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How Rare is the Purple MZ-R37...because I got one.

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I use a deputy service to buy stuff from overseas, usually Japan. A couple months ago I made a bid on an MZ-R37 through that service on a Japanese auction - and it turned out to be the only bid. It just happened to be the Purple version of the MZ-R37. I heard it here and there was rare, but there isn't much info about it. Is it really THAT rare? One guy said it was "the rarest one on the planet". Is that true? FYI, it came with a pair of headphones and a remote and works perfectly. It's in very good physical shape too - one thing about Japanese second-hand stuff from my experience, nine times out of ten it looks and acts like new (with a few minor marks here and there).

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Hi JM,
the R37 is the first md recorder produced by Sony "cost reduced"; entry level.
Sony has produced a large number of these devices; the purple is rare compared to silver, but certainly not a rare device in an absolute sense, probably the Sony has produced tens of thousands of specimens in the color purple.
Sorry if I broke a dream:-))).
A greeting to all
Sergio
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Hi JM,
the R37 is the first md recorder produced by Sony "cost reduced"; entry level.
Sony has produced a large number of these devices; the purple is rare compared to silver, but certainly not a rare device in an absolute sense, probably the Sony has produced tens of thousands of specimens in the color purple.
Sorry if I broke a dream:-))).
A greeting to all
Sergio

Actually you didn't 'break a dream' at all, haha. I was just researching this one and the silver ones are the most common and I just thought the purple ones were one of those 'prototype models' they just show in ads. I was surprised to find one in an auction at all. I just thought it was better looking in purple, anyway. Maybe since I got it from Japan, the purple ones were exclusively Japanese models?

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Like Sergio said and based on the auctions I watched throughout the last two years I would say that the purple edition of the MZ R37 is not rare in the sense of a white MZ R900 Japan edition but rare compared to the silver edition. The purple editions appeared in Europe as well. However you still have a very beautiful unit which stands out from the other Sony colourways.

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I have somebody else interested in your purple unit: the owner of this house (video)

http://fr.news.yahoo.com/video/une-maison-enti%C3%A8rement-violette-133250238.html

LOL, that's a nice looking home, though. Seriously, if the purple version isn't that rare, how come the silver one is pretty common on places like eBay or even Amazon and the purple ones pop up once in a blue moon (if even that often?)

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