Discovery Channel - Vintage Tech Hunters (2018) Part 1 Bohus and Shaun... Buy a Jukebox
All-new series features intrepid hosts Bohus Blahut and Shaun Hatton as they take an epic road trip across North America seeking out vintage technology, with an eye towards profit. VINTAGE TECH HUNTERS features a slew of throwback treasures from the 20th century, including the world's first commercial video game, vintage jukeboxes, and an Apple I computer. Discovery takes viewers on a nostalgic journey through the history of technology in the original Canadian series VINTAGE TECH HUNTERS. Viewers are invited to join technophile co-hosts Bohus Blahut and Shaun Hatton as they sift through dusty barns, liquidation sales, and back country antique auctions to reveal rare treasures from decades past. Each 30-minute episode follows Hatton and Blahut on their quest to uncover “rare, weird, and nostalgic” tech, pursuing the most valuable items, and working to connect with the right collector to drive sales. Taking a cross-continental road trip from an e-waste recycling facility in Los Angeles all the way to a flea market in rural Nova Scotia, the 14-part series showcases the unique combination of tireless dedication and offbeat sense of humour required to unearth these ultra-rare pop culture collectibles. Seeking out classic consumer technology and pop culture items, spanning forgotten fads to technology still in use today, this effervescent duo turn up a slew of throwback collectibles, including the world's first talking pinball machine, a Robert the Robot, a Minox B Spy Camera, a Speak 'n Spell toy, and an Apple I computer. The vibrant duo scours Canada and the U.S., rooting through rickety attics, dusty garages, flea markets, and auctions for rare and nostalgic treasures. From original Nintendo Game Boys and priceless first-edition computers to animatronic toys, the pair aims to uncover rare and nostalgic treasures – because to the right collector, they're worth a fortune.
Part 2 Bohus and Shaun… Go on an Odyssey
A vibration exerciser, a VHS camcorder, and a 1970s Magnavox Odyssey Shaun and Bohus have unearthed promising rarities at a flea market in Illinois. On a road trip across the American Midwest when passing through Illinois and Wisconsin, Hatton and Blahut discover a Magnavox Odyssey, officially known as the world's first commercial video game. The duo is particularly happy about the game console, because the device is one of the first of its kind. The “Odyssey” laid the foundation for a multi-billion dollar industry and the “Vintage Tech Hunters” already have an idea of where to find suitable games. To dramatically increase the console's monetary value, they set out on an odyssey themselves, hunting for missing parts they need to sell the game as a complete package. While rummaging for missing parts, they also uncover antique exercise equipment, including the Vitamaster Model 35 Vibrator Belt Exercise Machine from the 1950s, complete with a Vitamaster Roller Massager from the same era.
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