ESC Master Blaster JC-2000

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doni

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Hi Everyone,

i was looking through the 'What is the biggest boombox' forum and noticed the:
ESC Master Blaster JC-2000, a.k.a Elta / JC-2000 / Dynasty / Helix Wheely

can anyone tell me how much one of these would be worth?
i cant seem to find them anywhere.

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Gluecifer

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Values on here aren't usually bandied about as the rule of 'It's worth whatever someone's willing to pay' is the general theory we stick to.

Here in australia I've seen broken ones, ripe for restoration, go for US$80 or so and then I've seen ones on u.s ebay go for many mulitiple hundreds.

I paid about US$300 for mine and spent a while fixing her up; she was by no means in mint condition, but came up really nice. Still has some quirks though.

The huge size and inheirent frailty of this box makes it a risky purchase online, and the internals aren't what I'd call 'reference series' by any means. Still it IS the biggest box ever made and I love mine to bits.

Good luck hunting one down, the best advice I can give is to be patient, or be prepared to pay a premium on ebay for one. Either method will get you what you want!



Rock On.
 

doni

Member (SA)
Thanks Gluecifer and Fatdog for your responses.

Gluecifer... i am also in australia and was not looking to purchase one as i already own one.
It is a Master Blaster JC-2000 and has been kept it good condition.
I still have the original box that it came in and the instruction manual.
I only asked as i was interested in the value of it, out of curiousity.

My dad has had it sitting in the cupboard for many years and i dont really know a whole lot about boom boxes.
Do you know how rare or sort after this particular model is? and where it sits amognst other boomboxes in terms or rarity?

Thanks again for your responses.
Cheers, Doni
 
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Fatdog

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Hey doni, can you post some high-resolution pics of the original box? That would really awesome to see! :yes: :-) :thumbsup:
 

Gluecifer

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The ESC JC-2000 seems to be the most common variation of the Master Blaster in Australia, the Dynasty, Helix and other rebrandings seem to only turn up in europe and the u.s.

I think it was released here fairly late in the piece, I remember seeing them as prizes at the Geelong Show in around 1994, but I never saw one in a store. I reckon a big batch of them got funnelled down here at some stage and then got distributed through odd non-traditional retail channels. They don't seem to be as 'valued' on .au ebay however, but anything with box and manual is far more attractive, which elevates it's rarity considerably.

Selling internationally could be very tough though due to shipping size constraints by air, possibly only sea-mail is the only available choice. It'll still be possibly well over AU$200 to ship anywhere thats willing to pay super-high amounts.

This is all off the top of my head, but just going off what I've seen in the last year or so.

Good luck with it Doni, always good to see another aussie on here, feel free to PM me if you think I can help further.



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Johnny

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WELCOME!!!!!

I have two mint ones and have about $1750 US total for both.

Its worth what someones is willing to pay. I had to have one, then worried about it breaking so got another.

I am really fond of the big black empty boxes and a few others.... :yes:
 
Gluecifer said:
The ESC JC-2000 seems to be the most common variation of the Master Blaster in Australia, the Dynasty, Helix and other rebrandings seem to only turn up in europe and the u.s.

I think it was released here fairly late in the piece, I remember seeing them as prizes at the Geelong Show in around 1994, but I never saw one in a store. I reckon a big batch of them got funnelled down here at some stage and then got distributed through odd non-traditional retail channels. They don't seem to be as 'valued' on .au ebay however, but anything with box and manual is far more attractive, which elevates it's rarity considerably.

Selling internationally could be very tough though due to shipping size constraints by air, possibly only sea-mail is the only available choice. It'll still be possibly well over AU$200 to ship anywhere thats willing to pay super-high amounts.

This is all off the top of my head, but just going off what I've seen in the last year or so.

Good luck with it Doni, always good to see another aussie on here, feel free to PM me if you think I can help further.

Yeh i agree with Rick they dont appear to fetch big dollars in NZ either. Brand wise I havent seen helix down here.
What is called the Helix 4636 in the US mine are called a HORTEX pc 9090 and the other identical deck just seems to be an ESC with no model number printed anywhere. Both are identical to the Helix4636 but the ESC has much crappier speakers.
Oh and welcome aboard :thumbsup:

Rock On.
 

blu_fuz

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Johnny said:
I have two mint ones and have about $1750 US total for both.


Holy crap! I am so glad I found my Dynasty in the wild for $15. I feel like a jerk for offering the lady $10 for it. I didn't know what it was at the time, I just thought it looked cool. It has brought me here, which is also a really cool place. ;-) :yes: :sin: :thumbsup:

Please show us pictures of yours! I also PM'd you so check your messages ;-)


I did have someone offer me $500 for it in the current condition. It has a few electrical gremlins and is only missing two knobs. I am fixing it right now.
 
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