1984
Casio
CK-200
Bigger brother of the CK-10 and same sound architecture as the PT-1. Dream of being in the 80ies, walking through the streets, listening to rap music and playing that cheap violin-sound. Thousand thanks to Paul from Chicago!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Unknown
EXCEL-O-TONE XLT-1
The worst CASIO VL-1 fake ever. These Hongkong Guys have stolen the design, the name and even parts of the box (rainbowcolors). Cheapest plastic and only one headaching sound. Best section: the little display with ultra-small LED's to show the notes. But why stereo loudspeakers? This sounds less than Mono!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 4 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Hourtronic
HEATHCLIFF TUNES
Meow!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Bontempi
PORTABLE ELECTRONIC ORGAN
Definetively one of the better Bontempi-Stuff. Cool cheap rhythms and some few nice sounds... better than nothing! I also like the design with that technological attitude.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1984
QVC
SCHROEDER PIANO
The motor which moves the figures is louder than the keyboard. Play it arround 2-3 minutes and you get the best headache in your life!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1984
Tunetown USA
MUPPET BABIES ELECTRONIC PIANO
There are these days, when I wish, I had never started collecting mini organs.

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 1 COOLNESS: 1
1984
Unknown
ELECTRONIC BOOK ORGAN
Don't read books - play with miniorgans!!!

SOUND: - DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Unknown
WRITE-A-SONG PIANO
Write-a-song, sing-a-long and hide-a-secret (behind the flower) - perfect for children at any age.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 4
1984
VEB
MONI
Looks like a 60ies machine but is from the 80ies - because it is from the German Federal Republic - the "other" germany till 1989. Moni is also an average german name.

SOUND: 4 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Takara
SWEET MELODY
Cartridge based Organ with some cool Casio-like rhyhtms and a nice piano sound. This was also released from Yamaha as TYU-40. Thanks to Hiromichi.

SOUND: 7 DESIGN: 8 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Wersi
HOBBY MAKER
A smal kit stored in a funky box of paper.

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 1 COOLNESS: 1
1984
Unknown
BURGERS ORGAN
Hmmmmm...

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1983
Casio
PT-50
Second best machine from the PT-series. A cool silver sequel to the very similar white PT-30. Warm and great rhythm sounds and some great rhythm/chord pattern too. Plays ROM Cards - and CASIO made many of them with stored arrangements.

SOUND: 8 DESIGN: 9 COOLNESS: 10
1983
Sweet Harp
ROSE PETAL PLACE
Really hard to play but it has a very unique design and sound. You have to stroll over the pink field to get harp-like sounds. An extra button creates filter-like effekts. Cute.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1983
Casio
CK-10
Same architecture as the CASIO PT-1 but with a built-in radio. It is also the smaller brother of the CASIO CK-200 Boom Box keyboard. Smart design and sophisticated color selection. Only for intellectual people.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 7
1983
MBO
WRISTWATCH ORGAN
What can I say? It exists!!!

SOUND: 2 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1983
Takara
GOROPIKADON
Very cute Sing-A-Long. Just made for japanese girls. Thanks to Hiromichi.

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 8 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Casio
VL-80
Hey, does anybody in the world know about this little freaky machine? This is the one and only calculator with a “Vibrato” switch. And look at the keyboardlike keys. With a shift key you can play the “halfnotes”. Has a built in sequencer - so this is maybe the smallest programmable keyboard of the world. Special Thanks to Alfakom from Denmark!

SOUND: 9 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Casio
PT-7
Incredibly great. Just watch the design. I don't know what's the idea behind, but it looks so sophisticated. Maybe the CASIO engineers were on acid? The keys are a bit hard to play but they offer you 8-note polyphony. The rhythm section is superb - warm and deep sounds. Oooh I love it.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Sharp
ELSI MATE EL-670
Wow - this looks nearly as great as the CASIO VL-10. Silver slimline design in a leather case. I love the musical keys!!! It also features an alarm clock and you can program your own alarm melody. Yeah, one of my hottest and cutest machines.

SOUND: 7 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Yamaha
HANDYSOUND HS-200
Same machine as the YAMAHA HS-501 but without LCD display and the cool shooting game. A bit boring for my taste, but very hard to find boxed!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1982
Yamaha
HANDYSOUND HS-501
The worlds only toy keyboard with a built in shooting game? Like with Space Invaders you have to shoot little notes. This is the strangest of 3 little games for learning more about notes. Special Thanks to Lars from Norway for additional Box!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Dr. Boehm
HOBBYTON
Oh, what a sad thing...

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 3 COOLNESS: 5
1982
Yamaha
CS01 SYNTHESIZER
Sure, this machine is an exception in my collection because it is not a real toy, but it is a real analog synthesizer to learn subtractive synthesis. The sound is incredibly great. No virtual analog synth can rebuild this strong and simple energy.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Casio
VL-5
The biggest keyboard in the VL series with 4 note polyphony and some special features. There is a barcode reader enclosed but it only read prepared CASIO-barcodes - so you cannot turn the barcodes from your cornflakes or toiletpaper into weird music. Pretty sad!

SOUND: 7 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 7