Panasonic’s Mr Thin range
Added 2025-10-31 18:55:17 +0000 UTCThis one has taken longer than expected for what I anticipated would be a ‘quick video’ about a range of pocket radios. However due to the extra time I had to do research on this one, I discovered a very interesting side story which resulted in this being a far more interesting video than I’d anticipated. At least the first half is…it goes off after that.
https://youtu.be/zVTkzx0IA1c
In other news thanks to a third dose of antibiotics I finally managed to get my toothache under control. The sleepless nights and constant pain really wore me down, hence the delay since my last video. I’m still temporarily deaf in one ear from the infection which really restricts what audio devices I can feature, but since all the items in this video are mono it seemed like a good topic to cover until things improve.
I think I’ll attempt to catch up a little mid next week with a short video about a nonsense item that cost too much and does very little. I feel that it shouldn’t take very long to demonstrate.
Talking of expense, this video cost quite a bit to put together. In the end I had to cut my cloth before I’d acquired everything I wanted to show. There’s no way Google/Youtube ad revenue will fund this level of folly, so it’s only thanks to the generosity of people here on Patreon that this video can exist at all, even in this ever so slightly truncated form.
Hope you’re all well, take care and have a good weekend.
UPDATE: Re-edited to remove an error as well as a brief Bond skit which I decided I didn’t like.
Comments
Next on your bucket list of 1980s pocket-sized combination devices should be the Casio QL-10 calculator/alarm clock/cigarette lighter.
VWestlife
2025-12-30 22:04:48 +0000 UTCSo, I do remember these. A friend of my dad’s (police CID), top bloke, called him uncle but was definitely not an uncle 😂 He always used to have all the latest gadgets of the time. He was the one that had one of those Sony professional Walkmans that you have. I remember it eventually finding itself hanging up in his shed in later years, but it never seemed to need a battery change, and I remember it being on all the time. Looking at it now… that is a sexy little thing. Great design. Loved it then, and now you’ve reminded me… I love it now. Im a Panasonic guy. Still have my original Panasonic personal cassette player (all 3 of them actually), TV, VCR-DVD recorder, my Technics HiFi, an old Panasonic video camera and my 4th Panasonic TV. 12 year old in fact. For me, all my Panasonic products have lasted and lasted, never had an issue with anything. Cheers Matt Lee
Lee Coles
2025-11-17 12:07:09 +0000 UTCHow good could that radio have been at illegally picking up police transmissions if they caught him anyways? Still, not as cool as the credit card radios!
Arthur Robillard
2025-11-10 03:14:07 +0000 UTCThe bit about the modern radio was a nice bonus. I'm usually curious about what similar gadgets are still being made after watching a video about the originals.
David Boddie
2025-11-03 20:06:33 +0000 UTC
