overwood wrote:

My new typewriter arrived recently. It is a ___ ___ ___, a fine model made by ___in ______.  It was well-packaged and arrived undamaged despite FedEx somehow managing to gouge a giant rip in one of the numerous bright red "FRAGILE" stickers.  As you must imagine, it is in immaculate condition. Except for one tiny scuff that I'll bet you can't even see, I honestly don't think it has ever been used. There is not a speck of dust in it. The slugs are clean. It's not as stylish as earlier machines but it has the snappiest feel of any of the manufacturer's earlier typewriter models that I've tried. And it does have a very clean modern look with creamy body and dark keys.

After several years of buying typewriters, I now know what a platen should feel like. Wait, you mean they are rubber and not slate?

 The type is perfect and crisp, it is solid, well made, compact and light with a slim and durable case. Its perfect for travel. It has the valuable and sought after _____ feature, not found on many models that are more expensive. Absolutely everything works, and I couldn't be more pleased with it. The price was under 10 dollars and hopefully my review will help it stay that way. 

hahaha. I missed the snark on my first read but Uwe brought it all home. 

It sounds like an Olympia Traveller to me !

The later (Yugoslavian-made) Travellers did indeed have a tabulator, albeit a pre-set one stopping every 10 spaces.  Never as good as a full tabulator, but better than not at all !

As far as I know, these Nakajima 'Travellers' were never sold in the UK.  To the uninitiated non-typewriter person, you could take these to be the same machine.  Very interesting to see a good picture of one !