| Talk 'n Play | |
|---|---|
| Type | Interactive Read Along |
| Inventor | ?? |
| Company | Child Guidance (1984-1985) Hasbro (1986-) |
| Country | United States |
| Availability | 1985– |
| Slogan | The Interactive Tape Playing and Recording System That Grows With Your Child |
| Official website | |
Talk 'n Play is an interactive desktop toy book reader with a built in microphone and green, yellow, red and blue action buttons. It appears to work like a 4-track tape player, where both side of the tape are used at once, utilizing the two sets of right/left audio to have the 4 "interactive" mono audio segments.
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First made by CBS Toys under the brand name Child Guidance in 1984 as Electronic Talk 'n Play.
Later produced by Hasbro, Inc. under the brand name Playskool in 1986 as Talk 'n Play.[1]
A smaller "portable" unit was also released under the Playskool brand name name.
No Compact Disc units have yet surfaced.
Other non related items have been released from Hasbro, Inc. bearing the mark Talk 'n Play.
The Reading Robot: A First Reading Program - No. 54620
Can You Tell Me How to Get to Sesame Street? (included with new Talk 'n Play units)
Lovable, Furry Old Grover in Please Don't Push the Red Button
A Silly Sesame Street Story: The Three Little Pigs
Big Bird's Alphabet Book
Let's Play School
Bert and Ernie's Band
The Muppets: Opening Day at Peppermint Park
Fraggle Rock: The Great Fraggle Travel Race
(Alvin and the Chipmunks)?
Search for the Planet Cobalt
(Inspector Gadget)?
Animal Rock Band
Mickey Mouse M is for Math
The Computer Apprentice
Cookie Monster Cookies for Sale