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pettyfan
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I was trying to think of the name earlier...it was like a child's computer, and there were these plastic cards you stuck in the "computer" and you could do different stuff with them, like spelling, math, etc. Anyone remember what I'm talking about?
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petty, this does not ring a bell with me. but you reminded me of the speak and spell thingy, everyone seemed to have but me haha.

i thought someone here would definitely know?? [Confused]

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I'm kind of reminded of the old Playskool Computer Robot Toy called "Alphie". I had one as a kid and it sounds kind of like what you describe, not sure if it's what you're looking for though. It could be the "Speak N' Spell" Ronnie mentioned too, but I don't recall those using removable cards.?.

Here's a pic of the "Alphie" toy if it helps at all.

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pettyfan is it the talking wiz-kid?

everytime you would get something wrong it would say:
no try again

it had a hangman game on it and a card that played the happy birthday song.

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pettyfan
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I thought it might've been the talking wiz kid, but I looked it up and it's not. Mine was smaller, a little bigger than the speak and spell. I know it wasn't an Alphie. I didn't have one of those.
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i had an alphie. i think that was an updated alphie. the one i had had holes in the middle of the cards. i stuck my fingers through those holes and had to get the cards cut off. i suppose that's why they redesigned the toy because other kids did the same thing
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