Video: Listen to ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on a vintage Fisher Price toy record player
Remember those toy Fisher Price record players that were popular many many years ago? A man named Fred Murray has come up with a way to 3D print custom records for the toy and he has instructions for you to do it as well (if you own a 3D printer):
I recently stumbled across and old toy record player made by Fisher Price in the 1970s. I’m sure many of you will recognise this iconic toy and some of the older Instructables visitors may well have had one. As with many 40-year old toys, it was in a bit of a sad state and a couple of the records had been lost. Technology has moved on since it was manufactured and making some new records for it seemed like a nice way to merge old technology and new.
The first record he made was Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven. Watch below in all its plastic glory:
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