My First Sony was a series of smaller-scale electronics made by
Sony
is a Japanese multinational conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at Sony City in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. The Sony Group encompasses various businesses, including Sony Corporation (electronics), Sony Semiconductor Solutions (i ...
in the mid-late 1980s intended for use by children. They were made of brightly colored plastic, usually red, and large colorful buttons with simplified controls. My First Sony products included a
Walkman
is a brand of Personal stereo, portable audio players manufactured by Sony since 1979. It was originally introduced as a portable Compact Cassette, cassette player and later expanded to include a range of portable audio products. Since 2011, ...
, amplified microphone with
tape deck
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...
, recording
tape deck
An audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player or tape machine or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present ...
,
Boom box
A boombox is a transistorized portable music player featuring one or two cassette tape players/recorders and AM/FM radio, generally with a carrying handle. Beginning in the mid-1990s, a CD player was often included. Sound is delivered throu ...
, alarm clock, electronic sketch pad, and headset
walkie talkie
A walkie-talkie, more formally known as a handheld transceiver, HT, or handheld radio, is a hand-held, portable, two-way radio transceiver. Its development during the Second World War has been variously credited to Donald Hings, radio engineer ...
s. New York-based voiceover artist
Chuck McKibben was the network TV spokesman, accompanied by children singing a jingle that went "I like pizza pie, I like macaroni, but what I love is My First Sony!"
In the Spanish translation, the jingle said: "Me gusta cantar, andar en un pony, pero prefiero Mi primer Sony" (I like to sing, to ride a pony, but I prefer My First Sony)
Myfirstsonymic.jpg, My First Sony microphone
A microphone, colloquially called a mic (), or mike, is a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, hearing aids, public address systems for concert halls and publi ...
My first Sony.jpg, My First Sony Walkman
is a brand of Personal stereo, portable audio players manufactured by Sony since 1979. It was originally introduced as a portable Compact Cassette, cassette player and later expanded to include a range of portable audio products. Since 2011, ...
Jaren 80 – 2009-046-149 (9624410732).jpg, My First Sony FM radio receiver
In radio communications, a radio receiver, also known as a receiver, a wireless, or simply a radio, is an electronic device that receives radio waves and converts the information carried by them to a usable form. It is used with an antenna. ...
ICF-1 shown in the Huis van Alijn
The Huis van Alijn (Dutch for: ''Alijn Hospital'', literally ''House of Alijn'') is a museum located on the Kraanlei in Ghent
Ghent ( ; ; historically known as ''Gaunt'' in English) is a City status in Belgium, city and a Municipalities of B ...
museum
Sony Walkman (A), type WM 3300 met polsband en koptelefoon (B), objectnr 88907-A-B.JPG, My first Sony Portable Cassette Player
References
External links
Sony Product Design History
Sony products
1980s toys
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