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Originally Posted by Jeffhs
I agree with aibopet; that stack (the big one you mention with three large TVs and a radio) is a safety hazard. I'd put those sets next to one another on a shelf or some other arrangement so that they cannot possibly fall. .
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Seriously, we all want you to be successful in this hobby, and us oldtimers (aka oldfarts
)want to point out various potential pitfalls. And though it may be hard to believe, we all were kids your age eons ago. I was a kid when our collectables here were in current production. Yes, that old...
That said:
I imagine as a kid (correct me if I'm wrong, please) you have a standard issue bedroom in a single family house on a quarter acre lot, and thus not a lot of room for your sets. But you do need to be sure nothing can fall, and get broken or hit you or someone else. Even your kid brother...
Also you probably have little spending money, so buying new caps is harder for you than most of us. But back in my day (imagine geezer voice)
"I remember, young man, TV was always in B&W") I got usable caps and such from junked but still recent production TV sets and such. And today a BPC CRT TV set will have a circuit board a bunch of likely good caps of the sort you could use to replace the wax caps in your collectable sets. If possible, just take the circuit board and leave behind the cabinet and CRT of the BPC set, and please don't make a mess. PC computer power supplies also have usable caps and such.