I recently bought a Sanyo Japan-domestic model MR-JJ "Body Stereo," which came with a belt clip and D-cell adapter (but no headphones/earbuds). If anyone can tell me anything about this model, I'd really appreciate it. It seems rare/unusual to me, but I'm not an experienced Walkman collector.

I really like this Sanyo's unique shape and arrangement of controls. Heavy, too (thanks, I think, mostly to the large, round, almost-separate tuner section). The JJ sounds good, but has no tone control. There is a pitch control, however, and two headphone jacks.

Thoughts, comments...?

Wow, that's pretty amazing, loving the original graphics. How did you get this?

Sanyo launched the M-G1 (MR-G1 in US) in 1982. This was the non-radio version of yours, I know, because I bought one at the time (she was my first). It was Sanyo's response to Sony's WM-2 with it's small form-factor plus logic-style controls. The M-G2 (MR-JJ in the US) came a bit later but I love the fact that it looks like the radio was an afterthought which wasn't even stuck on straight.

This was Sanyo's only radio version of this unit but they refined it slightly with auto-reverse & internal speaker until they dropped it in 1986. But your unit in grey is by far the most classic of the period.

I no longer have my original unit from 82 but I've managed to get some Sanyo's & Fisher's.

Thanks AO for sharing the fascinating history of this unit!

My JJ was an eBay BIN. My trigger finger gets really itchy when I see a Japan domestic model, especially with the sticker still on the tape door. It's typical that the Japanese version would have a name: "Body Stereo." Lots of Japan domestic boomboxes were given names as well (Sugar, Perdisco, Searcher, etc.).

Your photos of the M-G1's (mostly red) and the two M-G2's are great... especially the boxed one! (Fun to see what the headphones looked like. I assume the pads long ago crumbled into dust.) And the red Fisher G2 is stunning!! I see that I'm missing the original strap from the JJ, though I feel lucky to have the belt clip and D-cell plug-in adapter. Did the other versions come with a D-cell adapter, too?

Thanks again, AO. Your comments are really helpful and interesting! I obviously have a lot to learn about walkman history!!