So I have officially developed the habit of regulating the shelves at the local thrift store every week.
I bought something new last week. This is the Drum2:
Other than being made in China, there's no manufacturing or company info on it. I can't find any information on it on the Internet. I think I remember it being sold by Real Canadian Superstore 6 or 7 years ago, and I used to have the keyboard toy that got issued side by side.
So far I haven't found any bends, but the presets are pretty fun and the pads actually work for beats (though they sometimes cut each other off, courtesy of China). If nothing else I will just throw a 1/4" output jack and maybe a starve pot, because it's been doing some freaky stuff at times with the lights flickering, etc.
There is a jack on here, but I put both my headphones and my iPod into it, to no avail. The only thing left to guess is that it's a mic jack, but it should have at least made a noise when I plugged in my iPod.
I need to order some parts...3 toys and I haven't even started yet.