Anyone have a Galaxy fan growing up? If so, what colour?

A dark amber color. I didn't know a more pleasant blue was available. Though I guess it blended in with all the orange carpeting and wood paneling, which were popular then. Sort of an in-between translucent color that really ties the room together.

Then again, blue is directly opposite on the color wheel, making it the complementary color. You know, when you really want to make your oscillating fan pop, visually (as opposed to pyrotechnically). That's your focal point right there.

Whether you're working in an office or sleeping in a cardboard box, that's your conversation starter.

"Yes, that is a Galaxy fan. It oscillates. No, I'm not making payments...I OWN it, baby." Lasko Products really had it all figured out.

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Gurthy_Lengthiness@reddit

I can hear the buttons clicking just by looking at this photo. We had a brown/beige one.

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Marquis_Marx@reddit

That one. We had that one.

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DapperRockerGeek@reddit

Brown. I remember there was a wall mounted one in Puerto Rico that was controlled by a pull chain.

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neonbrownkoopashell@reddit

I had this one, without the cage, in my room. I once kicked it in anger when it was on and sliced my big toe.

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Dylan_Is_Gay_lol@reddit

Brown.

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comradb0ne@reddit

That exact same color. My sisters and I both had one. They kasted w all into the 2000s.

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indigocherry@reddit

My parents have the brown one still in their garage.

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Content_Childhood914@reddit

beige and brown

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PhantoWolf@reddit

Shades of gold

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legendarysupermom@reddit

My mom still has ours in our shed....it was this same color as the picture....we had it for our boat...it matched colors lol...I used to do the Darth Vader thing for hours in it 🤣

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pizzaduh@reddit

Brown.

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IcyAddress4074@reddit

I can hear her.

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Vikingtender@reddit

Totally had this exact fan

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Klutzy_Cat1374@reddit

We had this exact same one. The motor finally gave out a few years ago. It was white but the motor housing discolored yellow from the heat.

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lonely_nipple@reddit

They came in colors that weren't brown??

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Peaceoorwar@reddit

That's literally the fan I still use. My neighbor was throwing it away and it still worked perfectly had it about two years now

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Wurfelrolle@reddit

I still have one, but it doesn't like starting on the low setting anymore.

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Bertie_McGee@reddit

Literally this exact one. I loved the blue!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Me too. The blue was always my favourite.

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kinisoncartwright@reddit

This one

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DoctorFenix@reddit

My mother’s is brown and still works.

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More-Muffins-127@reddit

I have that exact fan. It's on my end table right now!

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bgva@reddit

Pretty sure it was blue and covered in dust. Didn't matter to me, I just liked making myself sound like Darth Vader.

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ASherrets@reddit

Ours was in the brown-tan shades

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Much_Zucchini8826@reddit

That one

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Moist_Sprinkles1063@reddit

Built for 1000 years

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leicanthrope@reddit

Still have the brown one in the garage.

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Globalksp@reddit

Gold one and blue one!

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

My grandma had this exact one. I miss her when I see this picture.

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Allaplgy@reddit

I don't specifically remember Galaxy fans by nane, but this picture called up distinct multisensory memories of my Grandma's house. I can feel the humidity. And I think hers was brownish pink or something.

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Adrasteia-One@reddit

That's a good point. We remember so many other experiences or sensations by association of some object or photo. It's pretty nostalgic too, isn't it?

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Allaplgy@reddit

Very much so. Similar to the feelings certain smells evoke.

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Fr0stbite37@reddit

To my surprise they had it in ac:nh

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Yes. I have one in my house there. 😂

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w00keee@reddit

We had a Panasonic that looked exactly like that. Same colors and everything.

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

I have an 18” blue Panasonic.

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TaurusOH@reddit

Still have one. Its white with gray blades and buttons.

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SushiStew-1007@reddit

Brown/tan. My grandparents house had 2 brown/tan ones. My mother had one. I took hers and used it until it finally gave way.

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Severe-Fly8964@reddit

Brown and still have it. It still has its glow in the dark mummy spider sticker from a cereal box.

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

😮😮😮

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TheGirlwThePinkHair@reddit

We had central air, so my parents wouldn’t buy fans. I love fan noise but fans were banned

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

My condolences.

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mystiqueallie@reddit

Blue and I almost electrocuted myself when I was 4ish because I didn’t know that frayed cords are bad. Plugged it in, got a mild zap and a loud crackle. My dad across the room said you plugged in the fan didn’t you? And I said “um, nooooo” in the guiltiest voice. I didn’t muck around with plugging stuff in for a long time.

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Mysterious_Carpet752@reddit

Lmao.

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No_Bake_3627@reddit

Wait it was supposed to have a front cover on it???

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ZipperJJ@reddit

I have that very fan still. In my guest room. Same color. Still works.

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MoulanRougeFae@reddit

We had a blue one. But the preferred fans were the big metal ones a 1940s Vornado Pedestal Oscillating Fan and several table ones. These things had metal blades that would take off a finger probably. They all made an amazing breeze though

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Donniejuanny@reddit

Same one. This was almost like A/c when your parents refused to spend money on air conditioning the house.

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WhatTheCluck802@reddit

My mother still has hers!

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inspctrshabangabang@reddit

My parents still have this fan. It's a lighter blue.

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MetsFan3117@reddit

I love talking into those fans and how would distort your voice. Definitely made some prank calls that way.

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Ordinary_Let8356@reddit

Green one

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Historical-Composer2@reddit

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Stiffy4Freedom@reddit

I has this exact same one!!!!

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HighSeasArchivist@reddit

We had the brown/tan one.

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this_knee@reddit

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burgundyblue@reddit

Yep, blue. Ran in my bedroom for 20 years. Dad still used it lol

Made when you could just clean and grease a fan to keep it running forever.

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Wise-Tourist-6747@reddit

This exact one!

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SqAznPersuasion@reddit

Light blue.

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djsynrgy@reddit

THAT color. Wow.

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Usual-Asparagus-1299@reddit

Green oneso

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Blazah@reddit

Wow, this post made me realize I havent used or seen a fan that isn't attached to the celling in a LONG time, maybe 10+ years. Man I miss having a fan like this one lmao.

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AppropriateTouching@reddit

Man this hits. My grandma had one.

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FooFightingManiac@reddit

I literally have this exact model sitting outside my office for the summer months bc the AC doesn’t work well in there

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Rare-Boss2640@reddit

Mine still works

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JennasBaboonButtLips@reddit

Green. My parents still have it and I use it when I visit

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Sam81818@reddit

Same!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

I love the green and red ones also. Really hope to find or get both of those for one day.

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itsmejpt@reddit

That one. And a brown one.

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French_Dip_Please@reddit

I definitely remember my family had one, think it was like a dark grey? I remember my dad showing me how to take it apart and clean it

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Borsodi1961@reddit

Wow; the sight of this unlocked a childhood feeling

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RogowskiCoil@reddit

My aunt had the brown one. It was passed on to me at some point. At one point the blade piece came loose and I rigged up some solution using a sock. The fan was eventually discharged with honor.

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Emergency_Ad1851@reddit

Still have it as a spare fan in my garage. Same color.

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Thatoneguyfrom1980@reddit

I think I still have that exact one around somewhere

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xXsaberstrikeXx@reddit

Iiiii aaaammm yoouuurrr faaatherrrr

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Lemax-ionaire@reddit

This belongs in r/onlyfans

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hunnypunny@reddit

I think it was cigarette smoke color…

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noonesaidityet@reddit

That same color.

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Not_a_werecat@reddit

The hideous brown one.

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sugarandspice27@reddit

We had the brown one!

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Roobix9@reddit

This exact one!

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JohnnyKnifefight@reddit

We had 2

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thenewjerk@reddit

I can hear the satisfying click of the buttons

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16Shells@reddit

i think my parents still have that blue one pictured. lost of time laying in front of it and talking through the grill to make robot voices

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SonderEber@reddit

My folks had 2 of them, and my grandmother had 1. I miss these fans! If I found one somewhere, I’d probably get it lol.

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DabbledInPacificm@reddit

Still have mine

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Rose1982@reddit

We had one just break down in the last couple years. Uhhhh brown maybe? Can’t remember.

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musical_shares@reddit

In laws have the brown, parents have the blue one pictured.

Parents have had the blue one set up in their room since “the change” came to town with all her night sweats in tow, some 20 years ago. Dad hates that thing and would probably happily gift it to us when “the change” comes knocking ‘round these parts.

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neatac69@reddit

Yep. Mine was green.

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Inspi@reddit

parents had one exactly like your picture, grandparents had a brown one

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August_Merriweather@reddit

We had the same color.

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FloydianSlip212@reddit

Brown, lighter brown, tan, cream

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TheGreatTiger@reddit

It might have started out white, but like everything in my parent's house, it was smoker's yellow.

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weedtrek@reddit

The same blue one. Man I likes that fan.

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Munchkin531@reddit

My parents still have this fan in blue and it works! It blew such cold air. I loved sitting in front if it talking and being silly.

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carradio81@reddit

Brown!

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YakiVegas@reddit

Yes, that exact one. Give it back!

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Traditional_Cat_60@reddit

I want to touch those buttons

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Atillion@reddit

Brown

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ADMotti@reddit

This color.

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captain_flak@reddit

We had one until my brother attacked me with a plastic sword and I deflected it into that fan.

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JohnBrine@reddit

I remember that guy.

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Powerful_Tale_1319@reddit

Silver

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sundae_jewel93@reddit

never had one but that seems unhinged for a childhood obsession. i was more into caffeine than fandoms.

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Kazoo113@reddit

Luke, I am your fatha

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ImaginationDeep7650@reddit

So many Darth Vader voices spoken into it. 😂

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jinrohme2000@reddit

Had that exact fan

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Worth_Specific3764@reddit

harvest gold, still have it, still going strong. idk how many times I've pulled the whole thing apart and deep cleaned it, def at least twice a year. thing is unkillable.

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Had to deep clean this one when I got it back home. It’s on good condition, but I didn’t want someone else’s dust blowing all over my room.

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2kewl4scool@reddit

This one

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Chemical-Coconut-879@reddit

I have a Lasko sitting by my bed

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TigerIll6480@reddit

Blue.

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bassjam1@reddit

Same blue one as that. I'm surprised it lasted as long as it did with as much as I played with those buttons.

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

My grandparents had bunch of these because my grandfather apparently wouldn’t let my grandmother turn on the a/c until really late into the hot weather. In north Florida.

After he died my grandmother got rid of them all and started turning on the a/c when she wanted to.

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

My grandfather travelled a lot for work, so my grandmother always ran the huge A/C unit. 😂

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ValancyNeverReadsit@reddit

Theirs were a mixture of blue ones and brown ones. I liked the blue ones best because the color was so peaceful seeming

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bussysniffer3000@reddit

I don't remember the color I do remember it leaking some kind of black stuff like oil and almost catching on fire

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EliteCheddarCommando@reddit

Can you give me back our fan? Thanks!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

No. 😂😂😂

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Traditional_Ad_1547@reddit

We had these in our pop up camper as a kid. One is still in working order in my parents workout room. Lol

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WarpTroll@reddit

Growing up? I still have my blue one!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Oooooh, lucky! I wish I would’ve had the foresight to ask for one when they were sold off at family garage sales.

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WarpTroll@reddit

I'm just surprised it still works. Grabbed it right after college after having it growing up.

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Johnny-cache@reddit

I’m not sure I knew they came in any color other than brown or tan 😆

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Kind-Feeling2490@reddit

The two we had just broke within the past year and they looked like the one pictured in the photo. It amazes me how long some things from my childhood last.

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Negative-Midnight681@reddit

Brown n tan

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smellmyfingerplz@reddit

This exact one and color

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Faustus_Fan@reddit

I had the brown one in my room, my sister had the blue one in hers. I was always so jealous that she got blue, since that was my favorite color.

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Helo7606@reddit

Just got rid of one recently. It was ugly brown. So my kid painted it different colors.

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PlasticInstruction81@reddit

My parents still have this exact fan. It’s an amber brown. I loved playing with the buttons as a kid.

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highesttiptoes@reddit

My dad still has this fan and he maintains it and it runs like a champ.

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stareweigh2@reddit

its cool that stuff like this was built to last literally forever

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JanxAngel@reddit

We had brown and blue.

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Attic-Music@reddit

I thought these only came in beige…

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PotentialPlum4945@reddit

This exact one. Many hours spent talking into fan blades.

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maggie320@reddit

My grandma had two. One was brown and the other was the blue in the pic. Those suckers could put out some cool air.

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mattchewy43@reddit

I didn't know they came in anything but varying shades of brown.

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spacedwarf2020@reddit

Still have one in the basement still works like a champ but all the plastic is pretty brittle

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Thorn_and_Thimble@reddit

Oh man! Core memory unlocked! We had a blue one!

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LauraPtown@reddit

That color

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Grunblau@reddit

This is where I honed my Darth Vader voice…

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fromthedarqwaves@reddit

A rainbow of beige.

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Ordinary_Aioli_7602@reddit

Yep! A few of them, brown and blue

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BlackPhoenix1981@reddit

Beige. And like a weird caramely brown color.

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

I have an 18” Galaxy fan also that is also in that caramely brown colour.

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Tall-Introduction414@reddit

We got ours at a garage sale (white and gray) in the 90s, and the front grill was held on with twisty ties.

I feel like it's still in an attic somewhere.

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Biguitarnerd@reddit

I had one in that exact color on my dresser in my bedroom as a kid. What a blast from the past.

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So-Called_Lunatic@reddit

These were standard issue.

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greatlakesavenger77@reddit

I bet this is still at my mothers house somewhere

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GraphicallySuspect@reddit

Wow. Totally forgot about this. We had the blue one.

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FieldOk6455@reddit

That one.

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Mission-Jackfruit138@reddit

Brown, those buttons were so satisfying.

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takeaDip48@reddit

Not only did I have it in blue growing up but I relocated that same fan from my parents house to my house and I still use it

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Economy-Weird-2368@reddit

Had one with a lighter shade of blue. Or it was just faded due to age and use.

I remember always being hesitant to put it on the highest setting as a kid because I thought it was going to fly away.

Thanks for unlocking that fun memory.

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Imaginary-Race311@reddit

Brownish gold. Always reliable.

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psychic-Sasquatch@reddit

Brown, pretty much every shade of brown.

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midnight-dour@reddit

Brown/tan, as I recall.

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Ditzy_Davros@reddit

Didn't find a Galaxy, but I did find a vintage Lasko with metal grates for 2 bucks at my thrift shop. I've had it for 4 years now... still runs great!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

I got this one for $6 bucks, so I’m super excited.

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ohb78@reddit

Yep we had that exact fan

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flipzyshitzy@reddit

Nicotine

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TheLastGenXer@reddit

i have one and i still use it!

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Starscream147@reddit

THAT one!

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DeuceOfDiamonds@reddit

Yep. That same color, but with a finish layer of dust

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vankirk@reddit

Shit, bro this was air conditioning in middle school and half the turn was in the teacher

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WindSprenn@reddit

That is exactly color

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spinners_888@reddit

There's at least one in my workplace. Didn't know electric fans can be iconic!

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Northern_Lights_2@reddit

We had this blue one.

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Steel1000@reddit

I can smell this picture.

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jp7755qod@reddit

I blame these for starting my lifelong need to have a fan going while I fall asleep. Not sure about the color, but I definitely remember the “blender” buttons.

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crzytech1@reddit

Mine was brown, and my kid Sisters' was blue.

Lasted until the mid 2000s, my brown one moved out with me and served in my first apartment for the whole time I lived there.

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Complex_Armadillo49@reddit

Brownish.. not sure how much of that was from my moms smoking

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Vern1138@reddit

That's kind of funny. And kind of not funny. I'm pretty sure my grandparents had a brown one when I was growing up. But... like you, I'm not sure if that's because it was supposed to be brown or because of my Grandma's smoking.

She still made it to 94 though, which was amazing. Although she stopped smoking when she was in her 60's, so that probably helped.

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Complex_Armadillo49@reddit

When my mom and grandma were living together late in life, I remember spending the night and having nightmares that the house was on fire because it was so smoky. Grandma had breast, lung and brain cancer and survived it all until a stroke took her out. My mom still smokes 3 packs a day. Her walls are so so yellow lol

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Yes!

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Stardustquarks@reddit

Green, brown and blue around the house

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missnickypearl@reddit

Totally forgot about that fan. Neat find!

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Snow_Crash_Bandicoot@reddit (OP)

Thank you!