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Rad Davidson

@rad_dav

Collector of obsolete dreams, NZ Ephemera, preservation of NZ programmed software, Retro games and Pinball. Work in IT.

 Auckland, NZ
Joined June 2013
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Novelty Cakes - Cakes for Children section - Electronic Keyboard
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The "Retro Event" today was awesome, sold lots and met lots of cool people and amongst the 99% overseas created content I still managed to find a few local gems.
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The Coyle "Mini Organ" - NZ (Whanganui) made knock-off Stylophone with bootleg Rolf.
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"Flying Sauces" - NZ record (7" 33 rpm). "Chef" reads recipes for various sauces. Wish it still had the recipe book, does anyone else have this and can scan it?
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1985 New Zealand Unilever Signal Plus Toothpaste / Toothy Two Robot Competition sticker. One of the top prizes for this competition were Tomy Omnibot robots.
Regrettable NZ music purchases #1
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Auckland "Hobbies Fair" was today, some of my finds in a sea of Hot wheels / Diecast / Military and Sci-Fi toys.
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Yifan's Arcade - May 1992. 239 Queen Street, Auckland, "Over 200 Games"
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In October of 1993, Coin Cascade Ltd, obtained a High Court injunction to try and stop Yifan's parallel importing video game PCBs including "NBA Jam" and NeoGeo"World Heroes II".
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Despite operating on the fringes of the law at times, Yifan's are fondly remembered by many NZ 90's Arcade gamers. While the Auckland locations lasted the longest they also operated for shorter periods in other cities.
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Geoff Sinclair - Cooking with Beer First published in 1979 by Rugby Press Limited, Auckland. Produced for Leopard Breweries Limited by Supermart Limited.
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And that's what he did with the fish
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Crusty and in need of a clean but it I'm sure this could tell some stories - Jansen Fuzzman - (in the collection of Rick v. B. from The Bluestars)
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Love the font work on this one, despite the odd change of game name.
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Early Coin Cascade Ltd. (Christchurch NZ) Decal
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