Nothing says "we just hauled this outta the back room and flopped it down for pics" like the arm on the platter. "You're supposed to secure the arm? I didn't know that". You want $50 MORE worth of fun? Gainesville, Florida. One of you grab it!

Well, it's like the components are good, consoles are bad arguments, tubes are good, solid state is bad, etc. The "plastic" in Magnavox is a higher grade than ordinary, and is finished with the wood in the cabinets instead of being color matched later. Magnavox was no more guilty than Sylvania, Philco, Packard Bell, Westinghouse, General Electric, Zenith, of using plastics. Seems like (some of) the public liked those ornate cabinets and bedroom furnishings, living room suites made like something out of the Spanish Inquisition. More than one maker had that fake wood glop too. Not trying to argue, because it is a matter of taste and preferences. Back when console stereos were actually a status symbol of the middle class, it would have cost a fortune to buy even a small console with hand carved wood. Later, when they were becoming popular as land fill, or could be found in junk shops for $5 to $50 or on the curb, it didn't make any difference if it were solid teak, tin, or cardboard. Simple cabinets in Danish or contemporary were still 95 to 100% wood. 

I have a '57 Magnavox console, a ruined '59 Magnavox console, a '65 Magnavox "Sorrento" solid wood Italian Provincial console, 1959 Magnavox Belvedere twin consoles, a tabletop 1953 Magnavox Playfellow, a 1956(?) Stromberg Carlson with a matchstick grill cloth, several wood Magnavox components. I despise plastic changers, but I did own one plastic turntable that performed surprisingly well. Oh, just for the record, the Astro-Sonic changers were mostly heavy metal, it was the post 1975 changers that were mostly the plasticrap variety. But by then, as with the other manufacturers, the console was passe. 

Here's a Bakersfield, California Magnavox showroom, with the Sorrento front and center.

Yes, they made organs, from about 1961 to 1967, thereabouts. Some are highly sought after.

Here's an ebay ad for an advertisement. If I can find a photo of an organ, I'll post it. And even though I can't play a note, it makes me ill to think of all the organs and pianos that go to landfill! Just like all the vintage Magnavox, etc products that are jetted there.