1985 - Anything In Particular https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product-tag/1985/ From antique to vintage, from decorative to downright bizarre. Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:09:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.10 Vintage Sony ICF-C17L Digital Clock Radio, 1985 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/vintage-sony-icf-c17l-digital-clock-radio-1985/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vintage-sony-icf-c17l-digital-clock-radio-1985 Fri, 28 Apr 2023 20:08:12 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=64624 Dating from 1985, this is the Sony "Digimatic" ICF-C17L digital clock radio which is a very compact bedside electronic alarm and radio with a slanted design which one can only characterise as "very 80s". It's mostly a silver-coloured affair aside from the expanse of black at the front where the time display and tuner are situated. It also has a rather pleasing blue-green display and a rolling bar at the side for the volume and three position radio band selector. On top is a familiar style knob for the radio and alarm functions, common to many of the "Digitmatic" range - it's a rotating selector with a push button to activate the time setting position so as to prevent accidental changes. Nice. A battery backup provides clock power in the event of the unit being unplugged or losing power. Also nice.

This one is in good condition where it counts - the display is nice and clear with only minimal superficial scratches and the body is on the whole in good condition. There's some wear to the buttons on the top and to the corners, and the odd graze, but it's far from being the worst we've seen. Overall, for a 35+ year old item which would have been used on a daily basis, it's very good indeed. The unit measures 25cm long (9¾ in.) with a height of 9cm (3½ in.) and a depth of 8cm (3¼ in.)

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]]> MB Games “Bed Bugs” – the motorised hopping, leaping, jumping game – complete (1985) https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/product/mb-games-bed-bugs-the-motorised-hopping-leaping-jumping-game-complete-1985/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mb-games-bed-bugs-the-motorised-hopping-leaping-jumping-game-complete-1985 Mon, 17 Apr 2023 19:43:10 +0000 https://anythinginparticular.co.uk/?post_type=product&p=64514 A bit of a classic this one, if you're of a certain age. This is the 1985 MB Games "Bed Bugs" game, which unsuprisingly consists mostly of a "bed" and a load of "bugs". The aim of the game is to catch the coloured bugs in the bed which match your playing tweezers. The catch? (pun intended) The battery-powered motor underneath the bed sends those bugs leaping, hopping and jumping around, so grabbing them in your tweezers is no mean feat at all. It's a lot of fun. We've tested it to ensure that it meets the required standards of fun-ness (and we actually liked it so much we bought another one just to keep for ourselves!)

This one is in very good condition, complete (all bugs and tweezers), and in full working order. It takes two C-size batteries in the battery compartment, access to which is under the card insert of the bed.

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