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Till Eulenspiegel
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This orange Murphy appeared on the TV show "the Yorkshire Auction" or something like that.

Discussion was about Staples LadderRax.

At least the TV set hasn't been up-cycled into something else.

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Posted : 03/03/2023 11:54 am
ntscuser
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A640 chassis if I'm not mistaken?

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Posted : 04/03/2023 2:07 am
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Yes, A640 chassis.

Mind you, everything looks orange in the picture so not sure if the set is teak.

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Posted : 04/03/2023 8:21 am
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Popular TV’s with the in crowd, I liked the teak one but not the other colours. We sold them all but only had the popular ones in stock, white, teak, we ordered the others as required. Quick delivery so not a problem.

I’ve tried to alter the colour.

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Posted : 04/03/2023 10:18 am
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Here's the original brochure, with correct colour rendition. Till was correct, TV was orange.

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Rest of the brochure for those interested. It's actually LadderAX not LadderRAX

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Posted : 04/03/2023 10:34 am
Till Eulenspiegel
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The picture was taken off the TV screen, perhaps I should have reduced the saturation before submitting the picture.

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Posted : 04/03/2023 11:05 am
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Oh yes lol, clearly an orange set indeed. The furniture looks good and well made too.

By the way, did I mention I am after a LOPT for an A640? 🙄 

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Posted : 04/03/2023 11:11 am
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I did like the A640 chassis, yes it had problems but generally easy to fix and gave good a picture. 

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Posted : 04/03/2023 12:12 pm
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Posted by: @nuvistor

Popular TV’s with the in crowd, I liked the teak one but not the other colours. We sold them all but only had the popular ones in stock, white, teak, we ordered the others as required. 

I have a white version in my collection, It was a bit of a rebuild having been rescued from a puddle next to a skip at a house clearance place.

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Posted : 04/03/2023 5:22 pm
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Best black & white set ever made (once adjusted correctly) and superior in many ways to any colour set.

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Posted : 05/03/2023 8:37 am
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