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- thetypewriterman
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Re: Has anyone examined the new 'We R Memory Keepers' typewriter - UGH !
I couldn't agree more ! And it is not as if the machine would be irreplaceable since they still make them, or rather, throw them together 
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Re: Has anyone examined the new 'We R Memory Keepers' typewriter - UGH !
To be honest, in my not-qualified opinion, these look alot like the Olympia SM. But, looks is not everything. The Olympia SM4 is by far the greatest machine that I have ever used, and, all I can say is that, while I live in Australia and have no access to the WRMK, I think that just by looking at it one can deduce the fact that it is of low quality.
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Re: Has anyone examined the new 'We R Memory Keepers' typewriter - UGH !
They are attractive -- reminiscent of the carriage-shift Olympia SMs, as you note. But when thetypewriterman said in his initial post that the typeslugs are plastic, that told me all I needed to know.
I would like to check out a Royal Epoch, though -- my sense is that it's of better quality (though a Royal from the mid-1960s or earlier would be a lot better, and can be had for a song).
- thetypewriterman
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Re: Has anyone examined the new 'We R Memory Keepers' typewriter - UGH !
Yes, I certainly think that they looked at the Olympia SM when they designed the casing, although they couldn't be bothered to redesign the square carriage ends from the original 1970's Nakajima-built Olympia Carina that the machine is derived from. My heart leapt when I first saw a picture of this machine - and sank when I finally got hold of one to examine in detail 
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Thread Starter- Lucas Dul
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Re: Has anyone examined the new 'We R Memory Keepers' typewriter - UGH !
Thneedington, I would love to see this done
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