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We have a turntable, and our 2½ year old listens to records on it. He's not putting the records on himself just yet of course, but it's nice to have some technology where the physical aspect is so prominent — records have two sides, you have to manually place the needle and stop the turntable after listening, and records hold a specific album.

He'd love a toy like that (the original that is).

On a related note: it's nice that some old records with children's content are actually really good, and often much nicer — slower, more focussed, and with better articulation — than modern content for his demographic. Although I admit that the much-loved audio play about a field mouse visiting her mousy friend who lives in the city to learn all about the sounds in a family's house is a bit… anachronistic. The shower, electrical razor, and hoover are fine, but the typewriter and landline telephone may be a tad confusing, and the baker who hawks his bread at the door hasn't shown up in reality yet (but fast-food delivery is a close-ish thing). His parents both use mechanical keyboards though, so the sound isn't too far-fetched.

People will buy this toy mostly for the nostalgic feeling. I just don't get why Fisherprice didn't just remake the battery-less original though; it would have hit just the right note nowadays. The remake just damages their brand.




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