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1980s Fisher-Price Brown Battery Powered Cassette Player and Recorder Model 826

Jon Nix — Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:27:39 +0000

Immediately recognisable to those of us of a certain age, this is a Fisher-Price portable cassette player and recorder, more boringly known as the Model 826. It's a battery-powered slice of two-tone brown plastic which dates from the 1980s (copyright 1980). It's a simple affair but that was part of its appeal and also why they became so popular to youngsters. It's a one-touch recorder via microphone or input and a player through its rather limited speaker. But what would you expect.

This one is in good cosmetic condition and seems to work correctly - it does require a good quality set of batteries, however. There are no chips or cracks to the plastics and all of the buttons are responsive and work as they should. Don't expect jaw-dropping audio, but do expect to be charmed by this relic of a particular time when this was indeed the thing to have...

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Cathay Model SRC727Q Portable Twin Cassette Player with Radio (Box Only!)

Jon Nix — Mon, 25 Jul 2022 15:35:04 +0000

Just a box, yes, it's true - but what a nice box. It used to contain a Cathay Portable Twin Cassette Player with Radio (Model SRC727Q) but it doesn't any more. It's now empty but it's got an appeal all of its own so we're offering it up to see if someone would like to give it a home for decorative purposes or to re-unite it with some contents which would fit it. We would recommend a Cathay Model SRC727Q Portable Twin Cassette Player with Radio as the perfect companion for it.

Make us an offer? ;)

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Vintage Alba R-150 Portable Cassette Tape Recorder/Player with Microphone

Jon Nix — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 21:07:53 +0000

"All the rage" for recording your favourite tunes from the charts in the 1970s and 1980s or simply for recording yourself - the portable tape cassette player/recorder. This one was made by Alba and comes boxed with instructions. All the features you'll need are there: battery or mains power, an internal microphone, an auxiliary microphone socket and microphone, a recording indicator, automatic recording level control, and auto-stop mechanism. It'll even work with your computer, assuming your computer is from the same era and loads tapes ;)

In excellent condition and fully working as far as can be tested. A really great bit of kit, which will evoke fond memories for those of a certain age...!

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Ross Digital Clock Radio / Personal Stereo Cassette Player

Jon Nix — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 20:49:11 +0000

Imagine for a moment... a digital clock radio with cassette which one moment sits by your bedside and then the next becomes a personal stereo cassette player for you to use when out, I don't know, rollerblading in your neon leggings and tie-dyed top [that's a reference to the 1980s in case you didn't get it]. Well, if you imagined that and it sounds like something you just have got to own, then this is the item for you. It's made by Ross and is gloriously plastic-ky and does exactly as described in your imagination. It's a mains-powered digital clock radio/cassette player with the latter detachable to become a battery-powered personal stereo. The radio is AM and FM, you can wake to a buzzer or to the radio and it has a "snooze" function. It does everything that a digital clock radio should do, except for the detachable personal stereo part, which is unusual to say the least...!

Cosmetically, it's in reasonably good condition, though at some point in its past the power cable has been wrapped around the unit and this has led to what can only be described as surface indentations where the plastics have interacted. It's otherwise good, despite these marks and overall the styling does enough to distract from these imperfections.

Offers welcomed on this rather strange item!

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