Last of the cylinder record players....?

[Joe_DS]

I'm wondering if any of the members of this forum had one of these when they were a kid --




http://blippee.com/blog/all-toys/jukebo ... ord-player

In 1971, I was 13, and "way too old" for this. (Doesn't mean I didn't want it.)

I couldn't find a video of the jukebox, but here's one of someone attempting to play the cylinder --

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-wG62D91AM[/youtube]

Joe

[kendphono]

Very interesting. I have one just like it except mine has a little different design. It is red in color and has Disney characters on it and plays Disney songs. I never saw another until yours.

[Joe_DS]

Very interesting. I have one just like it except mine has a little different design. It is red in color and has Disney characters on it and plays Disney songs. I never saw another until yours.

Hi Ken:

I never owned one, but I remembered seeing it in a couple of Christmas catalogs in the early 1970s, and did some checking online this morning, never expecting to find anything. I was surprised to find the web page about it.

I also found this at wishbook.web from the 1972 Sears Christmas Wish Book --

Jukebox.JPG (80.15 KiB) Viewed 2763 times

http://192.185.93.157/~wishbook/1972_Se ... age538.jpg
Main Page -- http://192.185.93.157/~wishbook/

That wasn't exactly cheap for a toy; $17.66 in 1972 would buy what $100 buys today.

Joe

[Victrolacollector]

Yes definitely would be last of cylinder players. While considered a toy it was a phonograph and not cheap at that.

[Bartman]

Here's the Disney one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Disney-Vin ... 2a36876730

[Lucius1958]

Ah, yes: I remember seeing TV ads for this…

[FloridaClay]

Being in the service stationed in Germany at the time, I missed knowing about these completely. Interesting. How was the sound quality?

Clay

[De Soto Frank]

Lateral or vertical cut ?

[Phonofreak]

Wow, That's expensive For that kind of money, I can get a real cylinder phonograph.
Harvey Kravitz

Here's the Disney one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Disney-Vin ... 2a36876730

[Kryptosmaster]

Wow, That's expensive For that kind of money, I can get a real cylinder phonograph.
Harvey Kravitz

Here's the Disney one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Walt-Disney-Vin ... 2a36876730

That's an eBay store seller. I never put their prices in reality. Seems like any idiot who sells stuff on eBay out of a store jacks their prices up to at least 4 times the actual value....if not more.
They also RARELY if EVER sell those items and get insulted if you ask them to take a reasonable offer. I've seen the same item for sale for YEARS from the same seller and they NEVER lower the asking price.
I believe their motto is "some sucker will buy it".