Postby Ariel Frailich » July 13th, 2011, 3:36 am
Greetings!
Is anybody still following this thread? Just wondering.
My favourite Okito box is one that a friend gave me after I shared my views on the topic with him. The box has a few holes drilled in it and a tiny firecracker in each hole. It's the most treasured coin box in my collection. Come to think of it, it's the only coin box in my collection.
(All the above is true, btw.)
After playing with coin boxes for a while in my early teens, I lost interest for the reasons stated in this thread: they don't look like anything on earth. I fell in love with the Aspirin tin idea described in Tarbell 7, but by the time I found out about it, Bayer had changed the design of the box, so the technique no longer worked. Although I'm not actively searching, I still keep an eye out for some real-world object that might be usable as a coin box.
My reason for posting is not to hear myself talk (or see myself type, in this case), but to put forth a possibly humorous -- or possibly twisted -- thought.
In the early 70s, Vernet (if memory serves) put out a beautiful Okito box with an insert that allowed the production of liquid as a final load. The box was made of bright yellow plastic and had a red disk on the lid with a dragon stamped on it. (This may be the dragon mentioned earlier in the thread; I'm not sure.)
Well, if I were forced to do an Okito box routine, this is the box I would choose. Why? Because it looks like something -- namely, a toy.
Crazy?
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