Re: [microsound] [ot -in search of ancient tape recorders]

[m mouth <failsafedefault@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

dunno  if this relevant but fisher-price did a lot of
toys bak then like that - 
such as that pixelcam sadie plant/frost??? (always get
those 2 confused  sorry )
uses for some of her films..

you could try there perhaps.

cheers

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--- wsoderberg@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> hoping someone can put a name/manufacturer to this
> bit of recording toy
> nostalgia...
> 
> i received a play/toy tape recorder xmas of 1969...
> don't remember the
> brand... it had a close-looped cartridge that lasted
> maybe a minute or
> two... unlike any format i have seen since... it was
> small, like a cassette
> in tape width (1/4-3/8"?)... the plastic unit had a
> speaker and microphone,
> and must have had some kind of switch for selecting
> play or record...
> probably was battery operated...
> 
> probably was available thru a sears catalog...
> 
> this was my first recording experience... and i was
> hoping to begin a search
> to obtain another one of these... but cannot find
> anything like it in my
> search engine forays...
> 
> anyone who can suggest any place to look for info on
> this era of toy
> recorders, please help... mostly am looking for a
> manufacturer/model #...
> and possible place to see a picture of one, find one
> in operating
> condition...
> 
> thanx
> ~w
> 
> 
> 
>
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