Fisher-Price Music Box vibes, but in a good way…
Ah, how I loved my Fisher-Price Music Box. It played stone-cold bangers including Hickory Dickory Dock, London Bridge and Where Has My Little Dog Gone, which I listened to throughout a carefree childhood until the pastel-colored 'records' had huge chunks missing and the wind-up mechanism all but conked out.
The design language is all there though – red chassis, 1970s font with cute curly flourishes, rudimentary tough-to-break plastic tonearm – but this inexpensive record player has an ace up its sleeve: you can also cut your own records with it before listening to them. And we should definitely take Teenage Engineering seriously – it is one of the, after all.
You get five blanks in the box, but additional Record Factory singles ready for recording can be purchased in packs of 10.