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by cornutt » Wed Jan 28, 2009 5:53 pm
OK guys, thanks for reminding me how old I am.
Given the time, my first musical toy was probably a wind-up music box of some sort, like maybe a jack-in-the-box. I recall having a toy piano and a toy xylophone. I don't really remember what came first.
Electronic children's toys were almost unheard of back then; the sole exception was toy phonographs. I did have one of those. And incredibly, my parents got me a wide selection of 45s that were popular then. I played "I Can See For Miles" and "Happy Jack" on my toy phonograph! I was about 5 when the first transistor radios started appearing, and my dad was an electrical engineer, so he got me one of the first Regency transistor radios. Wish I still had it; there are collectors who kill for those things now. Other than that, though, the first electronic toy I ever had was a Radio Shack Science Fair 50-in-1 kit that I got when I was 10.
Switches, knobs, buttons, LEDs, LCD screens, monitors, keys, mice, jacks, sockets. Now two joysticks!