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The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Fri Sep 14, 2012 8:04 pm
by Phelan
Reposted from
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/856 ... ckoo-goban at the poster's request:
rkcpek wrote:A while back I found an image online of what appeared to be a german Cuckoo clock inspired floor goban. I thought I had saved an image to a memory stick but can not locate it.
I doubt it was made from a single piece of wood or from the usual suspects of woods often used for a goban. I think it most likely was a 'hollow box' style floor goban. The top i remember was flat, as nothing stuck above the playing field. What sticks out like a sore thumb were the details on the sides. There were elements of leaves and pinecones and some landscape elements. I think it could have been a nice paintjob made to decorate the sides. Either way i remember it as though it were bas-relief carving as seen on cuckoo clocks.
Has anyone seen images of this particular floor goban online.
I've searched heavily and im starting to believe that it was either a side painting or possibly a 3d computer graphics art project. Things that many times pop up and disapear quickly from peoples blogs.
Seeking the Elusive Cuckoo Goban.
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2012 5:51 am
by jts
Yeah, it was definitely real, I've seen it too. Nothing Swiss about it, though; just a carved goban with various nature elements. I imagine they're kaya cones rather than pine cones.
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 1:07 pm
by jts
I nosed around for this a little bit but wasn't able to find it. I wonder if it was one of the things that was on the now-defunct blog of one of our former moderators.
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 6:41 pm
by tchan001
jts wrote:I wonder if it was one of the things that was on the now-defunct blog of one of our former moderators.
nonow-privatevery quiet
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Fri Sep 21, 2012 7:30 pm
by Phelan
jts wrote:I nosed around for this a little bit but wasn't able to find it. I wonder if it was one of the things that was on the now-defunct blog of one of our former moderators.
I assumed something like it, but since I haven't yet gotten a wordpress account, I couldn't search for it.
tchan001 wrote:jts wrote:I wonder if it was one of the things that was on the now-defunct blog of one of our former moderators.
nonow-privatevery quiet
Ok, thanks.
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 4:21 pm
by badukJr
tchan001 wrote:jts wrote:I wonder if it was one of the things that was on the now-defunct blog of one of our former moderators.
nonow-privatevery quiet
Done ragin' against the machine yet?
Re: The elusive Cuckoo Goban
Posted: Wed Sep 26, 2012 9:46 pm
by Phelan
An update from the original poster:
I recieved an email that was in broken english. Some of the words are german. It seems his father bought it at a charity auction from a church. It was a carved podium? stand? He converted into a game box that contained multiple games. He took it apart and I think he sold the carved sides. Something about 3 sides? Purchases?
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Any way you look at the situation it looks like the goban / game box was taken apart and sold. I have doubts that he might reply to my request for photographs of it. I'll post an update if I recieve any.