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Red Phone Booth Media Cabinet: Love It or Leave It?

Updated 03/11/09 9:17 PM · Posted by GeekSugar · 12 comments

Red Phone Booth Media Cabinet Is $200 From JC Penney

Missing those nostalgic red phone booths of Britain? Bring one home, as a home for your media. The Phone Booth Media Cabinet is $200 and a big honkin' piece of furniture to put your DVDs, Blu-rays, video games, and CDs in. I'm pretty down with anything made to resemble those phone booths, but it would definitely be the focal point of your living room. Would you put this in your place? Read more

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Landmark Red Payphones in UK Make Pricey Geek Collectibles

Updated 08/13/08 9:57 AM · Posted by GeekSugar · 12 comments

Landmark Red Payphones in UK Make Pricey Geek Collectibles

I can't say I really miss the pay phones in the US, but when I read that cell phone use is making the red phone booths in Britain obsolete, I got a little melancholic. I mean, the booths are not just cute places to have a conversation or have your photo taken— they're landmarks. Did you know the signature telephone box was the result of a competition in 1924 to design a kiosk that would be Read more