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Rare and Vintage Musical Electronic Toys

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Helen
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comp.jpgminiorgan: For all friends and lovers of rare and vintage musical electronic toys, this is the first museum of lost organs, damned keyboards, childish synthesizers, dusty voice transformers and singing calculators. Most of them are from the 70s and 80s.

Maybe you remember some from your own childhood, but I’m sure you haven’t seen most of them in your life. Enjoy watching the constantly growing collection of these little beeping creatures. There are 16 pages of toys, including MATTEL MAGICAL MUSICAL THING (1978), a masterpiece of the golden age of electronic musical toys. You can play it with your knee, hip or elbow! The collector (Eric) played it with his nose… very funny experience. This online collection includes over 120 toys, with more added several times a year. You can contact Eric from the site. With thanks to pixelsumo.


Aug 23, 2007
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  1. Retro:

    I personally love vintage toys. It’s fun finding the toys you had as a kid, or the ones you always wanted.

    Aug 27, 11:37

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