Ice Cream Freezer (retired)

[QNPoohBear]

I have the retired wooden version of Addy's ice cream freezer. It's made from REAL antique looking wood and real metal. The current version is made from cheap wood or plastic and is a strange caramel color.

The ice cream freezer is one of THE best accessories. It is a small replica of one authentic to Addy's time (not Samantha's). It actually makes a small tablespoon of ice cream and come with a recipe booklet. This item is NOT for play. There are many tiny parts that can easily be lost and it is very fragile. I'd consider buying the newer one to actually use.

Grade: A+

ice cream freezer assembled and ready to use



empty bucket



bucket with churn unassembled



bucket with churn assembled



bucket with churn and lid



The hook is suppossed to go through the metal loop



the wooden cross piece slides in the metal slot



top view with handle ready to make ice cream

I have no idea what you are getting at about the cheap wood or plastic, because I purchased my ice cream freezer July of 2007 and it is antique wood and metal, no plastic to be found anywhere. Mine also came with the recipe card, and you can make real ice cream with it.

I held of purchasing this because everyone kept saying that the new one was a piece of crap and that you could not make any real ice cream with it. When I finally got it I was surprised that it was as high quality as the supposedly retired "original" from Pleasant Company. Yours does not look at all that different from mine.

A+ for the MATTEL version. Well worth the money.

I have heard, however, from AG officially, that in the not too distant future this set will be sold without the recipe card. I do not know why they made that change since the ice cream freezer really works, but they did.

[QNPoohBear]

The one I got brand new from AG for Christmas a few years ago was plastic or cheap wood. The one on display at AGP is the same one I got for Christmas and returned. You probably got lucky and got one that had been sitting around the warehouse for awhile. The change was made around 2004.

Here is the newer one

[FarmhouseGirl]

I just got one today (February 2008) straight from AG. It was in a new box with a new pamphlet and it is wood! Heavy and nice with real metal. No plastic whatsoever. This is one of my top five accessories. I'm so glad I finally ordered it.

It didn't come with a recipe card however. I would love a scan if anybody is willing to do that.

[Tiffany]

Here are some comparison pictures of the older wood version and the the newer version as well as the 2 different recipe cards:





For scans of the recipe cards for printing, check out my AG scans album...
picasaweb.google.com/slp4god/AGScans#

[QNPoohBear]

The ice cream freezer is a wonderful and important part of Addy's birthday collection.

[EofA]

Since this comes up in discussion threads from time to time, I want to clarify that at no point was the ice cream freezer ever made of plastic. While the wood composition and staining have apparently changed since it first debuted (as can be seen from Tiffany's comparison photo above), and the recipe card was omitted from later versions of the ice cream maker, the piece itself has ALWAYS been made of wood. As of September 2008, AG stopped selling it separately, but as of this writing it is still available as part of Addy's Ice Cream Set.

[skukla]

Picture with Addy's Table and Chairs for scale.