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  • GordoCrisp
    Museum Super Collector
    • Nov 1, 2012
    • 167

    Cool Clunky Old Walkie Talkies

    Was looking at an old comic book recently, and saw an advert for walkie talkies. It brought back some fun memories.

    Anybody else recall playing secret agent or soldier with the vintage walkies? Morse code even!
  • EmergencyIan
    Museum Paramedic
    • Aug 31, 2005
    • 5470

    #2
    Yes!

    Played with them, a lot!

    I had this set of walkie talkies:



    - Ian
    Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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    • GordoCrisp
      Museum Super Collector
      • Nov 1, 2012
      • 167

      #3
      ^Nice!

      "No License Required."

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      • mazinz
        Persistent Member
        • Jul 2, 2007
        • 2249

        #4
        I still have both Smokey and the Bandit and GIJOE walkie talkies. Everyone used to play with them back in the day.

        EmergencyIan,
        great pic! I remember those and I think I may have just one of them floating around

        Walkie Talkies might be something that the kids of today would not fully understand our joy for
        "What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"

        Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"

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        • EmergencyIan
          Museum Paramedic
          • Aug 31, 2005
          • 5470

          #5
          ^ Yeah, they were great walkie talkies, guys.

          Things or technology has changed so much to where the walkie talkie has been rendered irrelevant, unfortunately (at least as far as kids are concerned).

          - Ian
          Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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          • Earth 2 Chris
            Verbose Member
            • Mar 7, 2004
            • 32972

            #6
            Ian, thanks for posting that pic...I had those! In fact, I think I had more than one set. Good lord those things got a lot play. As I recall, they had a really good range...even beyond what the packaging promised.

            Chris
            sigpic

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            • EmergencyIan
              Museum Paramedic
              • Aug 31, 2005
              • 5470

              #7
              ^ Welcome, Chris! Yeah, they worked great!

              I suppose that they sold really well, over a good number of years. It seems like I saw them for sale in stores for a very long time.

              And, I think that I had a second set, at some point, as well. I can't recall why, but I don't believe it's because the other set broke. Maybe I lost one or I thought I needed more than two.

              - Ian
              Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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              • Spyweb007
                Persistent Member
                • Apr 18, 2006
                • 1449

                #8
                I had that same set, my Dad took them so he could talk to his guys in the attic while installing air conditioning (Heating & AC business). My Mom just gave found these in the basement and gave them to my 9 year old son to play with, he and his thought they were great.

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                • nvmbrsdoom5
                  Persistent Member
                  • Mar 1, 2005
                  • 1627

                  #9
                  I had those Star Code 10 walkies! Got them in second grade, we had to sell candy bars door to door and there were various prizes you'd win depending on how much you sold. I'd set my sights on those walkie talkies and sold enough to get 'me. They actually lasted a few years, and many backyard play battles. I don't recall them having much range and they went through batteries pretty quickly though. I was the only kid I knew at that point who had them so I felt pretty cool for a moment haha.

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                  • HardyGirl
                    Mego Museum's Poster Girl
                    • Apr 3, 2007
                    • 13950

                    #10
                    I didn't have any, but my cousins had those old generic army looking ones. We used to play secret agent. We used the closet for our headquarters w/ a sign taped to the door that said "Secret Headquarters". The older cousins always made me and the younger ones play the bad guys, and tied us up, or shut us up in "jail" (bedroom).
                    "Do you believe, you believe in magic?
                    'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
                    Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
                    If your mission is magic your love will shine true."

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                    • huedell
                      Museum Ball Eater
                      • Dec 31, 2003
                      • 11069

                      #11
                      I think I had the ones Ian posted...MUST have----I mean, why else would they seem so familiar?
                      Anyways----I enjoyed walkie-talkies of some sort as a little 70's kid----I also had some kind of CB thingie rig at some point.... but, like the walkie-talkie memories, the CB memories are very hazy.
                      "No. No no no no no no. You done got me talkin' politics. I didn't wanna'. Like I said y'all, I'm just happy to be alive. I think I'll scoot over here right by this winda', let this beautiful carriage rock me to sleep, and dream about how lucky I am." - Chris Mannix

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                      • 4NDR01D
                        Alpha Centauri....OR DIE!
                        • Jan 22, 2008
                        • 3266

                        #12
                        I got walkie talkies for me 13th or 14th birthday, I was kinda mortified in front of my friends, until everybody was super excited about them.

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                        • jwyblejr
                          galactic yo-yo
                          • Apr 6, 2006
                          • 11147

                          #13
                          I had the Star Trek ones. Didn't know Morse Code,so I'd just push the button to make random beeps. Another thing to drive my parents nuts.

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                          • Earth 2 Chris
                            Verbose Member
                            • Mar 7, 2004
                            • 32972

                            #14
                            I remember my friends and I followed the Morse Code printed on the front of the walkie talkies...kinda. We tried. I'm not sure we ever got it right. But yeah, all the beeps were fun.

                            Chris
                            sigpic

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                            • EmergencyIan
                              Museum Paramedic
                              • Aug 31, 2005
                              • 5470

                              #15
                              ^ I had forgotten about using Morse code with those, until you reminded me of it.

                              - Ian
                              Rampart, this is Squad 51. How do you read?

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