I just picked up a Star Trek Tricorder from Dan (Superunderdoggie) yesterday. The piece is loose, but it is minty fresh. It was part of a cool little Mego find he made a few weeks back. Some of you know he met up with a guy who had a box of these in his father's basements. They were in an actual Mego shipping box (the only Tricorder shipping box that I know of!). They all had stickers from various stores that made them look like returns. The stickers were from K-Mart, Penney's etc. Each detailed the flaw with the individual Tricorder, from not rewinding to simply returned.
Dan spent the past few weeks repairing the broken ones (did you know you can actually still buy parts for vintage electronics?) and cataloging the rest.
The mystery lies in the question of the box's origins. My first guess is the seller's father was hired to fix retruns for Mego. He may have been an independent contractor who fixed these type of things for re-sale. Does any one know if this type of thing happened or did they just destroy this type of stock?
There is another theory, but its a bit less reputable. What do you think?
Dan spent the past few weeks repairing the broken ones (did you know you can actually still buy parts for vintage electronics?) and cataloging the rest.
The mystery lies in the question of the box's origins. My first guess is the seller's father was hired to fix retruns for Mego. He may have been an independent contractor who fixed these type of things for re-sale. Does any one know if this type of thing happened or did they just destroy this type of stock?
There is another theory, but its a bit less reputable. What do you think?
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