Vintage Walkie Talkies

[Joe K.]

This photo shows the size compared to a Jefferson nickel:

2" wide, 3 1/8" high (5 3/8" to the top of the antenna)

A blue and yellow color variation, with no antennas, was sold under the Space Patrol name and called SPACE-O-PHONE. See Blast Off!, page 160.

And a reverse color combination, again with no antennas, sold as a Kellogg's cereal mail-away premium:

http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?ListID=90&ItemNo=78436

[Joe K.]

This seemed like the logical thread to add this to:

http://www.ufopop.org/fullimgmerch.php?cid...kies02-1954.jpg

This ad appeared in the July 1954 issue of Famous Funnies #212: Buck Rogers.

Klaus? Are you there? :)

[Blechroboter]

Yep, I´m there...or here. :rolleyes: :P

You can say it WORKS LIKE MAGIC. The Walkie-Talkies, not me!

[Joe K.]

Hmmm...

I wonder if these 1954 VibraPlanet Space Walkie-Talkies worked any better than these 1953 Vibro-Matic ones:

http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/index.ph...;hl=%5Cvibro%5C

Back in the 50s, there was a whole lot of vibratin' goin' on, I guess. :D

[Brian..]

Looking through some folders I found some more space phones.

First is a box for that lovely Geobra set:

[Brian..]

Here are two versions of the Lone Star Space Ace Space Phones: the commercial set and the Quaker Oats mail away premium set of the same phones. Cheap and cheerful just about sums up the build quality.

[Brian..]

Here's an odd set, the Solar Space Phones, that claim to use sunlight. I see the idea, but it requires a stethoscope to hear anyting. Hear Ever company. Neat.

[Brian..]

More Remco walkie talkies, Space Model XQ-2. Those phones were used for the Dan Dare set and I could never get them to work.

[Brian..]

Here's a Spanish release of the Lone Star space phones.

[Brian..]

Here's a Hong Kong set, the Space Telephones

[Brian..]

The Space Patrol Space-A-Phones (maker?) and the mail away premium set of the same:

[Brian..]

Anothe mail away premium Space Patrol Space-O-Phone set:

[Joe K.]

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On Sunday at Renninger's Antique Market, I picked up this pair of Remco Space Model QX-2 Electronic Walkie Talkies. Needless to say, they didn't look this clean and shiny initially. A few minutes of Novus polish did the trick.

One had already been "fixed" by a previous space cadet, so opening it up wasn't too much of a problem. Thought you might like to see what the inside of one of these looks like. The black "goop" is NOT factory original.

Side view.

This link will explain how these sound powered/balanced armature walkie talkies work:

http://www.crystalradio.net/soundpowered/introduction/index.shtml

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[geoffreypeeters]

The Company's name is Hale-Nass Corp. N.Y.

[Kilroy]

Neat Geoffery! wow primitive, odd that they have "space patrol" on the badge, maybe they were left over from a licensed run.