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Got a Fisher Price record player for my 8th birthday and it ruined my life for three days
I know everyone loves those old Fisher Price record players from the 70s and 80s. But I had one bad week with mine and I still get annoyed thinking about it. So my grandma gave me her old one from the attic, the blue and yellow one with the little dog on the side. I was so excited. I found a stack of old 45s at a thrift store in Toledo for like 50 cents each. First day was fine, played some Beatles and stuff. Second day the rubber on the turntable started slipping and the records would slow down then speed up. Sounded like Alvin and the Chipmunks on helium. Third day the needle arm just broke off completely. I sat there with a little plastic knob in my hand and a pile of warped records. My dad tried to fix it with super glue and a paperclip but it made everything worse. So that week I learned old toys are often more nostalgic than actually fun. Anyone else had a vintage toy that totally let you down?
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rosed325d ago
Had the exact same turntable as a kid. The rubber on mine started stretching out after a few weeks, and I learned you can boil a rubber band and stretch it around the platter as a temporary fix. Worked for about a day before the whole thing seized up. Those old Fisher Price toys were built to survive a nuclear blast except for the one part that actually mattered.
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owens.willow5d ago
Wait, boiling a rubber band was actually a known fix? I just chewed on mine until it was kinda stretchy and hoped for the best. Guess that explains why my records sounded like a dying cat.
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Wait, did you try the super glue and paperclip trick too? I did that with my dad on a broken Tonka truck and ended up with my fingers stuck together for two hours.
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