Have a look at this TV box

[Aiwa]

OPTIMUS...
a very rare one.

 

[Aiwa]

aka:globe-unkn IBBN 7-11353

the top picture has been taken earlier,it`s a bit cleaner

 

[Aiwa]

look at the nice "drum" scales:

 

[monchito]

hey that looks pretty cool with the cassette on the side,

 

[Fatdog]

Yeah, the cassette on the side is definitely interesting. Is that the same Optimus that Radio Shack sold?

 

[jaredscottfla]

 

[MONOLITHIC]

Is that the same Optimus that Radio Shack sold?

I was wondering the same thing.

 

[Aiwa]

Is that the same Optimus that Radio Shack sold?

I was wondering the same thing.

yes ,different mail order houses sold realistic/tandy/radioshack products in Germany.:
i.e.-.
OTTO,
Schoepflin and more.
Sometimes there appeared only "OPTIMUS" on their units sometimes "Realistic.



realistic/radioshack aka cross reference index :

realistic-holiday-sony
realistic-jupiter-yupiteru
realistic-radioshack
realistic-poppy
realistic-nippon-prosonic-universum
realistic-sanyo
realistic-sanyo
realistic-sanyo
realistic-sanyo
realistic-sears-symphonic
realistic-sharp
realistic-fisher-isp-lxi-prc-sanyo-sears-siemens-yoko
realistic-goldstar-irradio-palladium
realistic-fisher
realistic-fisher
realistic-musikland
realistic-noblex-samsung-samsung-universum
realistic-saba-saba-saba-sears
realistic-candle-ge-saba-saba-saba-symphonic-univrsum-universum
realistic-graetz-ingelen-sanyo
realistic-ferguson-ge-salora-universum-zenith
realistic-hitachi
realistic-asahi-fairmate-nordmende-nordmende
realistic-mont.-ward
realistic-acn-starline

 

[Fatdog]

Thanks, Jens! That's very interesting.

 

[Aiwa]

thks.

yes the aka-listings are indeed very interesting .

Meanwhile there are around 1530 aka lists in the base....