19XX GSN (Junior) Gescha Junior #N/A

Status: My Collection
Hunter: Jonas Lauritsen (legofanatikeren)
Created: 07-16-2025 at 10:00AM
Last Edit: 07-16-2025 at 10:21AM

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Found this online for less than 50 bucks, and thought why not?

Took a little searching to figure out what this was supposed to be, but as far as "toy" typewriters go, this is definitely the most feature-packed I've seen; upper and lower case letters changed via a switch, left hand lever used to freehand the carriage and return it to new line, right side lever to stamp a letter, an actual set of rollers to use for ink ribbons (though none came with it, and I have not fitted any, sorry), a paper holder that folds inwards to take up less space, 2 platen knobs, paper rollers, and even some very nicely done dec'or on the front imitating a real typewriter with keys and basket.

It's a delightfully small thing, though it's obviously missing the metal base and top cover that turns it into a small case.
As far as using it goes, I believe there is some tiny misalignment somewhere - the small angled tip that should guide the carriage into the next position tends to not align properly, making it get stuck halfway, see photos. But a small manual push will see it finish the movement.

The only real mystery I see with this, is the layout of letters on the wheel - the "J" is curiously misplaced, lodged in with the special characters, instead of appearing between "I" and "K" as you would expect. I have no idea why this is.

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Hunter: Jonas Lauritsen (legofanatikeren)

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Casual collector of replica flintlock pistols, and in that same vein, picked up a couple of typewriters through the years - as a mechanical engineer, I could not resist.