Showing posts with label toy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label toy. Show all posts

September 10, 2011

Record Player Piggy Bank


You place a coin on the mini plastic turntable (made in Japan) where you would normally place a record. When you press the black button it then moves the arm the turntable and the record rotates. "I think" it then shoots the coin into one of the speakers.

I say "think" because I can't find any other articles about this toy bank. I originally found it on this GREAT Japanese site but since the page is translated by Google, it is a little hard to understand.



August 17, 2011

Coolest Kids Toy Ever?

Check out his auction for a rare Tomy Voice-Corder. Released in 1972.

It is a complicated and pricey toy allowed kids to record one-off dub plates on colorful plastic-covered cards which could be sent to friends and family as 33 RPM audio postcards.


 Read more about it here.