The only plastic bits are the keytops and the various knobs. If they replaced the plastic with metal and chose to charge just $19 more for it? There had to be compromises in the build, be it the typewriter’s function or the cheapness of the metal body. I bought this for $188, which is just $19 over the price Michaels charged for the WRMK. That led to an immediate and terrifying concern for me, considering its price. It’s so obvious that even in the owner’s manual, it is accidentally called a Typecast at one point. I told my other typewriters it’s living on a farm where it can run free.įrom the drop, as you probably expected as soon as you saw pictures of it, this guy is clearly a continuation of the We R Memory Keepers Typecaster. Its parts were all in the right place with the screws tightened and all, but I committed the sin of typing on it and the noises it made still haunt me. It had none of the out-of-box issues of my first one. As you well know, the body design is probably the best of all the new machines and a clear inspiration for the Royal Classic’s look. But the feel was better than any of the previous new models and better than many 1970s machines. The alignment was hopeless and each typed line looked like a flat street with speed bumps. I was bored and I channeled my inner Talosian to put the thing back together in a close approximation of what it was supposed to be. When I took the first one out of the box, it was as if no one tightened its screws. I have two of these and they were among the weirdest experiences of my typewriter collecting life. WE R MEMORY KEEPERS TYPECASTER: Stupid name, but I get it. They then handed their creations to someone who put them in a sleek – if unspectacular – body to make a buck. It was put together by rapscallions who found typewriter parts in a dumpster. But the Talosians had really big brains and were masters of illusion, so they were able to cast her appearance to others as if she was real and spectacular. Apparently, the only thing they found was a DVD of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” because when they put her together … well … yeah. The survivor was badly injured when her ship crashed on the planet and the Talosians, who had never seen a human before, tried to put her back together as best they could based on information they cobbled from the downed ship. In the original pilot episode titled “The Cage” – which was rejected by NBC – Captain Pike encounters a human survivor on the Planet Talos. ROYAL EPOCH: I think the makers really made an effort with this one, but the only way I can really describe it is with a Star Trek reference. I found them to be an improvement, for whatever that is worth, and I must admit they are a favorite among the new typewriters because it’s just fun to watch those typebars just flying around like someone hysterically waving their hands. ROYAL SCRITTORE II: If you’ve seen one of these slappy claptraps, they are an obvious imitation of the rounded Olympia Traveller C. I do, however, suspect these machines are an excellent fuel source on a cold night in the wilderness.
OLIVETTI MS-25/ROYAL SCRITTORE: I don’t know just how well these things can type out of the box because the first time I tried the Scrittore, the ribbon vibrator exploded at the “jumped” portion of the quick brown fox sentence. But here’s a quick recap of the other recent typewriter efforts attempted in the late aughts and 2010s: Obviously, this guy isn’t going to measure up to any machine built before 1980.
#ROYAL TYPERIDER FULL#
Now before I roll into a full appraisal of the Royal Classic, I think it’s important that we analyze it in context of its peers, not its ancestors. The most interesting response, of course, came from the five Royals in the room, who all looked at each other and said, “Whose kid is that?” The Contessas said nothing because they were too busy staring at themselves in a mirror. The Olivetti M40 and Studio 44 just shook their heads and, I couldn’t make out what they were saying, but I believe they were mumbling in Italian about my mental state. My refurbished Hermes Rocket wailed, “I thought you said you loved me!” My NOS Charger 11 doubled over in laughter. When I brought the new Royal Classic into my office this afternoon, an immediate din filled the air.
WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS FOR A BEGINNER: No. WOULD I RECOMMEND THIS FOR HARD-CORE COLLECTORS? Sure.
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