Alphie
Alphie was an educational robot toy popular in the 1980s. It featured a slot in the front for interchangeable cards, which lined up with special soft-touch input function buttons built into the front of the toy. It ran on batteries and came with different insert cards to help children learn math, spelling, matching skills, etc. The toy also played music.

The original Alphie was released in 1978. Alphie II was released in 1983.

Reviews for the Alphie range from calling the Alphie "highly educational" to saying Alphie "scares [their] child".

Alphie 2

"Talking Alphie" The talking alphabet machine, the electronic friend, teaches basic learning skills! ; Talking Alphie makes learning fun, with a friendly voice that guides children through different activities. Kids learn counting, matching, problem-solving, sequencing and more skills as they play. They love to hear Talking Alphie's responses to their answers – happy words for right answers, encouraging words for wrong answers.

Talking Alphie also plays familiar melodies, and his smiling, light-up face adds to the fun! He even shuts off all by himself!

Alphies faces lights up as he teaches the alphabet.

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Educational robots
Educational toys
Hasbro products
1980s toys