Pocket Rockers


In hopes to steal some thunder from Sony's popular 1980s WalkMan portable cassette player, Fisher Price decided to market a similar device that would ONLY play Pocket Rockers proprietary cassettes. The two-song tapes held back-to-back hits by artists such as Debbie Gibson, Tiffany, Creedence Clearwater Revival and Def Leppard. Even a 7 year-old could see the idiocy of this business model, and the popularity of this rip off quickly faded like 80s denim.



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