sentences:  At the request of writer John Hughes and distributor 20th Century Fox, Tiger designed and built the prop.The company was given permission by the movie studio to sell a retail version of the toy, and it released two cassette recorders modeled after the film prop in 1992 and 1993, respectively.The original model did not have the variable-speed voice changer of the film version and sold only moderately during the 1992 holiday shopping season.