TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
Anyone have any good pics?
Thanks.
Thanks.
Info on the Forbidden Planet communicator
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Wasn't this also used in The Twilight Zone?
You guys talking about this guy? Sorry this is all i have, screenshots.
TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
What occured to me was one of those keychain/keyring things with a spring.
Nice pics ZK and MB. Thank you.
The belt box portion is still a puzzle.
Nice pics ZK and MB. Thank you.
The belt box portion is still a puzzle.
The belt boxes are just plastic parts boxes. Black on one side clear on the other. The kind that has ball for hinges. The little balls that break all the time. Finding them is another thing.
TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
A found object. Cool. How did you come by that?
And actually, all I need are dimensions. Tragically I loaned my FP and Queen of Outer Space DVDs and they have vanished. Guess I'll have to wait on that until I get new copies.
ed-209
Sr Member
Here are a few pics….
The box is one of those clear snap plastic boxes such as the ones used to store trading cards. The “Forbidden Planet” version has electronics inside. It was later painted and a dial added for “The Twilight Zone” episode “Valley of the Shadow” They even made a large version!!!
For “The Man from U.N.C.L.E. hash marks were added. It was seen briefly in “The Discoteque Affair” and again, as a mine detector, in “The Prince of Darkness Affair.
OK…now somebody make these!!!!!
Ed
TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON 4 EPISODE 3
“VALLEY OF THE SHADOW”
THE MAN FROM UNCLE
“The Discoteque Affair
The box is one of those clear snap plastic boxes such as the ones used to store trading cards. The “Forbidden Planet” version has electronics inside. It was later painted and a dial added for “The Twilight Zone” episode “Valley of the Shadow” They even made a large version!!!
For “The Man from U.N.C.L.E. hash marks were added. It was seen briefly in “The Discoteque Affair” and again, as a mine detector, in “The Prince of Darkness Affair.
OK…now somebody make these!!!!!
Ed
TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON 4 EPISODE 3
“VALLEY OF THE SHADOW”
THE MAN FROM UNCLE
“The Discoteque Affair
I don't have dimensions but i have these.
TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
Here are a few pics….
TWILIGHT ZONE SEASON 4 EPISODE 3
“VALLEY OF THE SHADOW”
THE MAN FROM UNCLE
“The Discoteque Affair
Holy moly! :eek
There should be an update tomorrow.
Thank you everyone.
TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
I don't have dimensions but i have these.
Landslide of info...but that's cool. Better more than too little.
If anyone has more I'd like to see it.
Mr_Creepy
Sr Member
I'm not sure if they were made in the 50s, but those boxes look very similar in size to plastic sewing machine bobbin cases. Bobbins are sold in these, and the boxes have a plastic "+" section dividing the box into 4 compartments; I think each section holds 3 bobbins.
I have a couple, but no idea were they are so I'l try and scrounge up a Net pic :lol
edit - I know these were around in the mid to late 70s because I have one from that time frame.
cobbled eBay pics...
I have a couple, but no idea were they are so I'l try and scrounge up a Net pic :lol
edit - I know these were around in the mid to late 70s because I have one from that time frame.
cobbled eBay pics...
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TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
So far.
ed-209
Sr Member
SLK,
That looks FANTASTIC!!!
In case you hadn’t noticed…there appears to be a small hole on the top circular part. Which, I believe, houses the retractable reel that holds the wire.
If you look reeeeeeeal close you can see a tiny wire coming from the hole and into the upright “bullet-shaped” part next to it.
I bastardized your drawing to illustrate my point.
Ed
That looks FANTASTIC!!!
In case you hadn’t noticed…there appears to be a small hole on the top circular part. Which, I believe, houses the retractable reel that holds the wire.
If you look reeeeeeeal close you can see a tiny wire coming from the hole and into the upright “bullet-shaped” part next to it.
I bastardized your drawing to illustrate my point.
Ed
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TheSt.LouisKid
Sr Member
So I'm going to hazard a guess that the disc on the side is the reel for the string spring perhaps.
If I were to do this I'd make the box portion in the same dimentions but in a more sturdy clear resin. Anyone who has owned a clear CD case knows clear styrene cracks is you do so much as look at it wrong. And I wouldn't even try and find that same size box this many decades later.
If I were to do this I'd make the box portion in the same dimentions but in a more sturdy clear resin. Anyone who has owned a clear CD case knows clear styrene cracks is you do so much as look at it wrong. And I wouldn't even try and find that same size box this many decades later.
