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Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 3:05 pm
by 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
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 7:55 pm
by 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.
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 10:01 pm
by Joe_DS
kendphono wrote: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 2765 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
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:39 pm
by Victrolacollector
Yes definitely would be last of cylinder players. While considered a toy it was a phonograph and not cheap at that.
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2014 11:40 pm
by Bartman
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:29 am
by Lucius1958
Ah, yes: I remember seeing TV ads for this…
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 5:47 am
by FloridaClay
Being in the service stationed in Germany at the time, I missed knowing about these completely. Interesting. How was the sound quality?
Clay
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 7:49 am
by De Soto Frank
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 12:56 pm
by Phonofreak
Wow, That's expensive
For that kind of money, I can get a real cylinder phonograph.
Harvey Kravitz
Re: Last of the cylinder record players....?
Posted: Wed Mar 05, 2014 11:11 am
by Kryptosmaster
Phonofreak wrote:Wow, That's expensive
For that kind of money, I can get a real cylinder phonograph.
Harvey Kravitz
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".
