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
1980
Good Play
ELEKTRONISCHE ORGEL
Hahaha! Special Thanks to Christian from Germany!

SOUND: 1 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Kingsford
MINI MATCH ME
A game and an organ. Great to play, because of the wonderful manufactured keys.

SOUND: 6 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Masudaya
MICON POPO
Oh, this is difficult to play, because the train really drives. So you have to follow the train, while pressing the keys! Damn hard.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 4 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Mattel
STAR MAKER GUITAR
Boys and girls... be prepared for the f**king greatest toy guitar on earth. Mattel created a masterpiece but unfortunately it is ultra rare. It creates the most brutal feedback noise you can imagine – without using any additional gear. Just take it in your hands and break biggest walls with the sound of this unearthy plastic. Many thanks to Jacques DuLong - inventor of the Bee Gees Rhythm Machine - for information and inspiration!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Play Well
ELECTRONIC ORGAN
If you ever noticed the design of the BONTEMPI Memoplay 26, you'll see that this machine is to 95% similar. But it is much smaller, which surprised me very much. A mini-version of a mini-organ.

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 3 COOLNESS: 4
1980
Playtime
CABBAGE PATCH KIDS
Simple architecture - portable and electronic. Oh i cabnnot stand these ugly faces of the Cabbage Patch Kids.

SOUND: 4 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1980
Popy
CANDY CANDY
Huge & cute - designed for happy families! Thanks to Morgan Fisher for getting me this!

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 8 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Romper Room
SNOOPY PLAYMATE
Thick machine with funny keys - play Snoopy nose, ears, hands and more...

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 7 COOLNESS: 5
1980
Suzuki
TRONICHORD
It is one of my masterpieces. Hours & hours pass by when you play this little machine. It simply produces harmony in any way... perfect for a futurist of the past like me. Thousands thanks to Morgan Fisher from Tokyo!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1980
Unknown
SUPER CHARLIE
A nice Stylophone sequel with Soft-Touch keyboard, a range of 4 octaves and 6 colour variations!

SOUND: 7 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1981
Bontempi
MEMOPLAY 24
Well, i only have to say "Bontempi" and you should know, how it sounds...

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 5 COOLNESS: 5
1981
Casio
VL-10
Aaaaaah, the VL-10. This is what made CASIO the best company in the 80ies world. smooth design and State-of-the-Art technology. Has only 3 very similar sounds (one sound with different envelopes) but a 100-step sequencer and the classical VL-1 rhythms (but they sound very thin). It also features 2 loudspeakers at front and back - one for the melody, one for the rhythm. Nothing but great. One of my favourites. And incredible rare, I can tell you... it took me 3 years to find one boxed!

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1981
Peter Pan
MUSICAL STORYBOOK
This is the easier-to-handle version of the Sketch-A-Tune. Your finger walks over a "Magic Touch Keyboard" which is a 64 key matrix. The sheets are specially drawn images - they show how to move the finger over the matrix. Play it wild and you get strange patterns.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 10 COOLNESS: 10
1981
Realistic
RHYTHM BOX
This huge loudspeaker kills. This is absolutely the most kicking toy-drum-machine I have ever heard. It breaks walls and makes children cry. Boooom Boooom.

SOUND: 10 DESIGN: 6 COOLNESS: 10
1982
A-One
ELEKSOUND SUPER
Extraordinary Piano-Design with huge ammount of plastic.

SOUND: 5 DESIGN: 10 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
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
1982
Casio
M-10
This ultra-compact keyboard is built like a tank - incredible great plastic-quality. The keys are absolutely professional and great to play. This was not intended to be a toy.

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

SOUND: 3 DESIGN: 3 COOLNESS: 5
1982
Emenee
COMPUTER PLAY ORGAN
Exceptional Design. Crazy sound with heavy tremolo. Future and Past in perfect harmony!

SOUND: 10 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
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