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The Story of the Talk Boy Deluxe
In the 1992 movie Home Alone 2, Kevin played by Macaulay Culkin has a Talk Boy. It's this small tape recorder that allows him to modify his voice with a simple little push of the speed control button. Director John Hughes designed the little device himself and then took it to Roger Schiffman at Tiger Electronics. After the movie came out, kids and their parents rushed to toy stores to buy a Talk Boy which was priced at 30 bucks.
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