1977
Creative Playthings
LITTLE MAESTRO
Sounds sooooo poooor! Buzzzzzzzzzzz! Special Thanks to Scott from USA!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1982
Dr. Boehm
HOBBYTON
Oh, what a sad thing...

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 3 COOLNESS: 5
1968
Dubreq
STYLOPHONE
What shall I say about a Stylophone? First Rolf Harris Edition. Nice box and enclosed vinyl with crazy Rolf Harris lyrics.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1978
Dubreq
STYLOPHONE
Here is the German edition, promoted by Bill Ramsey (the german Rolf Harris? But Bill is not german... strange world). Sounds very flat because of the few "digital" parts inside. The early Stylophones sound much much better.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Electroplay
SOUND FX PHASOR
It looks like a Phaser, but it is a Phasor - and a fully programmable Synthesizer. It offers 6 parameters - each with a value of 0-255. The manual don't tell you what these parameters exactly are, but you can make damn digital noises and sounds and play them on the keyboard which has 10 notes. In a way this is between CASIO VL-1 ADSR function and REMCO Sound FX Machine. A true Masterpiece of early Sound Toys.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1975
Emco
ADD-VENTURE KIT
No words about this. Just watch the box and dream of being a 70ies child... Special thanks to my friend Max from California!

SOUND: - DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Emenee
COMPUTER PLAY ORGAN
Exceptional Design. Crazy sound with heavy tremolo. Future and Past in perfect harmony!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1986
Fisher Price
CREATIVE MUSIC MAKER
Very interesting and rare machine. A combination of an organ - surpisingly with half-notes - and a microphone. Your voice can be transmitted to a radio near you - you can change the receiving frequency. I can't imagine a child with an age of 4, that can handle it to play and sing at the same time. Another great technical failure and highly collectible. Very Special Thanks to Max from Californa!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1988
Fisher Price
ELECTRONIC PIANO
Big surprise: I thought this would be just another cheap mono-organ but it offers a 4-note polyphony with a very smart sampled piano sound in 4-bit quality. Has also a little sequencer and two nice demos. Strange design for an 80ies fisher price toy - I think it was indended for "young adults".

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 6 COOLNESS: 10
1977
Formula
TOUCH ORGAN
Selfmade organ with Theremin-like effects. With dry hands you create weird microtonal tunes, but with wet hands you get the full sounds. So "play" with your hands...

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Fundimensions
SOUND GIZMO
Makes some nice noises but is very limited in its possibilities. The REMCO Sound FX Machine can do much better noises. Fortunately it looks very cool and has a lot of space-attitude.

SOUND: 6 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1978
Gakken
MAIKU ORUGANU
Funny little thing. Especially made for little girls fingers! Many thanks to Hiromichi from Tokyo!!!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
GCE
VECTREX MELODY MASTER
Not really a Miniorgan, but a fantastic programmable musical system. The Vectrex is one of the most famous retrogame machines nowadays. With a special software called Melody Master and a Light Pen you can create your own Drum & Music Sequences on screen. It looks like a Fairlight but sounds like a C-64. Anyway, it is fun to see the musical notes jumping and running on the sreen.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1971
General Electric
TOTE-A-TUNE
Such a marvellous colour and shape. And 4 very analogish and nice sounds. A real sweetheart! Also released in brown color by GTE Orgatron I.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Good Play
ELEKTRONISCHE ORGEL
Hahaha! Special Thanks to Christian from Germany!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Good Play
ELEKTRONIK ORGEL
Oh no, i cannot stand it... this is cheap & ugly. Even the children on the box are ugly...

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1982
Good Play
ELEKTRONIK ORGEL
Lovely machine with poor sound! Just another Hongkong-Machine!

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 7
1986
Good Play
MELODIE-ORGEL
Goodplay licensed so much cheap Hongkong - Taiwan - whatever organs. You cannot count. They are all rare or super-rare. This one has a built-in mic and a nice clicking rhythm section.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1992
Good Play
MUSIK LOK
Unfortunately 90ies stuff, but too great to ignore. The little train has a small 8 note keyboard on the bottom. As it drives along the track, the coloured switches push the keys, so you get your own programmed melody. In other words, this is an analog step sequencer for 3-year old children. No surprise, that this toy failed like many other musical toys. Too complicated for our youngsters.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 10
1986
Grandstand
MAJOR MINOR
This machine has some great sound facilities that aren't mentioned on the box or in the manual. There is a teaching and SINGING voice. Each key can sing its own Do Re Mi and so on. There is also an unbelievably great rhythm section. You can speed up the robotic clicking sounds so fast, that Aphex Twin will be blown away. Pure fun.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1975
Harvard
MINI ORGAN
Small like a pocket radio. Play your favourite tunes wherever you are and watch the jumping red LED's. I've seen a very rare color-variation called RAGGEDY ANN Mini Organ.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1984
Hourtronic
HEATHCLIFF TUNES
Meow!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1988
Intersound
PLAY IT AGAIN
It is small and it makes beep, that's all I need... Sorry, collectors poetry.

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 4
1977
Kawai
LEMON ORGAN
It's not an apple! It's not a peach! No,... it's a SUPERLEMON!!!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1978
Kenner
PLAY 'N PLAYBACK
A lovely and well-shaped organ with keys made for elephant fingers. I like the transparent protection plastic. Unfortunately it sounds like many other 70ies toy organs... beeeeep. Special thanks to Scott from USA!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10