8/25/2023 0 Comments Vintage 1961 sony transistor radio![]() Their long history of “borrowing” from others continues as even their name makes obvious (ripping off the iTunes, iPod, and iPhone Apple brands). Then to Soundesign, a company that was previously known as Realtone and is today known as iHome. ![]() This was one of the first products to use an “IC.” Quick to rip it off with neither the rechargeable batteries nor the IC were these two pretenders and our Shame-On-You award goes to both of them.įirst to Radio Shack, maker of the Realistic brand. Here is another Sony original design, the ICR-200, a pioneering model in a couple of ways- it was rechargeable (with permanently installed batteries) and it contained an integrated circuit. We see shameless knockoffs and lack of originality everywhere today from phones to cars to architecture. Behind it are still more emulators-and there are plenty more: the Harlie TR-661, Global GR-711, Sunset 666 (Hong Kong), and Realtone TR-801. In front of the next picture stands the actual Sony TR-610. From front to back: Realtone TR-803, Aurora, Lafayette (identical to the Aurora but “deluxe” with “diamonds” on the front and a decorated trim ring), Honeytone G-606, and yet another Realtone, the TR-1088. This Sony model was the first transistor radio from Japan to sell in huge quantities, making it a success others sought to emulate. The photo of radios arranged diagonally shows knockoffs of the Sony TR-610 transistor radio from 1958. Knockoffs find their place in the market by appealing to people where one or both of these factors are present: buyers are wanting something they can’t afford and/or they are willing to compromise quality to get it. Often amusing in this and other ways, knockoffs are, as harsh at this sounds, the work of hacks with no greater hope than to ride the coattails of somebody better than them. But a fake Rolex watch that says “Rolecks” on it- well now, that’s just funny. And one that copies everything including the name is a counterfeit. One that is so similar as to make the casual observer think it is a Rolex is a copy. They can run the gamut all the way from products that reflect a little too much design influence from a competing product to those that blatantly rip-off, copy, or counterfeit a competitor.Ī watch made to look similar to a Rolex, with another name, that’s a knockoff. ![]() Knockoffs “borrow” the design of another, different brand. Knockoffs aren’t the same as variants (covered elsewhere in these pages).
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