Comments on: vintage 70’s radio Totally Looks Like Death Star

By: sinclairchap

sinclairchap — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:53:37 +0000

mine is a great holiday destination cos no one can bug me

By: j.

j. — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:19:34 +0000

You are listening to Death Star radio. Next on tonight’s broadcast…who fired first?

By: Negrophobic

Negrophobic — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:13:41 +0000

I lost the keys to mine ……………..and in an hour my reply will be flooded by dumbasses that don’t get the joke…………

By: Eric

Eric — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 07:18:15 +0000

Coming out at the turn of the 70s makes it much more likely that it was inspired by the EVA pods from 2001.

By: Dana

Dana — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:17:50 +0000

It wasn’t a Panapet, at least in the US, it was a Panasonic Ball-and-Chain Radio. And since I had one — a blue one — by 1970 (I’m sure of the date ’cause I drew a huge oil pastel picture of mine in 9th grade art class; very trendy) there’s no question that they well pre-dated all things Star Wars.

By: Miss_x

Miss_x — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:18:46 +0000

So does anyone know exactly when that clock radio came out? That would be interesting to find out…

By: Miss_x

Miss_x — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 22:17:58 +0000

Okay, I’m not sure which came first, but I’m sure one was inspired by the other, well, I tend to feel that the radio was probably inspired by the ‘death star’ considering how insanely popular Star Wars was in the 70’s and later.. I can’t imagine the ‘death star’ being inspired by a clock radio! Wouldn’t that be a trip if it was though?! Heeeeehhhhh….

By: JD

JD — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:08:41 +0000

I had a yellow one, my brother had the avocado green one. NO idea what happened to them…

By: domorvedar

domorvedar — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:38:19 +0000

IT’S A TRAP!

By: bionelly

bionelly — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:53:37 +0000

Probably not, unless the Death Star was supposed to look like the radio.

By: UltimateExtreme

UltimateExtreme — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 02:56:11 +0000

That may have been the point.

By: boodog108

boodog108 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:38:36 +0000

Mine was green and my mom sold it in a garage sale…..broke my heart till I got my first real stereo, then I was all happy again!

By: Momcat

Momcat — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:54:25 +0000

I still have mine! It still works too.

By: Fay

Fay — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:18:59 +0000

KYUUTE!

This website has proved to me that everything looks like the death star….

I want that radio.

By: BBB

BBB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:44:06 +0000

I’m with you. It gets old after the 10th one.

By: snickerdoo

snickerdoo — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:40:17 +0000

i DON’T get get the history joke. icefaerie95 in all your inifte wisdom please explain… wait – 95? are you 14? jesus you don’t even remeber the special edition re-releases in 1997 do you?

By: deadinfrance

deadinfrance — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:37:34 +0000

mine was blue and I took it everywhere!

By: TheObject

TheObject — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:15:57 +0000

The first iPOD. They’ve only gotten smaller and less futuristic looking.

By: kdilkington

kdilkington — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 18:11:02 +0000

Yep, I destroyed many a planet with mine.

By: TVDK

TVDK — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:11:40 +0000

I’m tired of death star look-alikes.

By: pantalonesconqueso

pantalonesconqueso — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:07:06 +0000

That’s no Panapet…
That’s a space station.

By: icefaerie95

icefaerie95 — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:42:21 +0000

does ANYONE out get get the history joke?! Besides me?

By: Cardinal_Fang

Cardinal_Fang — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:52:57 +0000

Dont worry Moweopolis, I at least got the joke. Nice one!

By: Bluebonnet

Bluebonnet — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:47:34 +0000

Mine was/is exactly like that. Now it’s useful as the most awesome paperweight ever. I wonder if Lucas or his effects team got the idea for the death star from that radio. Both are from the same decade.

By: JTB

JTB — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:44:09 +0000

Hahaha this is a good one!

By: butcher

butcher — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:36:24 +0000

its called a ‘Panapet Radio’ for those who care

By: E

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:15:30 +0000

Right. It’s a radio, silly.

By: Moweropolis

Moweropolis — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:00:38 +0000

THAT’S NO ALARM CLOCK!!!………….

By: MsMsBurning

MsMsBurning — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:44:54 +0000

Mine was yellow. It rocked!

By: D.R.

D.R. — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:44:53 +0000

That radio’s pretty awesome.

By: MotaPrego

MotaPrego — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:20:07 +0000

That’s a win, to me!
(I think this is the right way to say it, isn’t it?)

By: MotaPrego

MotaPrego — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:18:08 +0000

That’ a win, for me!

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:15:37 +0000

Had one of those…