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RXPete
 Post subject: Buck Rogers?
PostPosted: Mon Mar 28, 2011 6:19 am 
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How did the B01 bezel get that nick name?

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 Post subject: Re: Buck Rogers?
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It came from the fact that the font is a 70's sci-fi style font. When it first came out it was called everything from "70's Calculator bezel" to the "Logans Run bezel", but "Buck Rogers" just kind of stuck.

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 Post subject: Re: Buck Rogers?
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Driver8 wrote:
It came from the fact that the font is a 70's sci-fi style font. When it first came out it was called everything from "70's Calculator bezel" to the "Logans Run bezel", but "Buck Rogers" just kind of stuck.



Let's not forget Battlestar Gallactica. :lol:

I'm not a huge fan of the bezel, definitely like the brushed version better. I have accepted the fact that it is here to stay for a while.

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 Post subject: Re: Buck Rogers?
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I think the new compass bezel using the same font looks pretty good. Maybe because it is smaller and less pronounced.
It will look great on an 01 BB if it ever comes out
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thomasenlow1 wrote:
I think the new compass bezel using the same font looks pretty good. Maybe because it is smaller and less pronounced.
It will look great on an 01 BB if it ever comes out


I was thinking the same thing about the font on the compass bezel, though I hate to admit that I might like it on a BB. I'll wait until I see one before I proclaim that.

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Driver8 wrote:
It came from the fact that the font is a 70's sci-fi style font. When it first came out it was called everything from "70's Calculator bezel" to the "Logans Run bezel", but "Buck Rogers" just kind of stuck.


By BS members or in general?

At least, now I know what it really attracted me to it in the first place, subconsciously. :wink:

I would really like to know what Mr. Spock would think about it.

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 Post subject: Re: Buck Rogers?
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F14D_Tomcat wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
It came from the fact that the font is a 70's sci-fi style font. When it first came out it was called everything from "70's Calculator bezel" to the "Logans Run bezel", but "Buck Rogers" just kind of stuck.


By BS members or in general?

Just this place I think.

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Driver8 wrote:
F14D_Tomcat wrote:
Driver8 wrote:
It came from the fact that the font is a 70's sci-fi style font. When it first came out it was called everything from "70's Calculator bezel" to the "Logans Run bezel", but "Buck Rogers" just kind of stuck.


By BS members or in general?

Just this place I think.



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