Posted by Goodsport from adsl-216-102-199-185.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net on November 17, 1999 at 00:28:58:
In Reply to: Just got my Infernal Machine today... posted by Goodsport on November 15, 1999 at 23:07:39:
: (I believe the top of the box said "Leningrad Physics Institute - Property of Volodnikov"... written in Russian, of course).
Upon seeing the top of the box again, it actually said, "Leningrad Physics Institute - G.E. Volodnikov". I'm sure that the 'G' stood for 'Genady' (the guy's first name), although I don't know what the 'E' stands for (perhaps his patronimic, since Russians don't generally have middle-names like Americans and Western Europeans do).
Sorry about the confusion! :(
-G