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how can it be collectable if you can get one pretty cheap ? just
because something can be collected does not make it a "collectors
item".

If I collect cigar butts does that make them collectors items ? they
are just things I collect.

If you are confusing the word nostalgia with collectable then I don't
think a 20 year old radio is old enough to be nostalgia. what would you
call a radio from the 50's ????? ancient ???? when do you start calling
the ICF-2010 a collector item ?

I think a radio from the 70's that could truely be called a collectable
is the Barlow Wadley XCR-30, it was not a mass produced Japanese radio.
only about 20,000 XCR-30's made !!!


Pretty cheap means compared to other things you spend money on in life and
compared to higher costing new radios.
Most of them are in bad shape, and are over 25 years old. And if you can't
find that many good ones, they become collectors items in my eyes if you get
one in good condition. Simple as that.

I think 25 years is old. That's my opinion and I think it's a proper one!

Lucky