Midnight Owl (Bubo) (Japan 611)

WACO; Japan

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  • Year
  • 1965 ??
  • Category
  • Broadcast Receiver - or past WW2 Tuner
  • Radiomuseum.org ID
  • 119592

 Technical Specifications

  • Number of Transistors
  • 6
  • Semiconductors
  • Main principle
  • Superheterodyne (common)
  • Wave bands
  • Broadcast only (MW).
  • Power type and voltage
  • Dry Batteries / 9 Volt
  • Loudspeaker
  • Permanent Magnet Dynamic (PDyn) Loudspeaker (moving coil)
  • Material
  • Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
  • from Radiomuseum.org
  • Model: Midnight Owl - WACO; Japan
  • Shape
  • Design Radio or Novelty / Gadget - fancy or unusual shape.
  • Dimensions (WHD)
  • 4 x 7 x 0 inch / 102 x 178 x 0 mm
  • Notes

  • Vision Electronics Midnight Owl;
    Designed as creme colored owl, their eyes are used as tuning and volume controls, gold anodized aluminum wings. The "Midnight Owl" is like Bubo from Clash of the Titans, an American 1981 fantasy–adventure film involving the Greek hero Perseus. It was released on June 12, 1981 and earned a gross profit of $41 million domestically, on a $15 million budget. A novelization of the film by Alan Dean Foster was published in 1981. Warner Bros. released a remake of the film in 3D on April 2, 2010. But this radio has been made more than a decade before this film. It could be a Fred Roberts item, made in Japan, sold by Sears, Roebuck.

    Made in Japan 611

  • Source of data
  • -- Collector info (Sammler)
  • Literature/Schematics (1)
  • Transistor Radios (Model info on page 149, except called 'Owl'. Manufacture said to be in 1960s.)
  • Author
  • Model page created by a member from A. See "Data change" for further contributors.

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