Fraulein

Thanks. Wonder if any of these people are on social media. There is a display coming in November to the Denver Art Museum. I will be going up there to see it. *crossing fingers* that maybe there will be a sandy on display. I find it odd - that of all the character costumes that have been displayed in the exhibition - sandy is not one. Female tusken raider yes? But no sandy.

Yes. Thank you. It was me that said "post that on the forum". Some of those are pretty funny. Atacar a un trooper con *piedras *flechas *palos I think I would be out of those by the end of the troop. That also looks like a reat way to get you garrison publicized.

They were originally an exclusive for Force Friday. Now I believe they are only available at WalMarts. So I guess that would make them "exclusive". Just like I think you can only get the Kylo or Phasma ones at Target stores.

Yes. That little radio comes up under these manufacturers Swing InterElectronic, Interradin, Harris Overseas, Harvard, Tenko, Windsor, Aciko and Conion. Two of those are the same company. All of them happen to be manufactured in Hong Kong. I had looked to see if any of these companies are still in business, or tracking down whatever company they have become after they folded or were incorporated into when they were bought out. But no luck so far on that avenue. I have also tried to think of other ways of spelling Sonix. Thinking about how English words are corrupted by non-English speakers. Think of that site Engrish dot com. Words or letteres are mispronounced. So there could be the possibility that the "S" could be a "C" or "Z" or the "X" could be and "cks". The configuration of the Sonix does not match any other radio(so far). FTR - I have been using this thread as the base for the search http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=4867&page=1 I still think that Sonix Victory is the model. After looking at all of the variations, the model sticker was always in the bottom or top corner. EDIT - I have noticed that there is a distinct pattern that is on the Sonix speaker. The "fan" pattern is flat and does not swirl. EDIT - I had another thought - The book "star wars costumes" Has anyone thought of contacting the authors to see if they may have any images of the TD that may have not been used in the book? Edit - LOL look what I found - this makes me think that whatever the Sonix is, it's mold may still be out there - I should probably wrap this up before the month - scanning all of these radios has really been itching my "collect all the Panapets and Toot-A-Loop" radios urge.

Yes - If you were able to get a better image of that raised lettering on that back panel. That has the information. I also came up with another theory today While looking at this Sonix may be a combination of two names. The radio above has CONION on the label. It is a combination of the manufacturer's full name Coney Onkyo. Coney has been shortened to CONI and Onkyo is ON. Together it is CONION. So it could be possible that Sonix is a combination of two names ?? The other idea I had today - Is there an image of the Sonix logo that is clear. That little world/ pan am looking logo (I think it is, looks like lat and long lines to me) COuld probably do a reverse image search on that and see what else might be associated with it.

This is what I have also been doing. Looking through what might have been available in Tunisia or in the UK. That maybe the radio, even though it was manufactured in HK or thereabouts, was available in the European market under a local brand name. Like Harvard, for example. I found one radio with that ugly speaker design with the Harvard name(formerly Harris Overseas). It is the smaller hand held radio. It is the Harvard Combat H-87. There is also the slightly larger hand held one Harvard Militia H-90. Both styles have about three or four other manufacturers listed for that same ugly style. An example - The "Commander II" is made by Swing Electronics in HK. A clone of it is the Harvard Militia H-90 made by Harris Overseas, later Harvard. I did come up with another way that would help with the search. Most of those old electronics use to have identification on the battery cover - or on the inside of the battery cover. The next time that someone contacts that ONE GUY who has this radio (the one who provided the measurements) If he could provide photos of the back of the radio and provide any info that may be on that battery cover, or inside the battery compartment. Because that was where most radios have their info. Either printed on a shiny metal sticker or actually part of the plastic itself. FTR - One of the first jobs I had ever had was the information desk at a library. This was in the days before the internet. And you had to figure out multiple ways of finding information. So I do not mind doing any of this sleuthing.

Third times a charm - my laptop has been wonky and the touch screen now does it's own thing. Or there is a ghost trying to communicate with me. Anyways I could not sleep last night so I perused the internet. I ended up again at the Radiomuseum(dot)org. I looked through ALL of the images for radios manufactured in Hong Kong. I have found at least three manufacturers that have identical radios. This leads me to believe that the Sonix may be a model name instead of a manufacturer. The other thing I came across - was in their "unknown" section of manufacturers, someone has added the Sonix 75 as a custom. This may cause confusion to someone who hasn't looked at how their database is set up. It is like how anyone can edit Wikipedia. You just need an account and you can add items to the database. I am compiling the links and trying to narrow them down (so far there are 14 radios, and this is only for Hong Kong) Once I have completed it - I'll post it to here.

Fabulous!! Did you make "pew pew" noises when you pointed it?

I had always understood that "Solid State" meant that the item was constructed of materials that kept the electron charges inside the material. The use of transistors instead of old technology that utilized vacuum tubes. It was a way of marketing electronics, when that was on them, you knew it was "high tech". I did not think Solid State was a brand.

Sorry to bump an old thread - but these aluminum tubes have always looked familiar to me. But I have never been able to recall where I had seen them. But while looking at some TFA stuff today I came across an item that is on Rey's costume. I was over at <a href="http://www.originalprop.com/blog/2015/04/18/star-wars-celebration-anaheim-2015-photos-of-movie-props-costumes-and-models-from-star-wars-the-force-awakens/">OriginalProp Blog</a> and spotted this small item on the left shoulder http://www.originalprop.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Star-Wars-Celebration-The-Force-Awakens-Props-Costumes-Exhibit-Characters-Models-121.jpg It is the "greeblie" located on the left shoulder. I got a closer image on another site and found this http://i710.photobucket.com/albums/ww103/TrooperPX/RL%20Stuff/TFA%20Rey/Belt%20fob.jpg I believe that whatever these are may be the same item. I want to say that the camo paint tube may be on the right track. They appear similar. OR They could just be left over surplus capacitors. In one of the "dressing the galaxy" books (possibly the first one) There is mention from one of the costumers that they just threw some items together. These were called "greeblies".

I may have found more "clones" or similar radios to add to the list. Two manufacturers National Panasonic (which is now Panasonic) and Sanyo. This came about when I was looking for info on two little portable radios I have had since the mid 70s. They are both Emperor - but I found some "clones". Emperor came out of Hong Kong. It manufactured radios under a few different names which are Emperor, Aitron , Precor , & Williamsons. It was/still is common that manufacturers produce their own brands and then slap another label on it. This could be the reason why there are several different names associated with the radio. So it is possible that the radio is a Sonix - but it is also the other brands that people have found. I have also done some sleuthing and came up with more search terms for the radio. I have found more radios that are similar or like a clone, by adding "vintage shortwave multiband PB/WB/AIR " to my searches. The two radios that come close and a third I have not identified, because I have only found a sale ad for one in Italy. Panasonic had a line known as the RF (in Japan) or Cougar 7 (outside of Japan) series in the early 70s. I'm working on finding good images of them. This is the image of the unknown make from Italy - The Cougar 7 series of radio from National Panasonic was also known as the GX-400 The Panasonic Cougar 7 RF-877 The Panasonic GX-400 I am leaning towards the Sonix being a Panasonic clone because of that unique design on the band switch. The other similar designed radio I found is the Sanyo RP-6850 It appears that the "ugly dark olive drab plastic" and "colander speaker design" was popular in the early 70s.

Really? I didn't get that impression.

Right? Not so exclusive anymore.

I didn't want to thread jack - but http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=14014&hl=

Nice. I made a thread with info for the Tupperware lids and pudding bowls. It is by no means complete - but it can help people in searching for the items beyond typing in "Tupperware lid pudding cup" into the internet.

Super! I do this.

It appears that most of my bookmarks for plans are now 404s I know that there is this group - http://www.imperial-fleet.com/

Can I go get my muffin?!

Will this help?

Looking at it again - seeing the pillow behind it as a size reference - it looks like it would be for a teen sized TD. It is as wide as the pillow. ?? So maybe it is a kid sized one? (I still stand by my original assessment of the quality though)

I'm not SWAT - nor do I think I know what would be acceptable - but I'd just say no. I do a lot of sewing, and the stitching on the left where the black joins the orange looks wonky. And that last panel before the join to the orange, is puckered, most of the black panels look puckered, as if the interior foam was not "welded" to one side of the fabric before stitching. If you try to straighten that out smooth - it would probably rip the stitching. Perhaps now that we have update the CRLs - maybe someone should update the "who to buy and not buy from" threads? http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=10053 http://forum.mepd.net/index.php?showtopic=7240

I found a handful of electronics screws in a bin at a military salvage shop. Don't know where everyone else did.

Cant speak for the pack problem. But for the hands problem - I wear the nomex flight gloves. I think the longest I have worn them was six hours. I removed them for lunch. I usually apply a "beeswax lotion bar" before I wear any gloves. So this also keeps hands moisturized.

Hyperfirm DLT-19 is about 3 pounds and a little bit.

The items required for basic approval are listed on the CRL page > http://databank.501st.com/databank/Costuming:TD_sandtrooper The are all in black text.