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#801 Talk-To-Me Book Record Player & Book
Years Made:
Fisher-Price Toy Department
Department 1:
Audio, Visual, Musical, Educational & Electronics
1978-1980


1978 - Front Cover


1978 - Inside Flap & Instructions


1978 Back Cover


79-80 Front & Back Cover


1979 - Box & Instructions


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Description: Set includes a #800 Talk-To-Me player and one Talk-To-Me book. The hand-held, battery-operated player plays small records that are laminated on the pages of Talk-To-Me books. A phonograph needle spins while the player sits on the record on the book, then out pours noises and voices of the characters on the pages.
Accessories:
  • FPT10780 - Small tan plastic Talk-To-Me player with a clear bottom window and brown toggle switch. Has a paper lithograph on the top marked "Fisher-Price" Talk To Me Player. Measures 5-1/4" long, 2-1/2" tall.
  • FPT10780-COVER - Small tan plastic battery cover for the FPT10780 Talk-To-Me Player (should NOT be removable, but often found broken off).
  • FPT5597 - Walt Disney's "Ghost Chasers" Talk-To-Me Book with a picture on the cover of Mickey Mouse, Goofy, and Donald Duck approaching a scary house. Measures 11-3/8" tall x 8-1/2" wide.
Variations:
  • 1978:
    • Player, Battery Cover, and Book described in "Accessories" above.
    • FPT30026 - Instructions Manual - 7" x 8-1/2" folded white paper with black/white drawing on the cover of a boy and girl using a Talk-To-Me player. The top of the front cover is marked, "Fisher-Price Talk-To-Me Player & Book Instructions Sheet". Inside flaps has, "Note to Parents", "How to operate your new Talk-To-Me Player", "Proper care and maintenance", "Battery replacement". Back cover list One Year Limited Warranty information, and marked "1978 Fisher-Price Toys". (FPT30026R - reproduction)
    • FPT30027 - Sold in display box with LIFT-UP front flap.
  • 1979:
    • Player, Battery Cover, and Book described in "Accessories" above.
    • FPT30028 - Instructions Manual - 7" x 8-1/2" folded white paper with 2 black/white drawings on the cover of a Talk-To-Me player. The top of the front cover is marked, "Fisher-Price Talk-To-Me Player & Book Instructions Sheet", "Note to Parents" and "How to operate your new Talk-To-Me Player" (referring to the 2 drawings/diagrams of a Talk-To-Me player). Inside of the manual has "Proper care and maintenance", "Battery replacement", and a "Owner's "Trouble Shooting" Guide. Back cover list One Year Limited Warranty information, and marked "1979 Fisher-Price Toys". (FPT30028R - reproduction)
    • FPT30029 - Sold in display box with 2 displays windows on the front (one window displays the player, and other window plays park of the enclosed book).

Repair
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Other Information:
  • FP801BOX1978 (Box ONLY) - Original display box. WFL: 07-AE-45-0-B.
  • FP801SET1978 - Complete Set in original box. WFL: 07-AF-16-4-A.
  • Uses phonograph needle #BO 0824 (this is the Fisher-Price part number, but they no longer stock this part). Replacement needles for this phonograph are available at This Old Toy's Toy Store.
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