Small Vinyl presents a small record player and other small accessories for its small tracks: Hands

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Record maker Tiny Vinyl has announced some small accessories for its pocket records, including a new Tiny Vinyl Player ($49.99), a crate ($19.99), and a display frame ($14.99). The list is available exclusively at Target starting today, July 12.

Mini Vinyl debuted last August as a new way for music lovers to enjoy their favorite artists’ singles in a physical format. (For you fellow Millennials out there, they’re the new take on HitClips.) Each four-inch, fully functional Tiny Vinyl record has one track on each side and is numbered, making it highly collectible. Tiny Vinyl’s current catalog includes releases from several artists, including BTS, Chappell Roan, Doechii, Kid Cudi, Noah Kahan, and Zara Larsson.

In a press release, Tiny Vinyl founder Neil Kohler said the company’s new accessories are a direct response to fan requests. Founder Jesse Mann added: “These new products give music fans and collectors everything they need to create their own Tiny Vinyl environment, a fun and personal setup just like the music they love.”

Go with the new Tiny Vinyl player and accessories

Tiny Vinyl Records are playable on most standard turntables at 33 RPM, making the Tiny Vinyl Player an inexpensive new purchase for many adults who are already into the vinyl collecting hobby. I think it’s very appealing as a “kid’s first record player” that parents buy for their kids. My little self would have her American Girl Dolls DJ with her. (American Girl actually sells a toy turntable for the same price already, but it doesn’t work.)

The player is a manual belt drive turntable in a box with a faux leather exterior. Inside, there is a small storage pocket, a simple control panel, and built-in speakers. It has Bluetooth support if you’d rather pair it with a better wireless speaker or headphones instead. You can also connect a wired speaker to the back.

The storage pack can comfortably fit six Tiny Vinyl records — preferably, ones you’re not precious about. If a player’s lid is closed, it hits the corners of their lids unless they are pushed to the back of the pack.

Indeed, they are small vinyl.
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The player’s control panel has a power button, an audio output selector with an LED indicator light, and a volume slider. When it’s open, its silicon cover doesn’t start spinning until you open its plastic tone, lift it with its cue lever, and move it over the cover. The tonearm and its lock are a bit soft; those are the only parts I would worry about the baby accidentally breaking.

Little Vinyl sent me three different little vinyl records to test out the player. It offers the kind of sound quality you’d expect for $50: nice tinny, distorted, and slightly distorted. (I also played the records on my regular turntable for comparison, and they sounded 10 times better.) On the side, I didn’t hear the internal mechanisms of the player at all when it was turned on – it ran really quietly.

The Tiny Vinyl Player supports Bluetooth and wired speakers. (That blue indicator light means it’s paired with my JBL Charge 5.)
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The Liny Vinyl Player comes with a USB cable and power adapter. The company representative told me that it should only be plugged into an outlet, as plugging it into a laptop or other device with a USB port won’t give it enough juice to run.

The Mini Vinyl Storage Crate can hold 30 Mini Vinyl records. It has a pleated finish that resembles a player and is designed to sit under. There are four indents on its face where the player’s feet should go.

The Mini Vinyl Storage Crate can hold up to 30 mini records. (I only had three on hand.)
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Tiny Vinyl’s new 2×2 Display Frame is designed to display your four favorite Tiny Vinyl covers. Its build quality is also standard for the price: It is made of MDF (medium-density fiberboard) and an acrylic window. Right out of the box, my first review unit was falling apart in several places and had dried adhesive on some of its corners. (The little vinyl had another place in the post at the time of writing, and I’ll update this story if it’s different.)

The display frame comes with four clear plastic sleeves with the Tiny Vinyl logo. A company representative confirmed that these are made of polypropylene, which won’t damage your records by outgassing over time like polyvinyl chloride (PVC) sleeves.

Vinyl is back in a big way

Small vinyl records work on most standard turntables.
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The press release noted that the launch of Tiny Vinyl was inspired by two recent trends: tiny collecting and vinyl collecting. The former gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, mainly due to the videos of small objects created on social media. They tap into viewers’ desire for control, fascination with art, and a love of good looks, experts say. NPR last spring.

The vinyl renaissance, on the other hand, has been around for almost two decades now. According to a report by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), US vinyl sales have seen 19 consecutive years of growth. Last year, they earned $1 billion for the first time. (That’s not even counting early vinyl.) Call it Taylor Swift’s influence: The singer-songwriter’s 12th album, A Showgirl’s Lifesold more than 1.6 million copies on vinyl last year, according to a report from Luminate, an entertainment industry analysis firm. That’s 5.5 times as many units as the second best-selling vinyl release of 2025, Sabrina Carpenter’s. Man’s Best Friendwhich sold 292,000 copies.

There are several factors behind the vinyl renaissance, two being sheer nostalgia and the growing consumer interest in owning physical media. Another is because popular artists like Swift (and their labels) are embracing the format alongside their fans.

In recent years, this has largely involved the strategy of releasing multiple vinyl versions of the same album as a way to drive sales, according to another Luminate report. This exclusive, often limited edition, boosts collectibles and fuel fan FOMO. (Herself, Swift has released 11 different vinyl versions TLOASincluding nine web store exclusives that were only available for a short time.) Little Vinyl Records, chart-worthy by the RIAA and Billboard, are still the most sought-after variety.