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rtcollector
Companion
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01 Jun 2015 : 22:20:15
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Is there any chance that someone on here downloaded the pictures of the boxed Selcol spinning top that sold on eBay latter part of last year? I thought I had, but can't find them now. I'm halfway through a restoration of the box and sadly have no "before" pictures.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
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Fudge
Chancellor
United Kingdom
1821 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2015 : 20:27:54
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| Check your Facebook inbox. :-) |
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rtcollector
Companion
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jun 2015 : 22:30:15
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Thank you! Really appreciate it!
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Johnnyneutronflow
Newly Generated
Australia
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Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 04:17:43
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| Any chance of seeing some pics of the packaging, please? I missed the eBay sale and am only familiar with the top itself. Hope the restoration is going well :) |
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rtcollector
Companion
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 12:49:35
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It wasn't a perfect restoration, but I had to remove yards of sticky tape that was holding the box together, and then build a substrate to hold all the separate pieces together.
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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
1689 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 14:27:33
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All things considered, looks like you did a pretty good job  |
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dalej
Target Art Curator
1890 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 16:51:16
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| Looks great Chris ! A pleasure to see this |
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the_narrator
The Autograph Moderator
United Kingdom
222 Posts |
Posted - 02 Jul 2015 : 18:53:45
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WOW a battered old box from the 60's big deal :(
No No No only Joking lol
And to think that box is older than me god I wish I looked that good :)
How ever do you have a before picture ? Before your hard work ? It would be good to see a comparison
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This is the day the Timelords returned....
For Gallifrey....
For Victory....
For The End Of Time Itself....!!! |
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Johnnyneutronflow
Newly Generated
Australia
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Posted - 06 Jul 2015 : 08:04:33
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All things considered, it looks fantastic! I'm struggling to see any signs of sticky tape residue and paper loss looks pretty minimal. The papery finish to the packaging must've made for a very delicate job!
On a similar subject, I'd love to see any images people might've kept from an eBay listing of a boxed example of Lincoln Toys' Anti-Dalek Sonic Disintegrator from a few years back... The box was triangular from meory. |
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rtcollector
Companion
United Kingdom
106 Posts |
Posted - 06 Jul 2015 : 17:33:31
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Here it is...
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Johnnyneutronflow
Newly Generated
Australia
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Posted - 07 Jul 2015 : 07:28:10
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| Thanks so much, Chris, really great to see it again. Did this box require any sympathetic restoration? |
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Trevor54
Creator of Small Daleks
Turkmenistan
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Posted - 07 Jul 2015 : 18:10:38
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| Didn't commercial artists ever see a Dalek on TV? The variations are multifold. |
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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
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Posted - 07 Jul 2015 : 18:36:30
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Originally posted by Trevor54
Didn't commercial artists ever see a Dalek on TV? The variations are multifold.
They were working from black and white stills, often a set taken during Hartnell's 'The Daleks' rehearsals, so I suppose it was 'guess the colours' for the book, mag and toybox artists.
And we all know about the front circular 'speakers' often painted, which were actually reels of tape left by the fx guys, resting behind the upper collar while everyone went off for lunch.
Thank goodness nobody left a cup of tea on a dome. We'd be looking at illustrations of daleks with strangely familiar 'radar dishes' on their tops! |
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AndrewKnight
Companion
United Kingdom
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Posted - 11 Jul 2015 : 14:16:40
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| Still better than the paradigm ones. Lovely toys these. Thanks for the pictures. |
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ChrisB
Co-Lord President
United Kingdom
1689 Posts |
Posted - 12 Jul 2015 : 05:53:14
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ANYTHING'S better than those awful Paradodgy versions |
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