Fisher Price Classic Toys - Retro Music Box Record Player - Great Pre-School Gift for Girls and Boys

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Fisher Price Classic Toys - Retro Music Box Record Player - Great Pre-School Gift for Girls and Boys

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The original 1971 Fisher Price Change-A-Record Music Box, or otherwise known as the Fisher Price Record Player, is back
An endearing classic
Features 10 songs on 5 records
"Playable" records store conveniently inside the record player
Handy carrying handle for tunes on the go
Makes a great gift for babies and toddlers ages 18 months and up for hands-on, screen-free play!!

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Disappointed...NOT really 'Like' the Classic!I bought this toy for my grandchildren, because I lost the one that I used to have for my children. The reason I chose this was because it claimed to be "Classic". However...this is really only a 'look-a-lie' version of the original Fisher Price Record Player. The original record player was truly a wind-up operation, which has actual tines that played the music. This 'newer' version requires batteries and the music is very poor quality. We also found it rather confusing because not only does it require batteries...but you also have to wind it up AND turn the switch "ON". I really do NOT need yet another battery operated toy! I do not see why Fisher Price felt that they needed to change the design of the original record player, when that original player was both sturdy and functional! I was greatly disappointed. We kept the player because the original is no longer in production. Fisher Price used to be a toy brand that I trusted as being quality workmanship with affordable pricing. Now...they not only are catering to the battery companies, but are also finding sneaky ways to increase their toy prices (such as they did with the doll houses that used to come complete with all furniture and the doll family...and now you much purchase those things separately). 2I was SO disappointed when I finally got the player out of the ...I was SO disappointed when I finally got the player out of the box! I still have the one my children used when they were little. (They are 42 and 38). All my grandkids have enjoyed playing with it when they come over. I thought it would be fun to get one for my grandson for his first birthday but what a let down. the "on/off" button which the child used to slide right or left to turn on or off is FAKE. My grandson became so frustrated when he couldn't move it. Have you noticed how intuitive kids are with buttons - they love to operate them but this one does nothing! The sound is terrible. It's lightweight doesn't feel as durable. No grooves in the records (it's digital but doesn't have the same fun feel). The record arm is difficult to operate. The knob to wind up is impossible for a child to operate. I am certain this won't last 4 years let alone 40. Then again, maybe because I doubt he'll enjoy playing with it. Too bad I destroyed the box trying to remove it. Otherwise I would have returned it. Here's a tip - if you are going for nostalgic try not compromising on quality! 1This is a piece of crap. The songs don't even sound like the 'classic' ...This is a piece of crap. The songs don't even sound like the 'classic' song music. Making it work properly is too difficult for a small child as the 'arm' has to be precisely placed or it hesitates and skips. I am so disappointed I had to purchase a different birthday gift because I just couldn't present this one. DON'T BUY IT! 1False Advertising - one might consider boycotting Fisher Price over DECEPTIVE PRACTICESQuoting: "The original 1971 Fisher Price Change-A-Record Music Box, or otherwise known as the Fisher Price Record Player, is back". NO, it is NOT back. Nothing like the sound and visual experience of the original toy. It is a visual shell of the old toy only. 1False AdvertisingThis is not the same classic toy! The one I got was defective, but I would have returned it anyways. First, it takes batteries, the old one didn't. Next, the records do not have the raised bumps on them, to play the "music box" song. The arm does not have the same thing inside. Supposedly, it has a chip inside that can tell which record you put on. The one I got, the music would cut out and the on/off switch didn't work. The music wouldn't cut out on the old one. It seems like every time a company brings back a "classic", they always change it. Fisher Price should be ashamed, making consumers think they are getting the same toy they had as a kid. They probably make more of a profit this way. 1Very DisappointingThis is not the classic record player my children had in the '80's. Batteries are required but so is winding it up, the on/off button is fake and fixed in one position. The records are stored in a closed slot which makes it difficult to remove them if all are stored. The playing arm needs to be lifted a bit to move it onto and off of the record which is also difficult for little hands. I was very disappointed as the "classic record player" title of this toy led me to believe I was purchasing the same toy for my grandchild that my children had enjoyed 30 years ago...it is definitely not the same toy! 1Not the same toy! But still fun and nostalgic...My parents still have my 30 year old music box record player and it still works great -- so we were pleased when someone gave us this new "classic" version as a gift for our boys. It does have a similar look and feel, but if you really want the original be warned that this is not the same toy. Engineering analysis follows below. As a toy though, the kids love it and it is reasonably durable. They will need help operating it when younger but it does give them that sense of tactile control of the music that the original was renowned for.I was perplexed as to why this needed batteries and why the discs looked different than I remembered though, so I took a closer look yesterday at it:The original player had a real music box in the record player "head", and the bumps on the discs would strike the teeth of the music box, producing the notes, which echoed in the box chamber. The discs turned via manual wind-up. A brilliant re-imagining of the music box in a record player format, not unlike a real record player in how it worked, and a highly cherished toy.Evidently someone realized that it was far less expensive to use a 25 cent memory chip and a speaker instead of all those mechanical parts (study though they were), so the new player works as follows:- The record head has four pressable buttons which line up with four ridge positions on the discs- Each disc no longer has "bumps" for notes, but instead simply has a combination of four continuous ridges- The memory chip identifies which disc is being played by the ridges depressing the buttons- The wind-up still turns the disc manually, but all it does is tell the speaker to play while turning.So, if no ridge being present is 0, and a ridge is 1, then Humpty Dumpty might be 0-1-0-1 while London Bridge might be 1-1-1-0 and so on. Hence the appearance of the discs.You don't really need the disc at alls - just wind it up (so the chip knows the music is "on"), and press the buttons under the head with your fingers to activate different songs.All of this is invisible to toddlers, of course, but adults may miss the faster and slower variations of the original and be annoyed at having to now use three batteries in what was once a battery-less toy. 3This is not the Fisher Price Record Player you grew up with.I never owned one of these but it was always fun to go to my grandparents' house and play with the one they kept around for the grandkids. The records had several "tracks" and each one was responsible for causing a note to play as it passed under the arm. The records were actually what caused the music to play, causing a physical action that caused sound to emanate. Quite a clever introduction to serialized data.This one is a reinvention and worse for it. There are no longer proper tracks but just raised pseudo-toroidal bumps which the swing-arm reads and causes the music to play. It doesn't matter where you are, it plays from the beginning. There's not physical interaction either, it plays from its internal electronic player (hence why batteries are needed). The record player must be wound up but there is no actual reason this is even needed. It's purely a visual affectation. Hence why when it winds down, the music doesn't slow, it just sort-of stutters. The whole elegance of the original design has been lost and any connection to what it originally represented is no longer present except as some grotesque parody.Now, with the negatives out of the way, I have to say, it's pretty cheap and it's likely to entertain small children so I'll give it a few stars. My son likes to watch it and listen to the music. But for what it is, might as well play him something on a smartphone. I feel this is targeted at pinging the nostalgia bone in parents like me rather than creating a good toy for a child. 3Named and marketed deceptively, definitely not the classic music box toy.One star because it's named and marketed deceptively. It's not a record player, it's not the classic music box toy, and it shows a certain degree of contempt for customers to give it the appearance / name of the original while drastically changing the experience.Mattel/FP: If you're trying to re-issue the original, *re-issue the original*. If you want to sell a toy built around an electronic mechanism for playing songs when plastic discs are selected, sell a Fisher-Price mock CD player.Shoppers: If you're looking for a music box, look elsewhere. Also, you might notice there are CD players available out there that are less expensive than this. Buy one of those, pick up a few classic discs from your local thrift store or used music store and you have something a step up from this. 1Digital Recreation of a classic.If you are after the old style, wind and play with teeth on the records play by a steel comb. This isn't it.This is a battery operated digital recreation."The original 1971 Fisher Price Change-A-Record Music Box, or otherwise known as the Fisher Price Record Player, is back." False claim.Had I read the comments beforehand I would not have purchased. 1

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