Mighty Tiny - Smallest record player in the world?
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Published 2023-08-19
Relevant Links:
A video featuring the Japanese version that played sound effects: • トミー ビックリレコード & OHIO ART Mighty Tiny R...
An article on History's Dumpster: historysdumpster.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-ohio-art…
The mighty tiny on Discogs: www.discogs.com/label/400744-Mighty-Tiny-Records
Queen Mary Dolls House Gramophone: www.rct.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/230220/…
00:00 The beginning
03:29 The repair
11:31 First play
12:22 More repairs
13:32 Another go
14:59 A bit of history
17:14 The true smallest records
19:06 Pointless experiment
21:09 Wrap-up
21:58 Patreon credits
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All Comments (21)
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Analogue audio enthusiasts will appreciate the price and warm sound quality of these; clearly superior to mini-discs.
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Huge advantage of this one : absolutely no risk of content match !
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I love the way every record sounds pretty much the same regardless of what is meant to be on it.
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It's a little sad that we won't see these kinds of electro-mechanical toys produced any more. There's a certain kind of ingenuity and efficiency in how these devices and designed and produced, not to mention their quaint charm!
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The audio quality of the Mighty Tiny perfectly matches the emotional tone of the box art. One is the sound of madness, the other is the image of madness.
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The box art accurately depicts the look of horror any kid would have when they hear the sounds emitted by one these little coffins.
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I love that you pushed this thing that little bit further by playing it on a regular record player. As always, Techmoan, your content is superior 🙏🏻
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The coffin mold was for a vintage Japanese board game called Horror House. The game had a main character called Death Head. On the board game was a this exact player but had a green Death Head mold on top. You would stick crucifix's inside his mouth and spooky sounds would play. Inside was a small record with multi sound spooky effects. I know this because I finally found the game after years of searching. I eventually restored it to perfect working order. Cool to see it as another children's toy.
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My heart goes out to the parents who bought their kids one of those and then had to spend the next weeks listening to what sounds like rubber bands being tortured, over and over again. You managed to make a very entertaining video out of it though, so perhaps it was all worth it.
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The comic timing and facial expression on needing to tap it to start playing at the end, was spot on.
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I liked the fact that you could play the entirety of the records without any chance of hitting a copyright strike.
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That's considerably bigger than the 'record player' inside the action figure I had in the 70s. It was built into the torso of the figure and the disc was removable and reversable and IIRC had several grooves so the character 'spoke' different lines each time you pressed the button (or it might have been pulled the cord, I don't think it had batteries).
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That sounded even worse than I expected. Although I'm not sure why I had any expectations at all :-)
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The Mighty Tiny scared the shit out of my cat. He was staring at the computer speakers with wide open eyes and then decided he was better off in another room.
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I've never winced and laughed so hard at the initial sound coming out of one of your unique formats Love the channel, keep up the great work. Tefifon is my all time favorite .
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As I was watching, I thought to myself, "I sure hope he attempts to play that somehow on a regular quality turntable in an attempt to check the actual quality of the pressing!" I KNEW you wouldn't let me down! 🥰 You are, by far, my favourite YouTuber!
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In ending, Don Poynter passed away on August 29, 2021 at the age of 95. Not bad. "In a 1988 interview with Scripps Howard, Mr. Poynter mused about the device he wanted to invent for his own tombstone. “When you walked up to it,” he said, “you’d activate an electronic voice. And it would say, ‘Come on down.’”" RIP Mr. Poynter.
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I'm amazed this video hasn't been tripped up by copyright matches. The quality of the reproduction is astounding!
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The fact that the image stuck with you for a decade and your only concern was getting a hold of one is just one of the many reasons I love this channel
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That's one way to avoid copyright strikes! Imagine what vocals would have sounded like.
