Couple of oldies... One of them a unicorn.

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robertsr

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Had the chance to pick up some older Androids lately, and boy what a fun bunch! First off is an Android Sphere auto with a carbon fiber dial.

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Needs quite a bit of clean up, but overall in good shape. Great shape for it's age.

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Definitely have a case of fogged crystal here too. No worries, we'll just have it open and clean that out.


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Oh yeah baby, it's one that I've been hunting for about as long as I've known about Androids... The Catapult! I don't know the long story about this one, just that they started showing up in the late 90's for a company that specialized in slingshots and whatnot. I know there is a BackyardArtillery.com version, and one that is just marked with Android markings. Don't know about the rarity on either. Probably have to shoot Wing a note to get info.

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So what looks like a crystal protector is actually a functional, spring loaded, wrist mounted, spitball catapult. Why? Why not??? Its delightfully silly, and quite unlike anything else I have in my fleet.

It's constructed quite well for a novelty piece, and has held up well over the last 20 years. Sooooo happy to finally tie this one down. :grin
 
Dang Robert, just beyond all coolness is da catapult !!! Can you imagine
how much fun this would be shooting spit wads in elementary school or at
office mates.
 
Two nice pickups congrats.Wing seldom used CF on dials and the catapult/slingshot watch is cool and unique. If I only had one of those catapult watches for spitballs in grade school. :hmm:
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I asked Wing about the Catapult at the Get Together. We didn't discuss the history, but I told him that I heard him say a while ago that he was going to bring it back and wanted to know if that was still true. He said he still plans to bring it back, and that the delay has been from a design standpoint on his end. He wants to make it nicer than the original, but still maintain the same fun and whimsical spirit of the original.
 
I asked Wing about the Catapult at the Get Together. We didn't discuss the history, but I told him that I heard him say a while ago that he was going to bring it back and wanted to know if that was still true. He said he still plans to bring it back, and that the delay has been from a design standpoint on his end. He wants to make it nicer than the original, but still maintain the same fun and whimsical spirit of the original.

Yea...but beaning him with a spitball thru your straw to get his attention, was uncalled for.
 
:outstand:The Catapult! That is so freakin Cool Robert!:cool2: Congratz!:hand:
 
Two wonderful finds. Congratulations.
 
:outstand:A big congratulations, Robert!:up::applaud:
 
Great finds. Really diggin' the Catapult! A true museum piece.
 
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