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What's something modern you won't miss when it becomes obsolete?

Stearmen

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:rofl:

I actually have the Wurlitzer 1050. The dang things cost $10,000 in 1973. :faint: I got it for waaaayyyy less. :p


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Just another reason for me to hate you James! :laugh:
 

vitanola

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I sold a nice Wurlitzer 780 "Colonial" at auction in November of 2012. It did well enough, but of course the market is no where near what it was in, say, 2004. At the same sale I picked up a pretty complete, though slightly beat-up P-10 ("Debutante") Wurlitzer-Simplex. Haven't got around to restoring it yet.

As for Orchestrions, I've always wanted a nice big Seeburg. The nearest that I ever got was a Western Electric automatic Phonograph ( one of those electro-phneumatic monstrosities with the paddle wheel) which had been half submerged in a flooded cellar. Not very near, I fear.
 
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vitanola

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I wouldn't mind having one of these. :D

Well, If one is going to dream one should dream no small dreams, don't you think?

I'm holding out for an Aeolian Duo-Art Residence Organ. Much more flexible than an orchestrion, and oh so very much more musical!

[video=youtube;L73jE6pKEFg]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L73jE6pKEFg&feature=youtube_gdata_player[/video]
 

green papaya

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modern action movies use too much CGI for special effects, I prefer the old school special effects when they actually made props and used real locations

these days all the movies are like watching a kids video game, like the last Planet of the Apes movie, all the stunts were modern CGI and looked like a cartoon

I dont want to pay to go to a movie to watch a bunch of phoney looking CGI, even the explosions are fake and look just like a cheap video game.
 
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Gregg Axley

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What are you? The NSA?! :rofl:
He knew you were going to type that, actually as you were typing it. :D

I second the CGI effects.
At one time, movies were somewhat believable, and the stunts were spectacular.
Now neither is the case, because you never know if that was an actor or a CGI character doing the stunt. :eusa_doh:
 

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