I cannot find any official reference to this model.
Sources:
- Hi-res image: popular sizes
- 7 years old Tumblr post: Neon Talk
- 7 years old Facebook post: Facebook
- TinEye says it was here on November 2015, but the link is broken
http://flickrhivemind.net/User/leonardo.bonanni/Interestingand I don’t see it on the archived page
“I cannot find any official reference to this model”
That is because it is a fictional rendering.
That is because it is a fictional rendering.
I couldn’t find any reference to that either.
And the Neon Talk post says “Scans from epic: @80sretroelectro …” so I thought it was a scan of some magazine.
I couldn’t find any reference to that either.
Not needed, this is clearly a render, and not of any real device either. It’s a pastiche of retro elements in a nonfunctional, stylized arrangement. The “cassette” is a miniature rendering of full-sized reel-to-reel tape. The speakers are more mid-2000s era design language, and the colors are over-exaggerated for the era.
Not saying it’s not a render, but there were real minicassettes with metal reels like that.
Was this ever actually put into production, or is this just concept art?
I can find no evidence that this was designed by Sanyo at all. It’s likely a modern rendering of a fake vintage product.
