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    08-1-2014 15:53:22  #1

    Uwe
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    Busy Secretary

    How cool is this toy? Not sure what this vintage toy is worth, but a battery-powered typist clacking away beside you while you're using your own machine would be good for a laugh.

     

    26-12-2014 02:17:20  #2

    beak
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    Re: Busy Secretary

    The expression on her face!  Is she perhaps transcribing the m/s of Ulysses?

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    26-12-2014 10:57:09  #3

    Uwe
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    Re: Busy Secretary

    It must be a rare toy, because I've seen one for sale recently priced at $900! Then again, I've also seen $50 typewriters priced at $500...

    The video of it in use is worth watching:




    I like the action: the carriage moves (albeit in the wrong direction), the platen spits out a typed page, and her arms move up and down. I'm not so sure about the red-lit keyboard, and I have to wonder if it was an inside joke that they put Tom Thumb (a toy typewriter brand) on the machine she's using.

     

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