Author Topic: So you think modern phones are too small... (Read 2274 times)

bingster · « **on:** April 24, 2009, 03:52:30 AM »

What you need is a Princess phone... that's ONE YARD long:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360149512215

McHeath · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2009, 10:04:28 AM »

Do you think this was a movie prop?

Dennis Markham · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2009, 11:30:39 AM »

I was thinking it may have been a display...in a phone center or something...Just a guess though.

Dan/Panther · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2009, 01:34:27 PM »

"Land Of The Giants", Prop.....

D/P

AtomicEraTom · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2009, 06:47:23 PM »

Wow, that's definately a conversation piece!

bingster · « **Reply #5 on:** May 07, 2009, 10:49:23 AM »

ROUND TWO...

So a three foot Princess isn't quite your style? How about a humongous D-Mount, instead?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330327777008

HobieSport · « **Reply #6 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:22:45 PM »

Wow. That's a beautiful piece of fine art wood sculpture.

Too bad about the missing dial. I would have liked to see that.

bingster · « **Reply #7 on:** May 07, 2009, 12:40:49 PM »

The dial would probably be fairly easy to replicate, I think. A large disc of masonite could be painted white, then with an opaque projector, the numbers and letters could be painted on by hand. Another masonite disc, with circles cut out of it would make a perfect fingerwheel. Not sure about making a number card frame, though. That might be tough. If I had any way to pick this up, I might think about trying for it.

HobieSport · « **Reply #8 on:** May 07, 2009, 01:33:49 PM »

Quote from: bingster

The dial would probably be fairly easy to replicate, I think. A large disc of masonite could be painted white, then with an opaque projector, the numbers and letters could be painted on by hand...

I used to enjoy doing a lot of theater and some movie set design and prop work in my youth and had fun doing all kinds of things like that. The opaque and slide projectors were in use all the time, giving very photo-realistic and accurate effects in the painting. A very handy tool.

Dan/Panther · « **Reply #9 on:** May 07, 2009, 02:07:23 PM »

I'd also go for the D mount, but I'm looking for a seemless handset.
D/P

mienaichizu · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2009, 11:48:36 AM »

I wonder if it is working??

Kenny C · « **Reply #11 on:** July 27, 2010, 04:19:06 PM »

McHeath · « **Reply #12 on:** July 27, 2010, 04:56:51 PM »

Truly a car phone!

teka-bb · « **Reply #13 on:** July 27, 2010, 06:41:44 PM »

An Ericsson one:

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