I had this SAME TOY!!!! I want SOOO much to find one and buy it in working condition and play along with it to remember what it was like as a kid :) I hope to have good luck finding one!

I loved this toy! Remember, Grover says don't push the red button!

Yup, I remember this too. I think one of the Alvin and Chipmunks songs had the lyrics, "As you can plainly see, the Earth is the place to be..." or something.

I have this toy! I work for a municipal sanitation dept. and i just scrapped it off the route!

My son had one. He got it for Christmas of 1984. He loved it and played with it for hours. When he grew up I gave it to his sons to play with. It didn't work so I gave it to him to fix and when he couldn't fix it he threw it away. That made me so mad and I am looking for one just like it. January 23, 2008

Yes! I could not remember the name of my favorite childhood toy, but thankfully I found this page! I got my Talk 'n Play for Christmas, around '86 or '87, and played with it all the time. I called it my "computer"! I think it was a great educational tool and no doubt helped form my early love of reading.

i found a talk n play, just trying to see if i could find more books and tapes. my son loves it, found it for $2.50. it works great

this toy randomly popped into my head and i looked it up i couldnt remember the name but the SUNNY DAYS song is stuck in my head. i cant believe i found this page there was a book i loved it was a bunch of animals that had a rock band and i need to know the name of it hahah i also called this toy my COMPUTER back in the days

I loved this toy!! I was sick a lot as a child and I would play with my talk and play for hours on end- I wish I could find one to give to my kids!!!

There is one on ebay! It's under Playskool Talk n' Play. I saw it the other day when I was randomly browsing through some toys of the 80's. lol

my brother and i had this and it was great! We had almost all of the books but the one that stood out in my mind is "search for the planet cobalt" That was the best and it used "The planets" as background music. The two aliens in the story were named snoid and gaff. Please tell me someone else remembers this!

I loved mine as a kid, so i bought one for my daughter off Ebay. Now Im realizing there were 2 different kinds. One was Playskool and one was something else. I cant remember what the other one is called, but I know the books and tapes worked on both. If anyone has ANY INFO I would REALLY appreciate it!! THANKS!!

Hasbro bought out CBS/Child Guidance who originally made the Talk n' Play. Later it was put out under Playskool(Hasbro)PLEASE write them an email asking them to re-release it!The more letters they get, the higher the chances are they will re-release it. I have one- might need fixing- don't know yet(have to get adapter or working batteries!) My daughter kept busy hours on end for years, and now I want my grand-daughter to have the same fun. Would like to get more books/tapes for it. So Please write Hasbro and request it to be marketed again!

Finally, I've been trying to remember the name of this toy for ages. I was beginning to think I was the only one who had one. I had two stories one was Inspector Gadget and the other had a typewriter? as the main character.

OMG, I loved this toy! I played with it for hours and hours. My favorite book/tape was one called Animal Rock Band. I remember a girl cat named Princess and a boy cat named Louie. I also liked turning the tapes over and listening to them backwards. LOL!!

I have a Talk N Play that both my kids used and loved it! They both are grown and thought it was funny that I saved it all these years (23YRS.)It is in very good condition,(7)books & (7)tapes. machine still works great! Just wondering if I should keep it or list it on EBay!

I remember Search for the Planet Cobalts! I also remember one about a haunted mansion and that one kind of frightened me--my favorite was one with the muppets and they went around the world, I remember they ended up in the tower of london and saw the crown jewels...I liked that.

i remember planet cobalt, and the haunted mansion freaked me out too. i think my favorite was the nursery rhyme one with mother goose. "if your a boy press the blue button, if your a girl press the red button."

The colbalt was my favorite one! I JUST WON ONE ON EBAY!!!!!!!!!!

Laura Marie I would be more than interested in purchasing the tapes and books you have.

I would listen to the tapes backwards too, Shaunna! haha. I broke the tape player somehow...but I REFUSED to let my mom throw it away! I still enjoyed pushing the buttons even if it didn't work. I would pretend it was the console to a space ship or some big important computer thing :P

oh i would love so much to find one of these with the books and tapes .... i would play with this toy all of the time as a child ... i just went over my grandmas the other day and i found the sesame street tape in my old playhouse ! !