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| One of the coolest toys from my youth, I spentmany hours with my Mattel Power Shop out in the garage on rainySaturdays. The neatest thing about this toy was that it was areal woodworking tool, it could cut real wood including hardwood(if you were patient and persistent). My mom and brother werekind enough to throw my Power Shop away when they cleaned out thegarage after I moved to Albuquerque in 1987. Thanksguys. I've scanned the instruction manual should you need it. | |
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| Upon discovering eBay in May of 1998, this is thefirst toy that I looked for. I was tickled to death to receivethe toy and find that it was complete down to including some ofthe original pieces of scrap wood. Wow. Mattel Item #4401, thetoy was packaged with slight variations through the years. Thisone in which the cardboard cover slips off comes from 1965 orlater. Earlier versions had the cardboard attached to the plasticcase and cut so that the case would open with the cardboard stillaround it. In later years, the toy was sold without the plasticcase at all (mine came with no case, my parts were stored in a1972 Aurora Glow Creature box, also discarded by my family --ARGH!!!). | |
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| The instruction manual from a Power Shop. Themanual has a tear-out order form that allowed one to order spareparts for the Power Shop as well as Thingmaker, Vac-u-Form, andLinoprinter accessories. Boy do I wish I could use this orderform today - $.60 for a box of Vac-u-Form sheets! | This is the parts list for the Power Shop. Sinceyou really can't read it I will tell you that there is one ofeach item shown with the following exceptions: 3 jigsaw blades, 3thumb screws, 4 pattern clips, 3 sanding sticks, 3 sandpaperdiscs, and 2 different tool bits. |
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| Here's something you don't see everyday - fourPower Shops each set up as a different tool. It would, of course,be very frivolous to own four Power Shops and I am not frivolous,I borrowed the front left toy from my dear friend Jeff. One ofthe Power Shops I own was purchased for parts and is mostlyincomplete. | |
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| In 1978 Mattel re-issued the Power Shop in a newkinder, gentler, politically correct, can't possibly cut one'sfingers version. A lesser version that is operated via a crank,this one can only cut thin balsa wood and is not nearly as coolas the original 1960s version. | |
| Name: | Power Shop |
| Manufacturer: | Mattel |
| Vintage: | 1964-197?, 1978 |
| Obtained: |
eBay (#Ad) |
| Other Links: |
Power Shop Instruction Manual Scans of Jigsaw Block |
| Look for it: |
Search for Mattel Power Shop eBay (#Ad) Search for Wood Working Toys on Amazon (#Ad) |
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