As the personal electronics craze exploded in the 1980s, people wanted to take their gadgets everywhere. Sony came up with a product line that promised to hold up to (mostly) anything their owners could throw at them.
Featured music: "Disco Soul" and "Liftoff" by Discoholic: discoholicmusic.bandcamp.com/...
Sources:
WM-F5 photo: www.sony.com/en/SonyInfo/desi...
Multicolored WM-F5 models: walkman.land/sony/wm-f5
Sports boombox photo: philamuseum.org/collection/ob...
Sports Watchman photo: www.larkclub.com/gallery/2014...
Sports Discman photo: www.larkclub.com/gallery/2018...
MZ-S1 photo: page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/...
Panasonic Shockwave cassette player photo: tyo.deedpowerfactor.xyz/index...
GPX sports cassette player photo: www.etsy.com/listing/10424502...
My First Sony box photo: www.ebay.com/itm/125826219756
My First Sony commercial: • My First Sony Commerci...
My First Sony product range photo: www.flickr.com/photos/mawari/...
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Music by Epidemic Sound (www.epidemicsound.com).
Intro music by BoxCat Games (freemusicarchive.org/music/Bo....
5 авг 2024