A bit of news on a phone box auction this week.
Phone boxes are expensive! I’d still love one for my garden though 😀
Category: Old Stuff
Phone Box Thursday: Midgar Phone Boxes
Geth has been playing Final Fantasy VII Remake this week. Final Fantasy VII is not set in the UK (far from it!) so we were pretty surprised to see some familiar-looking phone boxes in the game.
This is far from the first red phone box I’ve seen in a videogame (I’ve featured Professor Layton in the past and Disney Dreamlight Valley more recently, and at some point I’ll do a post on the Mass Effect 3 phone boxes) but certainly the first I’ve seen that’s not pertaining to the UK in any way!
These FFVII ones are even covered in flyers, just like real phone boxes 😀
Phone Box Thursday: Cruella’s Phone Box
Continuing the occasional theme of ‘red phone boxes in videogames’, one finally showed up in Disney Dreamlight Valley:
It appeared in the Cruella de Vil area of the newest expansion, Wishblossom Ranch. I have yoinked it to put next to my virtual house!
I’ve been posting a phone box post every Thursday since 1st February 2018 – that’s 418 Thursdays in a row including today! I will continue to do a phone-box-related post every week, but the main log of boxes will be on hiatus for a little while as I consolidate some things.
Phone Box Thursday: High Street, Burntisland
Dad captured this nice high street box in November.
(Coordinates 56°05’91.6″N, 3°23’43.5″W.)
(A few interesting changes to the building next door since the Street View image was taken a couple of years previously!)
This one appears to be a nice artwork/info showcase of some kind.
Phone Box Thursday: Toronto Revisit
Dad sent me an updated photo of the Toronto phone box from last September!
Still looking great and doing its job!
Phone Box Thursday: Center Parcs, Whinfell Forest
Here’s another one of the repurposed Center Parcs boxes sent in by Bill.
(Coordinates 54°63’38.6″N, 2°64’59.5″W).
Again, no evidence of the phone boxes in the 2012 Street View images but I’ve found the most likely spot.
Phone Box Thursday: Center Parcs, Whinfell Forest
Here’s one that Bill found in Center Parcs! Center Parcs have repurposed phone boxes to use as contact points next to signposts around the site.
(Coordinates 54°63’63.9″N, 2°65’80.2″W.)
This is a (relatively) recent re-use as this phone box does not appear in the Google Street View image from 2012, linked above.
Phone Box Thursday: Merry Christmas!
A few years ago, a fellow user on FetchEveryone (knowing I was a phone box fan) notified me of a phone box near her that is always specially decorated for Christmas. I realised I’ve never posted about it here, so here’s the BBC article about it.
I have actually featured this phone box before, but not in its Christmas state!
(Coordinates 52°41’70.6″N, 0°34’37.7″E.)
Anne also sent a Facebook link to this lovely one earlier today.
Hope to see some more Christmassy phone boxes out there!
Phone Box Thursday: Watton Street, Brecon
Another from Brecon!
(Coordinates 51°94’47.3″N, 3°38’55.7″W.)
Nice to see one with a phone!