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Nice, is that a Cosmic Ark bag?

Indeed it is! I wanted something gamer-y for conventions that was a little more subtle (considering most of them just flat-out have 'gamer' written on them.) The flash washed out the starfield, it's done in colored rhinestones.

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If it is working with no major hum, you MIGHT be okay. Just if the electrolytics go out, it will fry the power transformer in it. It's possible the radio was serviced at some time during its life and the electrolytics were at least replaced. Sometimes a radio will keep going fine as long as it is used once in a while. I am on this forum for radios. It's mostly Philco, but has an area for non-Philco radios as well and the people there can really help you or at least guide you in the right direction:

http://www.philcoradio.com/phorum/

 

Thank you so much! It's nice to finally have a starting point for taking proper care of this thing!

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Ah, a Truetone sold by Western Auto! From what I have found out, you have a 1938 model D-699 and it seems the plastic knobs are the correct ones. Most 1938 models I am finding are usually built by Detrola for Western Auto, but yours appears to be from a different jobber. Still, those knobs are the correct era and all the other '38 models seem to be using those plastic or bakelite knobs. Shouldn't be too hard to find a couple more as other brands used those. My one word of caution, do not plug it in until you have it looked at by someone who knows how to repair these old radios!

 

Thank you for the information! And actually, it's plugged in now- it's always worked fine! Great Grandma took good care of it, save for the knob issues (my Dad admitted the other day to breaking one as a kid. Great Grandpa was mad!)

 

If you still think it should be unplugged for a tune up, I'll relay the information to my parents as the radio's in their house (although I've told mom before I call dibs on it!)

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Abso-frickin-lutely! There's a few mini-figs on the Nintendos and PS4 as well.

 

I was obsessed with the G1 ponies as a kid- there's about a thousand of them in trunks in my parent's garage, along with a few Rubbermaid bins of merch. Once the new stuff started leaking into my gaming sites... well, it didn't take long for me to get sucked right back in!