File this one under one of the best "made you look" Ebay auctions. I'm going through the newly listed stuff and I see a thumbnail of this image listed as "Magic Musical Thing." You can barely make out the image in the thumbnail but I see lots of colors and lights, so of course I click. And... It's a Hartmann Neuron! Only the Neuron of course is not up for auction, but rather... the "Magical Musical Thing"
No title link. Just the two shots and some details pulled via this auction.
Details:"RARE MATTEL 1978 MAGICAL MUSICAL THING. THIS SYNTH WAS MARKETED AROUND THE TIME OF THE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL MOTION PICTURE 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND' & MAY HAVE BEEN AN ATTEMPT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE MARRIAGE OF COLOR AND SOUND THAT COMPRISED COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE HUMAN AND TERRESTRIAL IN THAT FAMOUS FILM'S FINALE SEQUENCE... VERY GOOD FULY FUNCTIONING CONDITION DESPITE THE LOSS OF THE MATTEL LOGO AND OTHER ADORNMENTS. COMES WITH BOX AND BOOKLET OF INSTRUCTIONS AND SONGS. STRANGE BEAUTY AND PROBABLY A WONDERFUL CANDIDATE FOR A CIRCUIT BENDING PROJECT... WILL BE ABOUT 5lbs. PACKAGED"
Apologies for the all caps, but I'm not about to convert that to lower case.
Hey! My little bro had one of these when we were kids, I forgot all about this!! Wow, thanks for bringing back the memories.
ReplyDeleteI remember it being really cool actually, and with the membrane 'keyboard' you could do cool stuff just sliding your finger around on it.
Haha, never realized that I had a 'first synth' before!!
i was kicked out of a shopping mall for busking with one of these about 12 years ago.
ReplyDeleteI just found mine from when I was 8 at my grandfathers house last year. It still works like it did when I was 8. Love it and the memories.
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