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Old 07-25-2020, 03:04 PM
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Alan Strout
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Default 1971 Mattel Instant Replay record player

In 1971, I received a Mattel Instant Replay record player for Christmas. I can't be the only person to remember these.

You inserted a plastic record into the player and an announcer replayed a highlight from the player's career. The records included players from different sports, including drag racing. I no longer have the record player, but found this picture online. I think the record players must have come in multiple colors, because I remember mine being blue. You received 4 records in the original box and could purchase additional packs of records.

Mattel Instant Replay.jpg

The only Oriole I'm aware of was Frank Robinson. If I remember right, his 500th HR was the highlight. The records came in two variations, a single sided record and a much harder to find double sided version.

1971 Mattel Frank Robinson records

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1971 Mattel Frank Robinson proof

1971 Mattel Instant Replay.JPG
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