Premium Gramophone Kit - Assembly & Demo

[@Techmoan]

Timestamps Intro: 00:04 Construction: 02:00 Playing a 78rpm record: 07:00 Comments: 07:45 Recording: 09:38 Playing a 45rpm record: 11:36 Summary: 12:41 Credits: 13:48 End: 14:27

[@ronlynquist9183]

I miss the unfunny muppets!

[@nethoncho]

@@ronlynquist9183 I agree. Need more muppets at the end

[@Techmoan]

1) COPPA has made them impossible. 2) Their set is begin used as a home office for the foreseeable due to the ongoing pandemic 3) I have no good new ideas for them.

[@NeatNit]

@@Techmoan 2 and 3 make perfect sense, but does COPPA apply to the sketches? Especially considering they always appear at the end of the videos, and the videos themselves are definitely NOT aimed at children. I can't imagine how a kid would wind up seeing the sketch.

[@nethoncho]

@@Techmoan How about a social distancing skit?

[@mordokch]

You could have played the entire top 40 on that thing without hitting a content match 😋

[@SSJfraz]

and it wouldn't have sounded any worse than usual either

[@7JANEWAY]

That says something about modern music, doesn’t it???!!!

[@BlitzHopB]

Without hitting any match in the World as we know

[@Cadwaladr]

Just imagine what Mrs. Techmoan has to put up with.

[@Rentta]

@@7JANEWAY Depends on what kind of modern music you listen to i guess. People who say shit like that only seem to listen what is played on the most commercial radio station they can find.

[@edwardsp1916]

I can imagine your neighbours, “what’s the looney shouting now”!

[@Spacekriek]

I guess every time the courier delivers something to Matt's doorstep the neighbours start breaking out the cotton wool for their ears.

[@andylindsaytunes]

"He seems to be doing punk versions of nursery rhymes."

[@rogersmith9808]

I'd say he's more of a crack-pot!! ;^)

[@theantiquescollector2199]

😂

[@AlexanderBogdanow]

@Allen Tokyo -.- It's a UK channel, lad. You've got the the US version of the term. Americans dropped the 'u' in many Terms for some Reason. Get the right Info before tryin' to play Orthography Nazi.

[@mannye]

"Listen Harold, the man with the window robots is shouting!"

[@TBNTX]

You recorded "Mary had a Little Lamb", the same that Thomas A. Edison made .

[@Milnoc]

That's what I hoped that was when I heard it. It also sounded like a speech given by an infamous former German painter during the 1930s. 😁

[@NeatNit]

11:15 for the lazy. However I have to disagree, he clearly recorded: TPP TPPPTPTP TPT PPPPP PPPTPTP PPTPTTPPT et cetera.

[@ExBenzi2]

François Caron Austrian. He was Austrian ;-).

[@Dustquake]

Appropriate selection.

[@wthornton7346]

Mary had a little lamb She thought him very silly She threw him up into the air And caught him by the Willy was a sheepdog Lying on the grass Down came a bumblebee And stung him on the Ask no questions Tell no lies Once I saw a policeman doing up his Flies are a nuisence, wasps are worse That is the end of my little verse ?

[@S7EVE_P]

Recording sounds like someone gargling but looks like a fun thing to build at least!

[@BoshBargnani]

You ever see the DiY gramophone made from a cup he made?

[@wasserman63]

iwasnt sure for me it sounded like somethin like attck on a chickenfarm

[@dans6127]

Terrible as a record player/recorder but really cool as a toy to teach how the technology worked.

[@Faolmor]

Sounds like a Dalek to me.

[@wasserman63]

@@Faolmor yes but a dalek with a sore throat

[@IkeFoxbrush]

"See if you can spot what I'm reciting." Calling this lo-fi would be an exaggeration, more like no-fi ^_^ It's still kinda neat as an educational toy.

[@paulschuessler8477]

Hi, the bad results in the "record-mode" are normal if you use a needle for this. All cutting heads are supposed to use a "cutting stylus" instead of a needle. A needle has a more or less sharp point at the end, but its cross-section is round. So it simply can't "cut", it can only "scratch". A cutting-stylus has likely a triangled cross-section with sharp edges, so it does really cut in the material of the blank disc like a knife. Further, it's made of a hard material (i.e. like carbon steel, sapphire or diamond). If the arrangement works right you'll get a long, thin strand of material while recording. Thats the material that is cutted out from the blank disc to give the groove. If this continous strand of material doesn't appear the cutter does just not cut but "scratch" and the result will be very poor. Further: the material and cross-section of the cutting-stylus has to relate to the material of the blank-disc. So there where different forms and materials in use.

[@MostafaElSakari]

Wow thanks for sharing

[@Junior-cp9se]

Correct 🧐

[@quantumleap359]

Also, put a heat lamp near the white disc while recording, gives the stylus a better chance of "cutting" the record. Less of a rake angle on the stylus will also help increase the width of the groove modulations, rendering a better signal to noise ratio.

[@TheBlueBaron]

Do you think one could get cutting -stylus' and attach them to this kit to achieve proper results?

[@recoveringscot3587]

Because of the long strand of material you mention, disc cutters (IIRC) like the one I mention above tended to cut from the centre of the disc outwards, so the stylus didn't get clogged. Even so I believe that real-time monitoring was required to clear the stlyus' path of dreck.

[@chrisfreemesser5707]

You have to at least give Gakken credit...for a "toy" it's a pretty well thought-out design

[@Markusewitz]

Absolutely...the amount of engineering is pretty amazing!

[@Maddz-Thee-Bee]

Better than the other two at least

[@WALUIGI2496]

Love the fact that even this toy gramophone kit has an adjustable counter weight... unlike those Crosley things...

[@spookylemon4947]

mrtenandstuff They’ll sound acceptable, not great. Without a counter weight you’ll eventually damage records.

[@ct6502-c7w]

I really don't understand why people hate the Crosley record players so much. I've had mine for a few years now and it works great. I haven't had any problems with it. The only drawback is that it sounds a little bit "tinny" because of the small speakers. But I just hooked up external speakers and it sounds good. Probably most of the people complaining are "audiophile" snobs with a lot of money to spend.

[@spookylemon4947]

ct92404 Not necessarily. You can get a very good budget turntable for only a bit more than Crosley. Audio Technica’s budget models are quite good value for money.

[@spookylemon4947]

mrtenandstuff Well great would be something that you’ve invested real money into. I’m not a high end audiophile, but I’m not ignorant to the fact that the dearer stuff can sound much better. Sure, there’s a lot of snake oil out there. But that doesn’t mean that all higher end gear is just smoke and mirrors. Good audio quality definitely exists beyond a Crosley. Vinyl will definitely get worn or just won’t play as nicely if the needle is too forceful. All materials can be scratched with enough force.

[@ct6502-c7w]

@@pinkwhitebluefilms I really don't get the snobs constantly complaining about Crosley record players. I really like mine and never had any problems with it whatsoever. Records ARE sensitive to lateral force and can be easily scratched by handling them carelessly. But not as much by tracking force that so many people try to claim. I'm almost thinking that's a myth, unless you listen to the same record 20 times a day, every day or something. I have yet to ever see a record that was damaged by a record player, even if it was a simple and "cheap" one. Much more damage is caused by people not handling them carefully.

[@edwardalexander9486]

This is what Spotify is going to sound like after the next solar flare.

[@MisterTalkingMachine]

I think this is the most in-depth video on this kit I have seen. I have so say I am impressed it recorded anything at all and the fact that it comes with an actual wind up motor is really great even if an electric version would have been quieter and probably have worked better, and perhaps even been cheaper. It really drives home the point of how there's nothing electronic in it

[@olik136]

ah that is how they recorded the messages in Bioshock

[@ossisuomalainen]

Didin't bioshock have the voice logs on tape?

[@morrits3969]

Bioshock 3 maybe?

[@bluespiritrecords1709]

@@ossisuomalainen Digital files edited to sound like tape. In the case of Infinite, magnetic tape didn't exist yet so I guess they were going for an alternate universe thing or a wire recorder?

[@CThyran]

@@bluespiritrecords1709 The audio logs in infinite were a "portable" record player. Really made no sense as to why they're so common.

[@DanteTimberwolf]

The BioShock recordings are on wire recordings.

[@tehtapemonkey]

I'm real impressed with the separate platter and belt driven mechanism for optimum fidelity. I was thinking of getting a VPI turntable next, but I dunno... kinda tempting.

[@lobsterbark]

@@guy1137 Except belt mechanisms are adjustable for this reason. Belts are just a cheap way to make a good turntable that has the disadvantage of more maintaince. It's harder to make a direct drive because it has to be very precise to not be terrible.

[@ayedee6681]

just add electric motor!

[@Raguleader]

This looks like a lot of fun. My desire for it is tempered only by the knowledge that my wife will put up with the audio quality for all of thirty seconds lol.

[@Perktube1]

11:19 - Ha! Ive never heard "Mary had a Little Lamb" quoted by a Dalek before. 😁

[@vilstef6988]

Mary had a little lamb. . . Exterminate! Exterminate! Exterminate!

[@MultiMidden]

How do you know it' Easter? Techmoan is playing Christmas songs!

[@RiderLeangle2]

We may not be able to go to a lot of stores but that's a retail simulator, well not the music but seeing Christmas up way earlier than it should.

[@hautedaug]

"see if you can tell ..." = we knew what it was before it even started

[@FixerUK]

Exactly what I was predicting the first time he tried. 🐑

[@unitedunitedunited_]

In this episode of the grand tour: James shouts into a phonograph.

[@autodidactic278]

Rebuilt my first victrola 3 years ago. My daughter loved it so much, we refurbished one for her. She loves it and still plays some of our shellac records on it, specially during Christmas.

[@transformingArt]

I realized that you now have an HMV 102 - the greatest acoustic portable gramophone ever produced - as a proud owner of one, I really look forward to seeing your take on that in the near future! P.S. I am sure there are still plenty of old music on a lot of British-made 78rpm records that would not trigger KZbin's content ID matches and I am quite willing to help you with that!

[@derekwhidden9730]

This was an interesting kit. It looks like the nostalgia is more in the building and accomplishment of a more or less working phonograph. It still looks like it would make an interesting display piece.

[@MoultrieGeek]

This tickled me in many ways. Lovely, lovely video.

[@lullatone]

Whoa! You watched our video!? Thanks for checking it out and the nice link! You always seem to be up to something awesome. Cheers from Japan (and another holded of fondness of minidiscs!)

[@brandonvaldez5923]

Techmoan you NEED your own TV Show, Honestly its 4 am here but I will wake up just to watch your video! Your honestly my favorite KZbin! Cheers Mate your amazing!

[@randomnickify]

Pointless, TV has to follow own schedule meaning shows for nerds are pushed to the dumb hours and tv has set lenght of the episodes meaning episodes are either fill up with fluff or cut short - that's why no one watch TV anymore. Format he has here is perfect.

[@brandonvaldez5923]

@@randomnickify Yeah but I would love to see him on a television show akin to how its made or something along those lines. His commentary is perfect.

[@gnored]

Back in the late 50's I went to an allergist who had an amazing collection of over 50,000 78's. While he had state of the art electronics for everything else there was no acceptable phono cartridge available. So he commissioned Fairchild electronics to make him one. The sound was amazingly good. And the cartridge used cactus needles for the pickup. He got the cactus spines from a cactus dealer in Arizona, and, of course, changed the needle every time he changed the record.

[@gleggett3817]

The quality of Japanese assembly instructions, always a delight.

[@MarkShainblum]

Hello there! A regular viewer here. Just wanted to say hello and tell you how much I enjoy your channel. Also, your mention of Berliner phonographs in this episode reminded me of something I've been meaning to share with you. I'm Canadian, and currently live in the city of Ottawa, but I spent most of my life in Montreal, Quebec. Montreal once had a huge Berliner phonograph factory, which was later absorbed by RCA Victor, located in the city's St. Henri district. St. Henri is a former working class part of town that's become heavily gentrified in recent years, and the former Berliner factory has become a mixed residential/commercial loft building. But it also still houses the Emile Berliner Museum of Sound, a small, very eclectic, privately run museum that even most Montrealers probably don't know exists. I once wrote a little profile of it for the Atlas Obscura website, here: www.atlasobscura.com/places/emile-berliner-museum-of-sound The museum's own English website is here: moeb.ca/en Given your interests, I thought this might be something you'd like to know about, if you don't already. And, as an aside, I also wrote a review of Techmoan (along with some of my other favourite KZbin channels) for The Typescript Magazine, which you can find here: thetypescript.com/edutainment-of-the-apocalypse/ I hope your corner of the current apocalypse is treating you and yours as gently as possible. And I look forward to your next video

[@MrMegaManFan]

Once again Mat delivers the content we need during the pandemic. Thank you!

[@selwynandrews9665]

The recording feature would be useful for creating Sci-Fi voice effects, a la the Daleks. Perhaps for a terrifying and unintelligible answering machine message? Thanks for another great video, hope you're doing well on lockdown.

[@KaitouKaiju]

Ah, that warm vinyl sound Truly the greatest medium

[@tyrgoossens]

Love the fact that the mechanism is winding down as you make your final remarks. Neat detail.

[@Tovvvija]

11:18 drunk Adolf's personal recording from 1935

[@ZeroViruzz]

Interestingly enough we do have a non-public-speaking recording from him and it sounds very different: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_and_Mannerheim_recording

[@randywatson8347]

Off mic recording of the Hindenburg disaster reporter prior to the disaster.

[@RayEttler]

godwins law

[@Tovvvija]

@@ZeroViruzz i know about that recording ;) but no one heard him screaming while drunk :D hehe

[@kavyman1066]

Considering it is a toy, that recording feature is still impressive!

[@HarryMudd]

The soundquality wasn't too bad for a toy. I expected much worse

[@prestonrenify]

I must tell you I almost felt pain upon thinking of that contraption being used on any of my vinyl records, some of which are older then I am. While I suppose it could be a useful educational tool for little kids, but if I did have little children I would have to discard that device after school was out. Thanks for your continue great work.

[@woodenpints]

Dismissed as a toy. Some crazy engineers came up with a way to play and RECORD for $85, amazing. I want to beer with them badly.

[@wiros8101]

This kit is really impressive. So is the depth and cadence of this video. Thank you! 👍

[@geographicaloddity2]

I would write a dissertation on the awesomeness of this. The playback reminded me of a Fred Quimby era "Tom and Jerry" cartoon. Thank you.

[@niichuuko1095]

This is a very impressive toy. Considering it's this simple, I'm very happy that it tracks records and plays discernible music. At the original retail price, I think this is perfectly acceptable

[@rwparker1968]

Bamboo stylus? Don't be giving Crosley any ideas...

[@Junior-cp9se]

I find it funny when people complain that their record skips and they send the record back only to find out that they been playing it on a crosley

This was lot more fun than anticipated :) It's good to see that you're well.

[@spicynachohaggis7756]

I keep expecting to see a dog sitting in front of the horn

[@benl5481]

I highly recommend this as a gift for a kid who has any interest what so ever in vinyl records. I got this when I was 15 and have had a record addiction since, beware of that. But that phonograph really was the only thing I listened to records on for at least a year!

[@tarstakars]

SP= standard play LP= long play EP= extended play

[@peacearchwa5103]

I've never heard 78 rpm records called "SP" or "standard play" before.

[@tarstakars]

@@peacearchwa5103 it might be a u.s. thing I'm not really sure, I have quite a few 78 RPM records and it appears the SP start showing up on the 78 rpm records that were made in the late forties into the fifties I think to differentiate them from 45s and LP'S

[@vladimirleonov9852]

thats also how VHS tapes work

[@wisteela]

I'm now looking forward to the video on that lovely looking proper one.

[@BROTRRer]

Finally, the perfect device for me to play my Paysage d'Hiver and Velvet Cacoon LPs!

[@Shipwright1918]

I built one of these not too long ago, never could get it to record very well, but it does work fine for playing 78s (wouldn't trust it to play 33s or 45s) with either steel or bamboo gramophone needles. A little grease quiets down the motor and a little tinkering improves the sound. When I want to blow somebody's mind, I wind 'er up and show you can have music without electricity.

[@antonstokes]

Sometimes you remind me of John Peel, but never more than when playing records at the wrong speed :)

[@daedalus372]

I could hear it! You were reciting Edison's second favourite poem, "Mary had a Flargalblarg"..... One of my personal favourites. Admittedly less popular than the original.

[@maniatore2006]

As Always, Thank you for the video :)

[@joaomarcelobadu]

It's very well made, made me want to buy just because of the details richness. Another great video, Happy Easter!

[@jenky1044]

That was a great review. Thank goodness I never bought one of those for my kids when they were little. They would have probably let the air out of my tires on my truck.😂

[@Drubnubjagr]

Is this why people love vinyls? The sound truly is out of this world!

[@computer_toucher]

Have the puppets left you? Did you kick those curmudgeons out of the house? I miss them 😢

[@JackBealeGuitar]

me too!

[@Teddyfunhouse]

They were “retired” after Coppa. Puppets are considered kids, and showing puppets could make youtube think his stuff needed to be on youtube kids instead, thus removing all add revenue from his contend. So to be sure, techmoan removed them for the time being.

[@my3dviews]

@Shobhit Varma The Children's Online Privacy and Protection Act, which is now enforced by youtube.

[@my3dviews]

@Shobhit Varma I haven't notice that. Maybe just a problem with your computer. You could try opening youtube in a different browser and see if it still happens.

[@keiyakins]

@@Teddyfunhouse ... No, I'm pretty sure I've seen them after 1996

[@GEOFF0906]

The turntable motor seemed to be a lot better than I expected. Quite well made and ran very smoothly.

[@vittekantilles4178]

All I could hear when playing back the record was "libera te tutemet ex inferis"

[@RonaldMacK]

That clip you used for the ending was perfect.

[@hurdygurdyguy1]

10:56 .. so that's how all those ghosthunter crews get their "ghost voices" recordings!! 🤣

[@bwgti]

Yeah. That looks like a lot of fun! Thank you for pointing out at the beginning that a nicely functioning record cutter would be very expensive.

[@roland985]

You know your copyright system is broken when a "78 RPM record of Nat King Cole will get content matched. Remember when it was for the life of the author only?

[@writerpatrick]

It's been life of the author plus 50 for decades previously in many countries. Many are expanding to 70 to follow in line with the US. It's hard to say if it would get flagged though.

[@notthatyouasked6656]

@@writerpatrick The US doesn't really follow the "author plus" system for copyrights. Though it has changed many times, the general rule here is a 95 year term. Sound recording protection is even more complex, with virtually no public domain sound recordings here until 2022.

[@CIubDuck]

@@notthatyouasked6656 Nah, Disney is gonna lobby and ask for another 20 year extension like they did last time

[@notthatyouasked6656]

@@CIubDuck That's what has been expected, but I think even the Disney folks realize that there has to be an end to it sometime. The Gershwin estate decided not to pursue further extensions even though it meant that Rhapsody in Blue went to the public domain this year.

[@davidc9533]

@@writerpatrick Copyright of sound recordings in the UK expires 70 years after the date the recording is made. See my video "Copyright of sound recordings under United Kingdom Law" which quotes the appropriate section of the UK Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, and explains what to do about spurious Copyright claims, - 100% of those I have received have been spurious!

[@ct6502-c7w]

It looks like it's fun to put together and I'm impressed with all the thought they put into the mechanism and the little details. So I might consider looking for one just for the heck of it, even though it doesn't actually work all that great. It looks interesting as a toy and conversation piece.

[@北千春エレン]

そのレコード持ってます、かなりレトロを感じてくれる物でした

[@fcubeboy4959]

遠藤駿介 I don’t speak hentai

[@北千春エレン]

FrazzeledCubeBoy 191 変態じゃないです😡

[@AhmetwithaT]

@@fcubeboy4959 "I had that record, it was quite retro and confusing." Also fuck off.

[@johnrbeaulieu]

Another excellent episode! I couldn’t make out what you were saying, but it sounded like a flustered Dalek!

[@lusciousthelock4861]

Would be interesting to hear how good the quality could really be on your real gramophone as a comparison. Always wondered if they were worth buying?

[@jr2037]

I love KZbin channels like this. Something that TV execs would never fund, and now gets to exist...with ratings that rival cable TV.

[@xTheHumanoidx]

11:18 Sounds like Davros yelling at the Doctor... Interesting kit though.

[@Perktube1]

Davros . Thats the name I was searching for.

[@stevecoward3543]

Can't understand how Gakken makes such a hash quality wise of these kits. Really looking forward to your review of that HMV102 portable, without doubt the original boombox of its day, in production 27 years, silent motor, superb sound quality for an accoustic machine. -I've rebuilt several and really all they ever need is a good clean and there good for another 50years.

[@Nick_1911]

11:18 That sounded like the alines from Mars Attacks :D

[@jessicacarter8264]

That recording reminded me when they found a way to play back something that was considered the oldest recording (made in 1860, a rendition of the French folk song, Clair de la Lune) , scratched into paper blackened by smoke. When it was announced on the Radio 4 news, it was just before the presenter (Charlotte Green) had to announce the unfortunate death of Abby Mann and she couldn't stop giggling.

[@SkyCharger001]

the 78rpm sound quality reminds me of how early movies would artificially degrade the quality of recordings due to their own audio being of similar quality.

[@FreeManFreeThought]

Actually, that mechanism is pretty spot on to what you will see in a 1920's era machine. And noise was certainly an issue with cheaper machines in the era too. Actually, this plastic is probably more durable than some of the pot metal which I have seen on machines from the 20's & 30's. Not every machine was an Orthophonic Victrola after all.

[@TrollDecker]

Is it bad that I recognised the 45 as Lime's "Guilty"? ^_^'

[@richmorrison8194]

A italo-disco classic. The singer sounds a bit like Divine.

[@lo377ps]

Always great when your shouting into Japanese toys. Keep going with your great videos!

[@presterjohn71]

I asked my eleven year old if he would like one of these. The answer was a very definite no. He does think though that I have amazing ears though for realising you were reciting Mary had a little lamb which did give me the opportunity to educate him on the story behind that though.

[@FancescaTanuki]

I did not understand. What is the point of singing "Mary ha little lamb"

[@medes5597]

@@FancescaTanuki when techmoan asked us to work out what he recorded using the gramaphone after he'd tried to get the best results, he was reciting Mary Had A Little Lamb. That's what they're referring to

[@e.s.l5861]

Thankyou for another really good video. Ever since I was a kid I’ve loved these old phonographs

[@enrico5610]

11:25 is this a Dalek?

[@zzstoner]

Thank you for always bringing back pieces of the past, even if they don't always work today they way it was meant to back then. Something that doesn't work today is not a failure, it's simply an experimental result that didn't meet your hypothesis. :) Curious how much those kits cost when they were available (I know they are limited collections).

[@SDAF13]

I heard "Lime - Guilty" on 7"

[@sonic2000gr]

The speed governor is actually a centrifugal speed governor, originally made by James Watt and used to adjust the speed of steam engines / locomotives!

[@PeterCamberwick]

Hi Techmoan. If you didn't hear already, you got a shout out in the chat on a Lovely Eggs live stream video on Friday night. :) Just thought I'd report the randomness. Great vid as always. :) Thanks.

[@DJErrn]

I like the clatter of the gears there's something charming about the noise, after all this isn't for typical record consumption.

[@maikbarry9815]

every video from this guy is pure gold. hope he gets over 1 million subscribers soon. frohe ostern from germany

[@vwlssnvwls3262]

All the noise from the motor makes it sound like you are listening to the records in a sewing shop. It's like you were playing Christmas music to keep all the sewers' spirits up while they work. :D

[@cowprez]

Very cool that it actually WORKED!!! Recording, not so much, but I was actually impressed. Thanks for sharing....

[@alexmousley7213]

Very interesting look into this amazing toy- quite remarkable what the engineers managed to create for the price- it has a rustic charm!

[@dakel20]

Mary had a Little Lamb is the only appropriate choice for making an experimental recording. Awesome kit, wish these things were easier to find. Thanks for the vid. :D

[@Blackacreonfire]

I don't know why, but seeing this little contraption do its thing just gave me so much joy.

[@callmenekto]

The finale with the music slowing down was brilliant!

[@Hawk1966]

Happy Easter. Fun video. Really miss the puppets.

[@WelteMax]

Cool to hear “Mozart’s Turkey Trot” in the back ground near te end of the video. I have the 78’ of that myself as well. Its a lovely record!

[@Deson_Bowenford]

You were saying "Mary had a little lamb. It's fleece was white as snow." Nice tip of the hat to I believe Edison.

[@TonyTN16]

I think it's fascinating that the vibrations of your voice can be played back.

[@joselynrozario]

“Forget everything else and just say it to me . Say it to me as a friend .” The king’s Speech

[@timelordtardis]

Where's Nipper looking down the phonograph horn? I thought you might have made a reference to that logo at the very least. 😁 Great video. It's always fun to watch your videos when you put these toys together.

[@nutsnproud6932]

Thanks for the video Mat. It was very interesting.

[@cheesefries7436]

Thought and care went into this toy, more than a lot of finished consumer products.

[@steviebboy69]

The portable gramophone that you showed us toward the end, I have a similar unit and they sound really quite good actually for the age of the thing. It sounds better than a full size upright console that I have.

[@rockoyouthman]

Awesome!!!!! Looking back I think building a tamiya rc car as a kid wired my brain for logical discovery. Love this kit

[@mrfrosty3]

That is a great looking object, I really like that gramaphone sound.