Talkboy Talkboy The Talkboy is a portable variable-speed cassette player and recorder manufactured by Tiger Electronics (now owned by Hasbro) in the early 1990s. It was originally conceived as a non-working prop for the 1992 movie "", used by the main character Kevin McCallister (Macaulay Culkin). A fully working retail version based on specifications provided by John Hughes and the movie studio was available at Toys "R" Us on November 20, 1992, the day "Home Alone 2: Lost in New York" was released nationwide in the United States.The original Talkboy model released for the 1992 holiday shopping season came in "Home
Christmas in the City city, where they stay with Wendy's friend Angie from back home who just got a major part in a play. Angie works at Wolman's - the city's largest department store - where she takes Wendy to apply for a temp job. While waiting for Angie to check in, Wendy meets Tom, who manages the store and offers her a job in the toy department. She thinks the store is amazing, with all the Christmas holiday cheer; unfortunately her excitement doesn't last long when the store's manager, Teanna (Ashanti), destroys the Christmas spirit throughout the store and replaces Santa (Michael Durrell)