You take that back! I had a fantastic top of the range Alba that immediately played side 2 when side 1 was finished. It ate batteries like a…
like a…er…like a Transformer with a case of the munchies…
*Storms into Writers’ Room*
“Transformer with a case of the munchies”? Who the hell wrote that? Brian? You’re fired, man.
If one needed to block out the sounds of certain siblings in your life while asserting a new ferver for cassette gifts and personal moosic…these were WONDERFUL.
Interesting to see the price of batteries v walkman there, two (presumably AA) batteries are 26p each, so that’s 52p for the pair. That’s around 2.6% of the value of one of those £19.95 models, which means in today’s money – when two AA batteries in Argos are around €2.40 – a walkman would be the equivalent of €92.
What a find ! :)
Ah here !!!!!!!!
Alba- what a shite brand that was.
You take that back! I had a fantastic top of the range Alba that immediately played side 2 when side 1 was finished. It ate batteries like a…
like a…er…like a Transformer with a case of the munchies…
*Storms into Writers’ Room*
“Transformer with a case of the munchies”? Who the hell wrote that? Brian? You’re fired, man.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxIS_snYrLA
Heh heh
Re-hire Brian, I like it ! :)
Shoddy Photoshop job.
http://factually.gizmodo.com/vintage-ad-promising-a-free-u2-tape-with-every-walkman-1635316161/+ericlimer
Amen. http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/freeu2.asp
If one needed to block out the sounds of certain siblings in your life while asserting a new ferver for cassette gifts and personal moosic…these were WONDERFUL.
Interesting to see the price of batteries v walkman there, two (presumably AA) batteries are 26p each, so that’s 52p for the pair. That’s around 2.6% of the value of one of those £19.95 models, which means in today’s money – when two AA batteries in Argos are around €2.40 – a walkman would be the equivalent of €92.
And sure enough, a Sony 8GB Walkman is €95 in Argos (http://www.argos.ie/ProductDisplayTRK019?partNumber=1418660). But now they don’t need batteries.
fashion being fashion, when will we see sleeveless denim jackets over yellow jumpers again?
In vogue in East London as we speak – so 2-5 years in Ireland?
This is a myth:
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/freeu2.asp
#busted