Hasbro 1998 Star Wars CommTech Reader

Product description Star Wars Bust-Ups Series 7 Clone Wars Anakin Skywalker measures approx 2" tall. Amazon.com May the voice be with you. And since this baby is equipped with a belt clip, the voices of all the Star Wars: Episode I basic action figures can be with you wherever you go. Designed to resemble Qui-Gon Jinn's Jedi comlink, this memory module serves as a minicomputer that allows you to scan the CommTech chips (included with all of the action figures in the series), which record the characters talking in their own voices. Included in this package is a chip with sound bites from Obi-Wan, Jinn, and the infamous Jar Jar. Special features include buttons triggering the sounds of blasters and lightsabers, as well as a computer mechanism for communication between select characters (the unit retains memory of the last chip scanned). It was probably only a matter of time before dolls would be encoded with microchips so they could talk to each other, and special equipment would be required to listen in. For now, hearing Mr. Kenobi exhort, "You will be a Jedi, I promise" is pretty cool. But can Queen Amidala's "I order you to collect all 13 of my Star Wars colleagues" be far, far behind? --Tony Mason

• Figures talk through this Commtech Reader with a Commtech chip!
• Ball chain to wear all your Commtech Chips
• Ages 4+