I have propositioned Jeff several times to buy his CD47 Nixzilla (the original Nixzilla, literally!) but so far he hasn't been able to part with it. I can completely understand why, the tubes are really something.
In the meantime I'm on the hunt for some Thompson F9020AA flat nixies... Sent from my iPhone 4 On Jun 1, 2011, at 14:40, Nicholas Stock <nickst...@gmail.com> wrote: > I think for most nixie tube clock builders, then the tube size plays an > important factor....for instance the Z5680 clock I have is visually more > striking than either the IN-18, IN-14, IN-12 etc clocks that I > have....especially to those that have never seen such clocks before. I've > always dreamed of owning a CD47 clock (like the ones Jeff Thomas has on his > website - Nixzilla!), but at that price, it's just plain ridiculous... > > Cheers, > > Nick > > On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:37 PM, jb-electronics <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> > wrote: > Ni Nick, > > well, I think some of our very own group members might be close to a > breakthrough. Although I do not think that homebrew Nixie tubes will go > for this kind of money. > > These high prices always make me think what makes a tube valuable. Is it only > the digit height? For me, very old or peculiar tubes are much more > interesting. > > Jens > > > Am 01.06.2011 23:32, schrieb Nicholas Stock: >> Somebody needs to start making these again.....then the market will crash! >> >> Nick >> >> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 2:30 PM, jb-electronics >> <webmas...@jb-electronics.de> wrote: >> Let's face it, this was crazy. I went along till 400EUR, but that was it, >> the tube is neither new nor proved to be functionary. >> >> I remember that in 2006 there were 7 CD47s sold on German Ebay for 2000EUR, >> and back then I tought that was expensive... >> >> What's your opinion, I think the Nixie market is just about to crash ;-) >> >> Jens >> >> Am 01.06.2011 23:19, schrieb Dieter Waechter: >>> What should I take for a clock with 6 NIB CD47 - say in 2 years ??? >>> Dieter (shaking his head, but grins) >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "neonixie-l" group. >>> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "neonixie-l" group. >> To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
