Alpina :  I've never seen one, or even heard of one, until here, and I'm very curious.  I've seen pictures and from what I have seen, they've only made a portable--no upright or electric.  But I'd still love to see one and look at how it works inside.  I hear they're very superior machines.

Olympia SM series:  Again, another superior machine.  Had a chance to buy one, but it was a little rich for my blood.

Anything foreign or domestic I haven't seen before--even if it's such a pile of junk it was never useful, even when new.  I'd just like to study it.  Wouldn't that be something--the Yugo of typewriterdom.  

 

Ahh, the Alpina... well I had one and I let it get away. (But it virtually paid for Christmas.) It was not only ineffably, gloriously beautiful, it was an amazing typer. What can I say.

My wish list? Hmm. I'd like a pica 3000. I said this once and Richard Polt sent me a link to one on eBay in the UK, and it didn't even go fro all that much, in the scheme of things. But timing, the secret of comedy. I just didn't have the cash.

I'm still VERY CROSS re the Princess 300, which - just as I was deciding I really loved it - suddenly broke, the margin-stop bar or whatever it is is stuck and the type bars won't reach the platen. I was trying to work this out and then the drawband came off and I can't work out how it attaches. I then spent a stupid amount of money on a Scheidegger one for comparison - thinking to sell it on almost immediately - only to find that it had the exact same issue. And THAT one, one day when I was trying to get a good look underneath, suddenly sprang apart!! The carriage just kept going to the end and came off, I was showered in ball bearings, and then the whole thing just seemed to pop apart into a million pieces. Okay, probably not a million. 

So a working Princess is atop the list but I'm damned if I'm messing with any more machines I haven't actually seen with my own eyes.

For some reason I am kind of hankering after one of those salmon-pink-&-cream 1960s Travel Riters - I let one get away recently - why do I want one, I don;t really know. Not so keen on the grey one, though it's also nice.

Like you Beak I am all about the using them. Not interested in anything that isn't going to be a trouper, really... I'm greedy for Gromas and would like a pica Olympia, too... but really. I have too many typewriters as it is. 

An Olympia SG-1 is also on my list based solely on its reputation and appearance from pictures (I've never been up close to one).  I should at least find one to test first to see if I like the feel.  

Originally, I was more keen on an SG-3 because I *think* that's what I learned to type on (i.e., a sentimental purchase).  But I like the styling of the SG-1 more.  

I'm also contemplating a Noiseless because of its funky look.  

Oh, and Ampelmann, I'm no expert but I was like you and wanted to try an Underwood. I got a De Luxe Quiet Tab, a stupidly pretty one with a GOLD front - and tbh the touch was really not good. I sold it. Because it was so pretty I sold it for a reasonable whack, the week before XMas, but as a typer? Not so much. Other people may have got a better one than me - but this machine was in gorgeous condition inside and out, so it wasn't that.The keys felt, strangely, a little bit like typing with love hearts.