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A quick hop on the nostalgia train to look at some mini records that gave a voice to many toys in the 1970s.

https://youtu.be/l1L4tCiY4aI

Just like the tech featured, this video isn’t overly elaborate, but they both just about work, in their own way.

Hope your week is going well - it’s scheduled to snow a significant amount here tomorrow and I have to drive to a routine medical appointment in town. I think I should be fine, from my experience snow only turns up unannounced.
Take care.

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Remember these Mini Records?

Repair & demo of one of the more commonly reminisced about mini record formats. 00:00 Start 00:25 Toy Records 00:59 Action Man Field Radio Repair 15:15 Field Radio Demo 19:22 Multiple track disc explanation 19:50 Demo wrap 20:32 Human interlude 21:45 The Juniorfon 24:43 Juniorfon Repair 27:10 Nightmare fuel 29:41 It’s a wrap 30:33 Patreon credits MERCHANDISE Techmoan Merchandise is available from https://nerdkeyz.etsy.com/ SUBSCRIBE http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 SUPPORT This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* OUTRO MUSIC Over Time - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to various merchants posted here and make a purchase, this can result in me earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network & Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON Sites (including, but not limited to Amazon US/UK/DE/ES/FR/NL/IT/CAN

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Dungeoneer

I've got one of those in my ALF plush toy from 1986. 'I'm a people alien!' 'Here, Kitty, Kitty, Kitty!' ...

Gordo

Yep, I worked out how this operates before you did - about 55 years before. My dad had the 'bag-o-laughs' and I disassembled it to see how it worked. Just in case you're not aware, the best strategy for bending one of those leaf-switch arms is to remove it and bend it at its fulcrum - bending it from the contact end never seems to work. If you can't remove the arm (they are often heat-staked in place), applying a sharp bend as close to the anchor point as possible with needle-nosed pliers often does the job..