The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stamps (2015)

Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by BelleOfTheBall on Friday April 17, 2020 @04:27AM (#22897222)

Wow, this is wonderful. How large are they actually? The article says miniature but, surely, a vinyl record would weigh a substantial amount even at a tiny size.

The designs on these are really intricate as well, I know that vinyl lovers tend to say that the addition of pictures hurts sound quality but in this particular case, a novelty set, I feel like it's more than justified.

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Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by Someone on Friday April 17, 2020 @07:11AM (#22897990)

I haven’t seen them, but I expect them to be similar to the records they used to give away as marketing gimmicks: so thin that they weren’t rigid under their own weight. You could roll them up.

If you decrease their diameter, weight would go down even further.

Edit: these are called Flexi Disc (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flexi_disc). you can even make records out of plastic-coated carton: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardboard_record

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Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by Chris2048 on Friday April 17, 2020 @10:19AM (#22899175)

There's a pic here: https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/listen-these-tiny-v...

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Re:The curious tale of Bhutan's playable record postage stam... by BelleOfTheBall on Friday April 17, 2020 @01:34PM (#22901104)

Oh, that's downright tiny. I can see how that could fit easily on a regular package.

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