Remember these? This photo wasn't taken in the 70s but in my living room about 10 minutes ago!
Turns out you can buy a new version, although this is one of those were you just can't beat the original. Apparently the new one has batteries, but I remember one of my favorite things was turning the crank. Sometimes I wouldn't turn it enough and the song would stop playing too soon, but I loved winding it up all over again. I had the British version of this, so the songs are probably different from the one that was available in the U.S. those many years ago - London Bridge, Camptown Races, Edelweiss...
Such a lovely piece of nostalgia and I'm very thankful to my mother for storing it away all these years. When I bought it home from England in my carry on luggage, I watched the guy at the x-ray machine stare at it for a while and tap his co-worker to ask an opinion on what it was, before passing it through. Glad I tend to pack light because it was totally worth it to bring this home.
Oh, yes. We had one of those, too, in my family.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, between all seven of us kids, we had just about every toy Fisher-Price made during the 70's and early 80's.
My favorite was my My Friend Jenny doll who looked just like me (and had my name, too!).