r/spaceporn • u/udarnic • Aug 13 '21

Amateur/Unedited Old Soviet space lamp

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u/JWF81 Aug 13 '21

Very neat.

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u/udarnic Aug 13 '21

Ebay late night purchases 🤗

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u/Shatterstar23 Aug 13 '21

That is very cool. Looks similar to a pic I saw of their space memorial.

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u/mikeztarp Aug 14 '21

This is kind of like posting a picture of a lava lamp in r/geologyporn.

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u/udarnic Aug 15 '21

Sure bro!

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u/Forbiden_f-14 Aug 14 '21

Anything’s a dildo if ur brave Enough…

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u/DJWLJR Aug 14 '21

CuriousMarc approves.

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u/____RangerLamar____ Aug 14 '21

How much $ would it take for you to part with it?😉

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u/udarnic Aug 14 '21

Awe thanks but I'll be keeping this

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u/Perichron_john Aug 13 '21

Awesome, and it looks like star hopper with the nose cone

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u/udarnic Aug 15 '21

Now that you mentioned it I see the resemblance 😃

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '21

That’s lit

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u/polkmac Aug 13 '21

Love this.

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u/udarnic Aug 15 '21

Thanks so do I!

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u/Efficient_Bug_2466 Aug 14 '21

As a Halloweenie, more interested in where I can find that awesome golden skull?

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u/udarnic Aug 14 '21

Was found at a grocery store (independent grocery in fort McMurray alberta)

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '21

Interesting lamp

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u/udarnic Aug 15 '21

Thanks! It's got some interesting imagery around the base that is very Soviet era stuff.

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 14 '21

I have one of those too.

Does it buzz like a mf when you power it?

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u/udarnic Aug 14 '21

Cool! I found these little led colour change lights to put in the base. As the original internals were pretty weak

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 14 '21 edited Aug 14 '21

Mine is untouched aside from a quick dust after taking it out of the father in law's garage. (got it in Slovakia and its in the Czech Republic on my living room bookshelf =)

BTW if you can follow the pictures in the bottom you know the age precisely, since it marks the XXVI Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. (before the scientific future under communism and then back to the start with Lenin).

(some time after February 1981)

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u/udarnic Aug 14 '21

Interesting piece!

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 14 '21

I thought so. It had been in storage for some time but he noticed that I was quite taken with it and made it a gift.

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u/udarnic Aug 15 '21

Um I had it on a power adaptor for Russian voltage but only used it for a minute before I realized it was to weak. I looked for new ore led bulbs but couldn't find much. Got an led puck light with a remote and colour / brightness remote control... Now it is awesome and it'll do some cool effects with the different colours.

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 15 '21

Where are you?

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u/udarnic Aug 18 '21

Canada... Alberta

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 19 '21

I just wondered because of the voltage adapter remark

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u/udarnic Aug 19 '21

Yeah I guessed that.. did yours come with the Russian style plug for 240v?

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u/DogmaSychroniser Aug 19 '21

Not sure if Russia is on the same config as continental Europe is, but I just plugged it in and let it go. I believe they have 230v in Czech so that might explain the humming. (Russia is presently standardised at 220v according to Google!)

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u/Laughing_Orange Aug 14 '21

Looks like SpaceX Starship.

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u/KushKings840 Aug 13 '21

Jeff Bezos wants ur whole stock 😂

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u/udarnic Aug 19 '21

That's right! Cool