Kobold found in the wild

[laszlo]

Well it's been a big day for me - I've been buying flashes for props since 1999 and although I've found a couple of MPP's for £30 and several Kobolds for £5 each over the years from camera shops and camera shows, I have never found a flash in the wild until today!

At my local junk market just down the road from me I found this inaccurate Kobold in it's box. When I opened it up this was also inside!!!
Finally I have found a prop flash in the wild - it's only taken 16+ years .....my cherry has been popped!
I'm smiling a geek smile.

Oh it was also five UK pounds!

 

[SethS]

jealousing...

I live in LA. My chances of finding them in the wild are slim to none. Time to go visit the rural family and hit some antique shops.

 

[cayman shen]

Outstanding! All I've ever scored in the wild was one lonely Praco. A Graflex, MPP, or Kobold might as well be the Ark of the Covenant :lol

 

[Sym-Cha]

That's a great score ... now keep breathing ...

Chaim

 

[NeoRutty]

The closest I've found was a 2 cell graflite.

jealous!

 

[James Kenobi 1138]

Awesome find ! Great job.

 

[veektohr]

jealousing...

I live in LA. My chances of finding them in the wild are slim to none. Time to go visit the rural family and hit some antique shops.

Lol I live in LA too and this place is like a dusty boneyard of picked over scrap.


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[laszlo]

Thanks everyone. The crazy thing is, is that I've been looking at this market regularly since a friend of mine found a Kobold there three years ago. That is why I go. So to find one today in a box of crap was pretty surreal. I almost didn't bother to have my routine hunt this week too. And.....deep breath

 

[JaxAndTheMoon]

Lol I live in LA too and this place is like a dusty boneyard of picked over scrap.


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jealousing...

I live in LA. My chances of finding them in the wild are slim to none. Time to go visit the rural family and hit some antique shops.

I live down in the desert about 2 or 3 hours from LA, if you think there's nothing in LA, you don't even wanna know how barren this place is!

 

[Probe Droid]

Bravo!

 

[thd9791]

great find!!!! once in a lifetime it seems, but I hope not. That's i beautiful shape too, You deserve a beer! :cheers

 

[intwenothor]

I love a bootsale. Many bargains to be had out there.

 

[laszlo]

Yes - a beer once the kids are in bed!
Shame it's got the red button, I may swap it for the brass bulb that is in my friends unit - he's not a prop nut, but a collector of curios so he won't care.

 

[SethS]

Lol I live in LA too and this place is like a dusty boneyard of picked over scrap.

I can't complain-- my score in 1994 was big enough that I'll have to accept all my flashgun luck was likely blown in one shot way back then.

 

[laszlo]

What did you find then in 94?

 

[SethS]

Oh-- sorry. I posted about it a bunch in the custom thread and was worried people were tired of hearing about it...

In 1994 I was a photo major in college and right before Star Wars hype became a thing again I went looking for a Graflex. I found one for around $25, but the guy insisted I take his entire box of "junk." In addition to the Graflex there was a Heiland with the Vader shroud and MPP style holes (though I had no idea that was important at the time), 3 more regular style Heilands, three Mendelsohn mini flashes, a Ziess miniflash, a Minicam, a King Sol 3 cell, and a Canon Model Y along with a few other less lightsabery things. Just recently started to dig back into it.

Anyway, not to derail. There was a Leitz in the box, which is similar to a Kobold. In fact I thought it was what was used for the droid caller and I raided its d-clip just today.

But no actual Kobold.

SOME day maybe!

 

[laszlo]

What a hoard!

 

[b5historyman]

Well it's been a big day for me - I've been buying flashes for props since 1999 and although I've found a couple of MPP's for £30 and several Kobolds for £5 each over the years from camera shops and camera shows, I have never found a flash in the wild until today!

At my local junk market just down the road from me I found this inaccurate Kobold in it's box. When I opened it up this was also inside!!!
Finally I have found a prop flash in the wild - it's only taken 16+ years .....my cherry has been popped!
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Oh it was also five UK pounds!

Going to have to start scratting around my part of the U.K. Finding MPP flashguns for £30. What condition were they in?

 

[laszlo]

Going to have to start scratting around my part of the U.K. Finding MPP flashguns for £30. What condition were they in?

I picked up two for £30 each back in 99 - 2000, both were mint. Camera shops and camera shows before they knew about us.

 

[laszlo]

This is quite an image
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Yes, I really did once have six MPP's in my possession at once!