TRANSISTOR RADIO DESIGN
Focusing on the design of pocket transistor radios manufactured during the 1950's & 1960's!
CANDLE 'CONCENTRIC RING' BOYS RADIO
This great looking Candle 2 Transistor Boys Radio was made by Tokyo Transistor Industry Co Ltd circa 1961. Tokyo Transistor Industry Co Ltd manufactured radios under many brand names and successfully marketed them through department and drug stores. They produced radios bearing names such as Universal, Omegas, Goldtone, O.M.G.S, Krysler, Candle & probably others. This Candle does not appear to have a model number which is typical of boys radios...
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This Candle is one of my favorite 'Boys Radios'. As a two transistor radio it gives surprisingly good performance and looks very smart. Check out the nifty speaker grill! This radio was almost certainly styled after the very adult and masculine looking Toshiba 8TP-90 'Concentric Ring' featured elsewhere in my collection. Back in 1961 you would have been the coolest kid on the block with one of these little beauties!
Candle was a well established brand in the late fifties and early sixties and produced a lot of 'Boys Radios' although this one appears to be uncommon. This radio was also marketed under the name 'Mascot II'. 
