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Non-Enclosed Sleeve
Enclosed Box
Back of Enclosed Box
1959-1960
1960-1961
1962-1966
1967-1967
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Description: Fisher-Price introduced its very first music box "TV Radio" in 1959 with the #148 Jack And Jill TV Radio. The creative music box not only plays a beautiful tune, but it also displays colorful pictures that depicts the song that it plays. To add to the realism, the music box has two knobs on the front, one of which makes the antenna move up or down. Sadly, the retractable antenna and control knob were omitted by Easter 1960. This music box was available with either a Swiss or Japanese music box mechanism. Small details on the music box changed over the years, such as the print on the wind-up knob, the words printed on the top, etc., so be sure to pay special attention to these things!
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| Features Overview:
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Accessories:
- Rectangular wooden music box that plays "Jack And Jill". The top of the music box has a yellow wooden carry handle that is supported by 2 steel posts. The front of the music box has a blue plastic speaker area with a blue wind-up knob in the center that winds the music box. Jack and Jill nursery rhyme pictures revolve past the screen as the music box plays "Jack and Jill". Each front side of the music box features a toy soldier. Back of the music box features a king, Humpty Dumpty, a kitty with a fiddle, Jack and Jill carrying a bucket, and the words to the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill". Measures 7-1/4" wide, 7-3/8" high (including the antenna).
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Variations:
1959-Easter 1960:
- The wind-up knob has STARS printed on it
- Has TWO pink wooden knobs on the front
- Screen edge is flat (triangular screen edge)
- Does not have a lithograph on the top nor bottom
- Top is stamped "Jack 'n Jill TV Radio"
- FPT1743 - Musical movement made in Switzerland
- Front litho, bottom edge marked, "MADE IN U.S.A. ©FISHER-PRICE TOYS GENUINE SWISS MUSICAL MOVEMENT".
- Back Litho NOT marked (4 metal rivets on back).
- Side A Litho (duck tail) marked ??
- Side B Litho marked, "148".
- FPT1744 - Musical movement made in Japan
- Front litho marked ?
- Back Litho marked ?
- Side A Litho (duck tail) marked ?
- Side B Litho marked ?
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Post Easter 1960-1961:
- The wind-up knob has STARS printed on it
- Has one pink wooden knobs on the front
- Screen edge is flat (triangular screen edge)
- Does not have a lithograph on the top nor bottom
- Top is stamped "Jack 'n Jill TV Radio"
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- FPT1747 - Musical movement made in Switzerland
- Front litho, bottom edge marked, "148 MADE IN U.S.A. ©FISHER-PRICE TOYS GENUINE SWISS MUSICAL MOVEMENT".
- Back Litho NOT marked.
- Side A Litho (duck tail) NOT marked.
- Side B Litho NOT marked.
- FPT1746 - Musical movement made in Japan
- FPT44433 - Musical movement made in ???
- Front litho NOT marked.
- Back Litho NOT marked.
- Side A Litho (duck tail) marked ??
- Side B Litho marked ??
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1962-1966:
- The wind-up knob has STARS printed on it
- Has one pink wooden knobs on the front
- Screen edge is flat (triangular screen edge)
- Has a lithograph on the top and bottom
- Top litho is marked "TV-Radio Fisher-Price Toys"
- FPT1745 - Musical movement made in Switzerland - 07-AE-16-3-C
- Front litho, bottom edge marked, "148 MADE IN U.S.A. ©FISHER-PRICE TOYS GENUINE SWISS MUSICAL MOVEMENT".
- Back Litho NOT marked.
- Side A Litho (duck tail) NOT marked.
- Side B Litho NOT marked.
- FPT1748 - Musical movement made in Japan - 07-AM-02-F-B
- Front Litho NOT marked.
- BACK litho, bottom edge marked, "FISHER-PRICE TOYS, INC. MADE IN U.S.A. MUSICAL MOVEMENT MADE IN JAPAN TO FISHER-PRICE SPECIFICATIONS".
- Side A Litho (duck tail) bottom edge marked, "PAT. PEND".
- Side B Litho bottom edge marked, "148".
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1967-1967:
- The wind-up knob has MUSICAL NOTES printed on it
- Has one pink wooden knobs on the front
- The lip around the screen HAS A RAISED LIP
- Has a lithograph on the top and bottom
- Top litho is marked "TV-Radio Fisher-Price Toys"
- FPT44432 - Made in Canada
- Front Litho NOT marked.
- BACK litho, bottom edge marked, "59-62 Fisher-Price Toys Inc. Made in CANADA Fisher-Price Toys Canada, LTD., ?ville Canada".
- Side A Litho (duck tail) marked, "?".
- Side B Litho marked, "?".
- FPT1750 - Musical movement made in Switzerland - 07-AH-41-5-A
- Front Litho NOT marked.
- BACK litho, bottom edge marked, "59-62 Fisher-Price Toys Inc. Made in U.S.A.".
- Side A Litho (duck tail) marked, "MUSICAL MOVEMENT MADE IN SWITZERLAND PAT NO. 3,114,216 PATENTED CANADA 1964".
- Side B Litho marked, "148".
- FPT1749 - Musical movement made in Japan - 07-AE-25-3-A
- Front Litho NOT marked.
- BACK litho NOT marked.
- Side A Litho (duck tail) bottom edge marked, "MUSICAL MOVEMENT MADE IN JAPAN".
- Side B Litho NOT marked.
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Repair: If your music box plays slow (or not at all!), you may want to check out our REPAIR STATION. We can restore most Fisher-Price wind-up music box mechanisms to almost new condition!
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Other Information:
- This is the first music box radio that was made by Fisher-Price.
- Similar Music Boxes are:
- The words to the song are printed on the back litho as follows:
Jack and Jill
Went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and
broke his crown,
And Jill came
tumbling after.
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