Illustration from the box of a science fiction-related children's toy.

Talking Toys

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Adventure in the toy shop. Tony has a conversation with a talking doll, "Will you take care of me?" "I wish people wouldn't look at me." In the past, one could hear the melodies of a sound box, or the cry of a squeeze toy. A police car speaks, and in the toy store "I'm a friendly lion." 2:30


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