I received my first batch of IN-12 Nixie's yesterday. It was an order I placed before I found this now ended sale from which I ordered 12 more. The tubes were made in February 1981 if I am reading the date code correctly. First time I have ever seen that type in person. I have a 6-tube Chinese "assembly required" board on order that I will assemble as soon as it arrives. As I was not sure if the board required soldering the tubes to the board (some do), I have 100 gold plated pins on order too as I prefer to have them removable. Also, eBay had added a $10 off coupon to my account for using an AMEX card so I decided to order 18 NOS IN-17 tubes too as I think I may have some future use for those very tiny ones (and they have a real "5"). If not, I doubt they will lose any value.
On Thursday, October 17, 2019 at 9:18:24 AM UTC-4, Robert G. Schaffrath wrote: > > I know and I have also come to realize the prices now will look like > bargains in 10 years since they are not making any more. I still recall > when B-7971's were quite common and could be had for, adjusted for > inflation, about USD$15/each and they were plentiful (paid USD$5/each in > 1979/1980 for the 6 NOS B-7971's I have). Then the 25 NOS ZM1022's for > USD$4.81/each including sockets back in 2002. I plan to use 4 of the > IN-12's with one of the cheap Chinese clock kits (some assembly required > LOL). If I like it I might make some additional one for interested friends. > > The sad fact is that except for Dalibor Farby, they are not making Nixie's > any longer and when the supply dries up, that is it. At least the quality > of the Russian tubes is good. The Chinese ones will probably be around for > a while longer but with tubes like the QS30's lacking mercury, they wear > out pretty fast according to reports. I suspect many will probably get used > up as replacements for prematurely burned out tubes. I am amazed that the > ZM1022's are rated 200,000 hours and QS30's can wear out in weeks. > > On Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 11:32:53 PM UTC-4, GastonP wrote: >> >> It's really crazy to think that about 10 years ago I could buy a box of >> 50 IN-12B for 48 USD or so... "free" shipping and all. >> Well, the crazy part is that at that time IN-18s were already expensive, >> 7971s were as always, unobtanium and IN-12s were the nearest thing to dirt >> cheap. Prices for the IN-14 were starting to rise steeply. >> At that time I bought several IN-8s and sockets at a barely reasonable >> price and the mentioned box of IN-12Bs. I should have bought IN-18s too >> when I still could and they were just expensive at USD 15-20 a pop... >> sigh... >> >> On Wednesday, October 16, 2019 at 2:47:12 PM UTC-3, Robert G. Schaffrath >> wrote: >>> >>> I just picked up a lot of 12 (2 x 6) NOS IN-12 Nixie's on eBay that are >>> temporarily price reduced 20% to USD$8.80. Total came to USD$30.00 + my >>> local tax. I am really not crazy about the inverted "2" but as they are not >>> making these any more, having some on hand for possible future use seemed >>> like a good idea. I dug back in my records and found out I paid a little >>> less than USD$5/each back in June 2002 for my 25 NOS ZM1022's with included >>> sockets. Looking at the prices of those tubes now it looked like a good buy >>> so I figure these IN-12's are probably worth getting too. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/4ec6781e-ccce-487b-ab83-8ad576215c7c%40googlegroups.com.
