This model collectors dubbed the loaf of bread radio, came on the scene with the commencement of post war production. Astor made every part on site, right down to the nuts and bolts. The station selection method moved two powdered iron tuning cores to range up and down in the hollow tubes of the tuning coils. This allowed them a little time before the return to making the more complex ganged tuning condensers. Dealerships came with a thirty three and a third percent protected profit margin. ASTOR dealers were in direct opposition to AWA, and in a new area, if both options were up for choice, retailers would have to decide which one they would seek to join. (. Hitch your wagon to a star, when the star was Mickey / ASTOR )
ASTOR radios were made in South Melbourne, Victoria. The picture of the 1930s earliest Mickey is yet to be added.