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Larry wrote:
spacious_mind wrote:

You mean a Voice Chess Challenger?
Sorry, didn't know it had a voice. That makes it even more tacky. :o
L
Ah Yes...
The Elusive Decorator Challenger
Not to be confused with the Grandmaster Voice Challenger which was sold in pretty much the same wooden housing only without the little legs

I have never actually seen an original box for the Decorator
would love to get my hands on that box

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Hi Larry,

Yes, the Decorator had a voice. Like the Grand Master Voice its predecessor.
Both of them have inside a full Voice Challenger.
You could find more details on my website:
http://chesseval.com/RareBoard/Decorator/Decorator.htm
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Maurice
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mrcdoc wrote:Hi Larry,

Yes, the Decorator had a voice. Like the Grand Master Voice its predecessor.
Both of them have inside a full Voice Challenger.
You could find more details on my website:
http://chesseval.com/RareBoard/Decorator/Decorator.htm
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Also No Box
Very Hard To Find Regards
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Indeed, the box is even more elusive than the Decorator itself!
Kind regards,
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mrcdoc wrote:Indeed, the box is even more elusive than the Decorator itself!
Kind regards,
Maurice
On the subject of boxes becoming rare, that will happen more and more
over the years ahead. The box frays a little more every time it's opened
or closed. I store the CC1 box inside a black garbage bin liner. Of course
some owners threw the box away on the first day.
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mrcdoc wrote:Hi Larry,

Yes, the Decorator had a voice. Like the Grand Master Voice its predecessor.
Both of them have inside a full Voice Challenger.
You could find more details on my website:
http://chesseval.com/RareBoard/Decorator/Decorator.htm
Best regards,
Maurice
Excellent site...! Straight into my 'favorites' to use the American spelling :wink:
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Thank you, Larry, I am honored that you put my site in your "favorites" despite my spelling errors :)
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Larry wrote: [I store the CC1 box inside a black garbage bin liner
Garbage Bags?
:P
im just imagining what my collection would look like if i did that

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A Fidelity Super 9 Deluxe
wrong piece set and no box but the computer seems to be working

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-VINTAGE ... 1302129472

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Fidelity Designer Mach IV
does not include the original leather carrycase (The DMIV was not sold in a box)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIDELITY-MASTER ... 1398471761

2325 Regards
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Steve B wrote:Fidelity Designer Mach IV
does not include the original leather carrycase (The DMIV was not sold in a box)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FIDELITY-MASTER ... 1398471761

2325 Regards
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A beautiful machine. I have got a Master Series box in mint condition
ready for it to go straight into. However the seller will not ship to
Australia. I won one of these a few months ago from Saudi Arabia only
to have the seller welch after the auction, stating that his brother, who
owned the DM4, changed his mind.
Seems the chess gods have deemed that I am not to have a Mach4.
:cry:
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Steve B wrote:A Fidelity Super 9 Deluxe
wrong piece set and no box but the computer seems to be working

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-VINTAGE ... 1302129472

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Sells for only $300??
:shock:

i have seen regular Super 9's sell for more

Deflation Regards
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Steve B wrote:
Steve B wrote:A Fidelity Super 9 Deluxe
wrong piece set and no box but the computer seems to be working

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-VINTAGE ... 1302129472

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Sells for only $300??
:shock:

i have seen regular Super 9's sell for more

Deflation Regards
Some sellers make the grave and expensive mistake of refusing
to ship internationally. He likely cost himself a couple of hundred bucks.
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Steve B wrote:
Steve B wrote:A Fidelity Super 9 Deluxe
wrong piece set and no box but the computer seems to be working

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WORKING-VINTAGE ... 1302129472

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Steve
Sells for only $300??
:shock:

i have seen regular Super 9's sell for more

Deflation Regards
Steve
I am not complaining :) Lets hope it works!

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spacious_mind wrote:
I am not complaining :) Lets hope it works!

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Ahhh
well done
:P


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