery, and now when you click on an image, you will see an animation and a big picture, much better than 'older' pages. Hope you like it.

Just an observation but when clicking on the tabs when on the Boodo Khan page I'm getting an error - pesky Flash

Thanks Agent.

BTW: I've updated the PX101, the P08 & G08 and the G09 pages with the new format.
The P08 & G08 is now the P08 page (the G08 will be a new one), and I added interesting catalogues both in this page and in the Px101.

Great work on the Walkman-archive page Hugo. Loved the inclusion of the RED there and the rare poster that I had a chance of seeing and feeling at good old Autoreverser's place

Looking forward to a new section on S2G ... Personal Mods Section - Digital retouching concepts /Mechanical mods/ paint jobs/ custom anodizing or screen printing and the like..Hope Agent gives it a try

Thanks DocP,

Yes, it was fun both for me to create and see what happens and for you to discover such a "ultra rare walkman"

New sections on S2G? Do you know any privileged info that we all don't? Are those new sections really being prepared?

I can't wait for the custom anodizing one...

BTW: Who should I contact if I want to do a custon anodizing? Say... a red boodo khan or something? Does anyone did it already with sucess?

I  converted a black wm10 shell to a 'non standard issue' blue green/teal shade by anodizing. Not a bad result... The only problem is you have be careful with stickers and labels if you don't have spare ones. Also may require a repeat of screen printing.

I was even considering using metallic label sheets to print out a custom label...but left the project halfway...shall see if I can post a pic ...In the meanwhile:

http://www.warpig.com/paintbal...hnical/anodize.shtml

http://www.focuser.com/anodize.html

Thanks DocP,

It's so interesting! Can you post pictures of that? Did you do yourself the anodizing or you went to a professional anodizing service?

so sad....a good joke though.......that boodo looks TOTALLY stunning.....quite a few would have booked a plaine ticket to come and see it