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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..Yet Another Phantom Eyeball Chesster On Ebay

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 08:59:03 03/21/05

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On March 21, 2005 at 10:54:17, Steve B wrote:

>
>>What is the rarest Phantom Steve?
>
>well,the rarest Fidelity Phantom would be the 6124 Chesster Phantom
>same voice features as the 6126 Eyeball Chesster but without the motion
>detectors
>
>the reason for its rarity is simple economics
>
>the 6124 was in a strange position in the market place
>the regular 6100 Phantoms were offered for $500 in the US with the 6126 going
>for only $100 more
>the 6124 could be had for something like $60 more
>so buyers opted to either spend the extra $100 bucks for the "full featured"
>Eyeball or they went for the basic model
>therefore very few 6124's were sold,hence its scarcity
>
>of course its much better to have the Eyeball Chesster for a non collector,but
>as a collector ,we search far and wide for these "off beat" scarce models
>
>Best
>Steve

Thanks Steve!

Terry



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