“What do you call a pretend railway?”/“A play station.”

A riddle about PlayStation is:
 
Q: What do you call a pretend railway?
A: A play station.

 
The joke was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on March 2, 2004.
 
   
Wikipedia: PlayStation
PlayStation (Japanese: プレイステーション Hepburn: Pureisutēshon, abbreviated as PS) is a gaming brand that consists of four home video game consoles, as well as a media center, an online service, a line of controllers, two handhelds and a phone, as well as multiple magazines. It is created and owned by Sony Interactive Entertainment since December 3, 1994, with the launch of the original PlayStation in Japan.
 
Google Groups: alt.humor.puns
Weakly Jest For Kids 03-02-04
Stan Kegel
3/2/04
(...)
What do you call a pretend railway? 
A play station!  (Davey,11)
     
4 November 2008, The Gold Coast Bulletin (Southport, Queensland), “Giggles,” pg. 22:
Q. What do you call a pretend railway?
A. A playstation.
 
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Dyan_Meira7‏
@Dyan_Meira7
What do you call a pretend railway ? A play station !
10:54 AM - 10 Jan 2010
 
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angeles_rebarch‏
@angeles_rebarch
What do you call a pretend railway ? A play station !
2:50 PM - 15 Jan 2010
 
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ShaunSSimpson‏
@ShaunSSimpson
What do you call a pretend railway ?A play station !
6:41 AM - 16 Feb 2010
 
Google Books
The Mammoth Book of Really Silly Jokes
Edited by Geoff Tibballs
London, UK: Constable & Robinson Ltd
2011
Pg. 476:
What do you call a pretend railway?
A play station.
 
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What do you call a pretend railway ?
A play station !
 
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What do you call a pretend railway
?
A play station !
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11:55 AM - 2 Sep 2017