Vintage, mass-produced products whose designs have barely changed

[Stumpy Pepys]

1. The Moka coffee pot
2. The Fender Telecaster*
3. The Converse/Chuck Taylor All-Star
4. The AK-47
5. The spring-loaded mousetrap
6. Lego


*applies to several musical instruments, to be honest.

[hobbes]

The ipad.

[Stumpy Pepys]

The ipad.

Ah, you're such a wag.

[ad hoc]

Not sure about the mousetrap. Yes the design of the spring loaded version has barely changed, but I think it's been thoroughly superseded now by different forms of trap. It's all about glue these days (or traps that keep the mouse alive). In the shop around the corner from me they no longer sell the spring loaded ones (neither to be fair do they sell the humane ones). And I live in a traditional village filled with farms and therefore mice, and I reckon people round here know what works best.

[Stumpy Pepys]

Not sure about the mousetrap …

Still the best-selling mousetrap on Amazon

[Kevin S]

OTF?

[Paul S]

Still the best-selling mousetrap on Amazon

I thought it was a reference to the play.

[andrew7610]

Porsche 911

[ad hoc]

Still the best-selling mousetrap on Amazon

But who buys mousetraps on Amazon? People who need mousetraps most go to the local shop I'd argue . Amazon mousetraps are probably sold most to middle class people who possibly see one mouse every five years.

[slackster]

Dualit classic toaster? Designed in 1952 and hardly changed. Ours is 30-odd years old and still going strong.

[Wouter D]

Checkerboard Vans

[Flynnie]

Porsche 911

Not with that water cooled engine, bub.

Henry vacuum cleaners.

[ursus arctos]

Le Creuset's Dutch Oven
Wüsthof Cutlery
Melitta Coffee Cone and Filters

Kitchenware is a gold mine for this.

[Toby Gymshorts]

Dutch Oven

Tee hee.

[ad hoc]

Wüsthof Cutlery

My mother, whose first act on sitting down at a restaurant table is to check that the cutlery is from Sheffield, would be appalled.

[Patrick Thistle]

6. Lego
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Well, yes and no. The classic "brick" is still very similar. But they introduce new elements/ pieces all the time and a lot of pieces produced in the 70s and 80s aren't made any more.

[ursus arctos]

My mother, whose first act on sitting down at a restaurant table is to check that the cutlery is from Sheffield, would be appalled.

She must struggle when visiting you

[ad hoc]

She must struggle when visiting you

Not half. But I do end up with very good practical Xmas/birthday presents

(although they are less practical when I am travelling with hand luggage only)

[ursus arctos]

I am in general a big fan of irrational attachments to the iconic products of one's home town, even if I do recognise the inherent superiority of Montréal bagels.

[Amor de Cosmos]

[Hot Pepsi]

Wooden pencils
Cheap ballpoint pens. There are lots of better ones, but they still crank out the standard kinds

[WOM]

Checkerboard Vans

God, how I hate those.

[Benjm]

Vans are a good example of something that, while ostensibly looking the same, has evolved over time. They currently have a range called Anaheim Factory which are supposed to be closer to the originals than the modern iterations. Are they trying to have their cake and eat it in still trading upon the brand's history and aura to drive mainline sales while at the same time claiming that the current versions are sufficiently removed from the original to warrant them having a separate heritage line?

At root it's a device to separate trainer fiends from more of their cash of course, but the internal logic does seem strained.

In clothing, items that are proclaimed as timeless classics are not immune from changing fashions and time. If you buy a classic white shirt as recommended in this year's style pages and stick it in the wardrobe for twenty years before wearing it, you'll look like someone sporting a crisp twenty year old shirt. The pitch is just to attract customers who think of themselves as a step or two removed from the rush of cutting edge fashion.

[Gangster Octopus]

Checkerboard Vans

I've had to search to find out what this means. It's pumps again, isn't it.

[Hot Pepsi]

Same with Adidas Originals line.