Which 90s toy was AMAZING in the commercials but totally sucked when you actually got it?
DiscussionThe TalkBoy.
Home Alone 2 made it the coolest toy, and it underperformed greatly.
what the hell? the talk boy was fuckin awesome. played with it nonstop for a long while.
I'm so confused seeing Crossfire and Talkboy at the top of this thread. I had hours and hours of fun between those two. No the Talkboy didn't make an 8 year old's voice deep enough to sound like a man over the phone, but it 100% made it deeper, deep enough to entertain a kid. And even if you didn't use it for that, it was a portable cassette player.
this is exactly right. “i got a talkboy and never once ran afoul of tim curry wtf”
I dug the crap out of my Talkboy. I used it to make DJ tapes and stuff. Thankfully those recordings never saw the light of day.
Right? I feel like it only did like 2 things
It did look cool though
I had a pink one called a talkgirl And it was amazing! I'm sorry You got a sucky one: (
I got one of those for Christmas when they first released and there’s tons of old sounds of me playing NES games and talking about stupid kid stuff. I wish I could find it and listen to the old tape.
Oh man; that is awesome
I’ve never actually listened to my kid voice. That was the only recording of it I know of.
I’m relieved to hear this. I wanted one but never got one.