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Author Topic: Is this little bird Bimini?  (Read 5127 times)

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Offline chuggy

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Is this little bird Bimini?
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2006, 07:55:20 PM »
Is this really your bird leni, or is it Franks budgie migrated over from the cafe, condition sounds fairly similar.
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Is this little bird Bimini?
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2006, 08:16:46 PM »
:lol:  :lol:

They were certainly being made in the 1940's as often found on eBay with labels:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6628387104
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6628387921

One company Lefton:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6276265373

Does anyone have details on Lefton?


Another brand Red Ball - Who made them?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7241371369

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Is this little bird Bimini?
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2006, 09:18:22 PM »
I think you must have been thinking the poor little chappie needs Red Bull to give him wings, it's actually Red Ball

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Is this little bird Bimini?
« Reply #13 on: May 15, 2006, 09:59:27 PM »
My little chappie looks as if he might have been broken off something like a cocktail stirrer or the like, which is why I thought Bimini in the first place, 'cos someone was showing something like that .....   :?

Sorry, it was a long time ago  :oops:  :roll:
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