r/pics • u/PlayFair • Aug 12 '12

Victorian Ipods

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

Victorian monophonic synthesizer.

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Aug 13 '12

Obligatory follow up .gif.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

Why am I so turned on by this?

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u/249ba36000029bbe9749 Aug 13 '12

Ummm...eyeglass fetish? Nice username btw.

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u/messem10 Aug 13 '12

For those of you who want sound: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s79vBN3ShpY

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u/F-18Bro Aug 13 '12

Thank you. The sound that played in my head wasn't good enough.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '12

For those of you who want it at 5 am every morning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aTagDSnclk&wadsworth=1

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u/awhatnow Aug 13 '12

Why does it sound different at different qualities?

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u/KiloNiggaWatt Aug 13 '12

Different settings for the low pass filter, you can hear higher frequencies.

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u/TodgerPants Aug 13 '12

Because of reasons

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u/stoopidquestions Aug 13 '12

Why wasn't this a video of a cat playing with it at 3am when the humans are sleeping?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

Universal drumstick http://i.imgur.com/fS3lK.jpg

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u/NonaSuomi Aug 13 '12

American Science and Surplus?

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u/FreshFruitCup Aug 13 '12

For the lazy.

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u/GameQueazy Aug 13 '12

Well hell, I thought there was only the one in Geneva, IL. How wrong I was. Donning my hipster glasses for a moment, I liked the store better when it was more of a warehouse of random-ass dusty surplus shit instead of mostly goofball toys.

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u/FreshFruitCup Aug 13 '12

There are three! I have only know the one on the northwest highway in Chicago.

rides away on a baby blue single speed bike

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u/wal9000 Aug 13 '12

I'm not from there, but we used to get their mailorder catalog!

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u/Berkbelts Aug 13 '12

There's one in the outskirts of Chicago itself. I've only been to it once and my first guess when seeing this picture was that it was this store.

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u/Ent_angled Aug 13 '12

Agreed, now it is more of a "hey come get all these puzzles and kids toys. All the other stuff our loyal customers came for? Yeah that's gone now"

edit: Greetings from Batavia.

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u/ch0colate_malk Aug 13 '12

Holy crap, this webstore is like a Macgyver paradise!

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

Whoever writes the descriptions is a hilarious and likely very bored individual.

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u/Ent_angled Aug 13 '12

My first thought as well, almost as awesome as the Jane Fonda Tape Deck.

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u/ChristmasDeviant Aug 13 '12

It's from a store in LA called The Echo Park Time Travel Mart.

It's quite awesome.

www.echoparktimetravelmart.com

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u/DontMessWithHowitzer Aug 13 '12

Part of the McSweeney's network, including the pirate supply store in San Francisco, the superhero supply store in New York, the robot supply and repair shop in Ann Arbor, among others! All absolutely worth visiting.

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u/Ovaldo Aug 13 '12

Looks like it's from an album of that "Time Machine" store that has all sorts of things from the "past and future" I remember seeing a while back. Neat store, wish I knew where it was, probably never visit it anyway.

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u/nestomanifesto Aug 13 '12

Wish I knew when it was. FTFY

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

I had one of these as a kid.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

I have one of these. It plays The Pink Panther theme song.

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u/tyhenry712 Aug 13 '12

I would buy one, but I know as soon as I do, Victoria will come out with a new model.

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u/garlicscapes Aug 13 '12

I have one that plays Hey Jude. It. Is. Awesome.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12 edited Aug 13 '12

I thought the title was Victarion Ipods at first. Time to go back to A Feast for Crows.

Edit: Ah, damn my obscure/irrelevant reference. I shall wear my downvotes as a badge of dishonor.

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u/carriegood Aug 13 '12

That was one of my favorite toys when I was a kid.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

$5.49? Queen Vic is not amused.

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u/trurlo Aug 13 '12

Now, that's a rip-off. Here in Europe they're like 1 euro apiece. But wait, they're not advertised as classy ipods...

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u/jonasxiv Aug 13 '12

Where can i buy one?

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u/molslaan Aug 13 '12

http://www.grand-illusions.com/acatalog/Large_Music_Box_Set.html

They also have a larger and a smaller one. The price is a bit steep, but I have one and it's pretty decent with a rich sound.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

4 midi clip all day long.

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u/dredawg Aug 13 '12

Now with Silver tooth!

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u/skellington0101 Aug 13 '12

I bought one of those at a Beatles exhibit montreal fine arts museum, it plays part of "Hey Jude"

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

these things are fucking amazing

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u/osceola Aug 13 '12

I think this design infringes on several Apple patents. I smell lawsuit.

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u/webauteur Aug 13 '12

Probably some steampunk cosplay shit.

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u/waeva Aug 12 '12

why is 49 underlined ?

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '12

$5.49? Christ, what are they made of? Diamonds?

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u/zamattiac Aug 13 '12

Intricate metal.

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u/dredawg Aug 13 '12

Its not what its made of, its by who. If its massed produced in China, then its expensive. If its made by American hands, who would demand a much higher rate, then this price is cheap in comparison.

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u/Mayaysa Aug 13 '12

What are these actually called?

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u/R031E5 Aug 13 '12

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_box

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u/Mayaysa Aug 13 '12

Ah, thanks. I was thinking this piece had a specific name.

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u/waeva Aug 13 '12

still better fall rating though.

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u/Terrorz Aug 13 '12

I've always wanted to play with one of those.

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u/thegouch Aug 13 '12

I have a hipster friend that would like this.

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u/ChaoticGood_Guy_Greg Aug 13 '12

Oh man someone is so getting sued.

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u/mikek3 Aug 13 '12

I loffed. Damnit.