Transistor Radios Around the World

1960 Toshiba 6TP-385

Shirt pocket radio, thermoplastic cabinet
4 1/2 x 2 9/16 x 1 1/4 inches / 114 x 65 x 32 mm
Six transistors (Toshiba), one standard 9-volt battery
Manufactured by Tokyo Shibaura Electric Co. Ltd. (Toshiba), Kawasaki, Japan

By any other standard, this would be a snappy cabinet design. But the 6TP-385 really does seem to lack "character" when contrasted against all those other wild characters Toshiba had produced at the time. Well, at least this one's red....

1960 Toshiba 6TP-385

1960 Toshiba 6TP-385

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