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Thread Number: 20472
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| Post# 229247 4/20/2013 at 12:29 (4,021 days old) by fan-of-fans (USA) | ||
I noticed recently an unusual Regina upright at the thrift store. It was black and looked to me to be a rebadged Dirt Devil, maybe a Featherweight model, but clearly had the Regina name on it. I have never seen a plastic Regina upright other than the Housekeeper before. Has anyone seen one of these?
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| Post# 229248 , Reply# 1 4/20/2013 at 12:31 (4,021 days old) by compamac () | ||
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Get it Many collectors consider any Regina upright rare . Even if this one might not be "rare" it is still cool I bet. | ||
| Post# 229250 , Reply# 2 4/20/2013 at 12:37 (4,021 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
Very Rare Regina
The black Regina vacs were made by Dirt Devil after Royal bought the Regina name from Oreck. Oreck made an extremely rare, bagless Regina upright, in yellow and black. I've only seen two in my life, and this is one of them. They infringed on Dyson patents on the shroud, and were pulled off the market.
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| Post# 229280 , Reply# 3 4/20/2013 at 14:31 (4,021 days old) by ge1969 (Jefferson, GA) | ||
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Hey Dysonman1! What's that cool looking brown canister next to the creame Lux L in reply 2? Thanks, Trg | ||
| Post# 229326 , Reply# 4 4/20/2013 at 19:00 (4,020 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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Saniway | ||
| Post# 229350 , Reply# 5 4/20/2013 at 23:41 (4,020 days old) by floor-a-matic (somewhere) | ||
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When were those yellow Regina "dyson-clone" vacs produced? | ||
| Post# 229483 , Reply# 6 4/21/2013 at 21:26 (4,019 days old) by dysonman1 (the county) | ||
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The yellow bagless Regina was made in 2000, Oreck actually imported them with the Regina name on them. BUT, Dyson's patent on the shroud (the part with the holes in it - inside the bin) were not yet up. The machine was pulled from the market. Oreck did not want a legal fight with Dyson. Since the Regina was to be sold in Vac Shops, it wasn't part of their core business and they took only a small loss on the whole endeavor.
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| Post# 230251 , Reply# 7 4/27/2013 at 12:21 (4,014 days old) by ilikeoddvacuums () | ||
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cool do you have any other regina uprights? | ||
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