By 1977 you could still get the complete boards with two tubes for around $6 IIRC. The hyperinflation that kicked in right around that time pushed used tubes without the board to $4/each from Meshna in 1979. The studio getting the complete boards would be necessary if they needed the sockets as well. My first board came from PolyPaks in 1976 for $5 IIRC.
The B-7971’s are probably the only thing notable in that movie. I found it on YouTube and I need to clear an hour and a half to watch it again. The quantity they used is impressive. I hope they are in someone’s collection somewhere. On Wednesday, November 27, 2024 at 9:23:29 AM UTC-5 gregebert wrote: > I watched the original last night; seems like a good chunk of the movie > budget was spent on the nixies, most likely the PolyPaks bargain barrel (I > think they were less than 5 USD per tube). Also, an honorable mention goes > to the tomato that got squished at the supermarket. Anyone remember "Attack > of the Killer Tomatoes" ? > > On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 2:54:37 PM UTC-8 Robert G. Schaffrath > wrote: > >> Now we know where all the Earth’s supply of B-7971’s went. They are being >> used in alien spacecraft. If they eventually set up their own manufacturing >> plants then perhaps someday, if we establish formal relations, we will have >> access to a huge supply like back in the 70’s 😂 >> >> On Tuesday, November 26, 2024 at 5:33:47 PM UTC-5 martin martin wrote: >> >>> I’ve always wondered what aliens look like. >>> >>> [email protected] >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 26, 2024 at 04:15 Robert G. Schaffrath < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> I remember that movie LOL. Saw it on TV around 1979 IIRC. I had long >>>> forgotten the title but remembered seeing the B7971’s as I had several by >>>> that time. The only other thing I remembered was Robert Vaughn and >>>> wondering how he got himself into that mess of a movie LOL. >>>> >>>> I wonder where those tubes wound up. >>>> >>>> On Monday, November 25, 2024 at 10:52:52 PM UTC-5 [email protected] >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Watched the Rifftrax version of "Starship Invasions" - 1977 turd of a >>>>> movie. You can find the original on Youtube - but if you're familiar >>>>> with the Rifftrax treatment of movies you should check out their version >>>>> instead which makes fun of it all. B-7971 tubes all over the alien >>>>> spaceships walls, just displaying random segments and not much else... >>>>> >>>>> [image: Starship_Invasions_7971-1.png][image: >>>>> Starship_Invasions_7971-2.png][image: Starship_Invasions_7971-3.png] >>>>> >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "neonixie-l" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> To view this discussion, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/8886dfdc-09c1-4244-884d-3a0898fd3659n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/f5b0f929-9dbf-4469-b6ce-5fb57994c0ecn%40googlegroups.com.
