1971 Mattel INSTANT REPLAY Record Player

[recordboy]

I thought this thing was interesting

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1971-Mattel-INSTANT-REPLAY-Record-Player-with-36-Records-and-Original-Box-/181291702577?pt=Electronic_Battery_Windup_Toys_US&hash=item2a35d3d931

I wonder how hard it would be to make discs like this and even the playback machine?

Seems a fun thing, wish it wasn't soooo much, else I'd buy it and find out XD

-cheers

[Steve E.]

Weird that it's all sports guys, and that the records have no holes.

[Steve E.]

1971 Mattel INSTANT REPLAY Record Player with 36 RECORDS

Play-By-Play Sports Action!

Mattel Stock Number 5730

Records and Player are in very good condition, except the player is untested as part of one battery terminal was corroded and appears to be missing. There is some battery corrosion on the battery terminals in the battery compartment.

Includes original box and insert. Box has a partial price sticker still on front.

•••••••••• BASEBALL RECORD ••••••••••

• Willie Mays (San Francisco Giants)

•••••••••• BASKETBALL RECORDS ••••••••••

• Wilt Chamberlain (Los Angeles Lakers, NBPA Member)

• Jerry Lucas (New York Knicks, NBPA Member)

• Lew Alcindor (Milwaukee Bucks, NBPA Member)

• Oscar Robertson (milwaukee Bucks, NBPA Member)

• Willis Reed (New York Knicks, NBPA Member)

• Elgin Baylor (Los Angeles Lakers, NBPA Member)

• Jerry West (Los Angeles Lakers, NBPA Member)

• Pete Maravich (Atlanta Hawks, NBPA Member)

• John Havlicek (Boston Celtics, NBPA Member)

•••••••••• FOOTBALL RECORDS ••••••••••

• Joe Namath (New York Jets)

• OJ Simpson (Buffalo Bills)

• Dick Butkus (Chicago Bears)

• John Mackey (Baltimore Colts)

• Daryle Lamonica (Oakland Raiders)

• Leroy Kelly (Cleveland Browns)

• Donny Anderson (Green Bay Packers)

• Alan Page (Minnesota Vikings)

• Gale Sayers (Chicago Bears)

• Merlin Olsen (Los Angeles Rams)

• Bob Hayes (Dallas Cowboys)

• Bart Starr (Green Bay Packers)

• Lem Barney (Detroit Lions)

• Earl Morrall (Baltimore Colts)

• Sonny Jurgensen (Washington Redskins)

• John Broadie (San Francisco 49ers)

• Alex Karras (Detroit Lions)

•••••••••• MOTORSPORTS RECORDS ••••••••••

• AA Rail Dragster

• Funny Car

• Bonneville Jet Car

• Indy Racer

• Formula 1 Car

• F-4 Phantom Jet

• P-51 Mustang

• Gold Cup Hydroplane

• TT Motorcycle

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[piaptk]

My guess is that the records have no holes because they don't spin. The stylus does. Much like the Baseball Talk sports cards that came out in the mid 80s. I've got one of those on my "short lived vinyl based toys" curio shelf. I just bought one of these Mattel jobbies to sit next to it. Thanks for the heads up that they exist.

[Steve E.]

innnteresting. i wonder what the advantage would be?

It's possible that the records DO spin using an idler wheel. If you had a couple other wheels triangulating, you wouldn't need a hole. I guess either could work, and it would be a matter of spinning the lighter piece to save battery power.

See also the talking viewmaster:

https://www.lathetrolls.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=3879&p=23690&hilit=viewmaster#p23690

[diamone]

Actually this is the same as the Mattel Alphabet Phone:

http://images.worthpoint.com/files/pb/1115/3943/160.jpg

and the Mattel Talking Football

http://www.handheldmuseum.com/Mattel/Mattel-MondayNightFootball.jpg

and they had one for a space rocket and one for a Boing (sic) aircraft...

The discs did in fact spin as they had a mini version of the exact same mechanism inside as a Mattel-O-Phone. The disc retainer which actually went THROUGH the disc in a Mattel-O-Phone to rest in a dent on the ``turntable'' below (belt drive if you can believe that) rests instead inside the dent of the Instant Replay etc records - serving the same purpose.