Re: Collecting old Bullworkers.

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You know you people who have bought older model Bullworkers may have devices who

if they could talk could tell quite a few stories about at least one previous

owner.If you have bought foreign models in particular they may have made their

way round the world in some cases.Ah if steel and plastic could tell their

stories?

However your own stories of how you bought your own Bullworkers are interesting

too.So if you have something to say it would be great if you could add it.I

think it all adds to a sense of a shared community when we have the personal

touch.For myself I enjoy this aspect very much.Ed

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> > > > > > Just a general interest question really.Are there any readers and

contributors to this forum that collect{as well as use} old Bull-workers?

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> > > > > > I would include in this category items that are not strictly

Bull-workers, but are clones of various sorts ,such as The Pit Bull,which seemed

to have come a few years ago and then disappeared.

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> > > > > > I would be interested to know if there are and what their opinions

are about the different models.I suspect that there will be no unity of opinion

out there,so it will be interesting to read the various views.

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> > > > > > Include as well any interesting information as to how you came by

any particular item, E Bay,second hand dealer etc

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> > > > Thanks you have quite a collection yourself.I have had various models

myself over the years and sometimes regret being very generous and giving them

away to various people who invariably never put them to proper use.

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> > > > My present collection is far from vast but I intend to add to it.Some

are true Bullworkers and others are clones of one sort or another.

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> > > > My best piece is an original German Tensolator{which sees very good use}

bought in a UK charity shop for a mere three pounds and fifty pence.I have an

80s X5 model and a one that I cannot quite identify that is a sort of orange

plastic.It looks mostly like an X5 but has larger handles.It is marked as

being-Made in England.Additionall y i have a Power Worker by Bodi-Tek.I have

seen a few of these around and I suspect that it is made by Bullworker

India.Additionally I have a device that looks like a true Bullworker, but does

not work with an internal spring.Mine is labelled on the box Press Exerciser and

is made in the Far East.Weider do exactly the same model as do Everlast. but

just with different names.Its an all plastic device and the Resistance comes

from fibre glass? rods to each side.It is very light weight and I expected very

little from it.It turns out to be more limited than a proper Bullworker, but to

my surprise works very well on some

> > > exercises providing considerable resistance.I use it fairly often for a

limited number of exercises and despite its fairly flimsy appearance and very

low weight,it has so far not broken.

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> > My God where do you keep them all?I did not imagine that anyone would

have so many.I think that you would be doing us a great favour if you could

possibly share at least one photo with us all.You dont say how you aquired so

many in a few short years and I for one would like to know how you got at least

some of your rarer items. Thanks ED

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