re: Favorite toys, etc that seemed to be Educational

That’s not what my board looked like, brah!

Fly tying kit (for kids)
Compound bow
Pistol, shotgun, & rifle
Monopoly
Telescope
Typewriter

By the way, the voice in the robot introduction linked above is that of Michael J. Freeman.

From Wiki:

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In 1969, Freeman received his bachelor's degree in Economics and Management from the City College of New York, an MBA in 1970 in Business Management and Economics from Bernard Baruch College, and received his doctorate in 1977 from the City University of New York, majoring in Behavior Sciences and specializing in mental adaptation techniques.

Freeman was a professor at Baruch College of the City University of New York, at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, and at Hofstra University in the Village of Hempstead, New York. Freeman was the keynote speaker at Harvard University on November 14, 2001, at the conference, Innovation, Entrepreneurship and the Future. Listed in Who's Who in America 1975-2007.

He commercialized approximately 40 US patents, and contributed to the work of approximately 25 others in educational devices, programming, telephony, laser/special effects, Cable TV, and others.

Core patent claims include telephone push button tones as input to the home via branching." Patent claims also covering cable TV, addressability of cable converter boxes, digitization, interactivity, and smart-toys.

He programmed and did the voice talent for interactive educational programs. He founded a U.S. Nasdq corporation to further developer patent claims for movies special effects, laser special effects, Hyper TV, and distance learning systems.

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Sounds like an amazing guy. He's like a Steve Jobs type that I never heard about.