G.I. Joe and the Barbie Liberation Organization In 1967, Hasbro introduced the first talking G.I. Joe with a vocabulary that consisted of battle commands. A later version of the talking G.I. Joe became part of talking toy folklore. The following was written by Ed Liebowitz in Smithsonian magazine (August 2002).

In 1993 a prankish group calling itself the Barbie Liberation Organization (BLO) bought several hundred "Teen Talk" Barbies and Talking G.I. Joe Electronic Battle Command Dukes, switched their voice boxes and surreptitiously returned them to toy stores. Brushing Barbie's long blonde hair, an unsuspecting doll owner might hear Barbie cry out: "Eat lead, Cobra," or "Attack, with heavy firepower." G.I. Joe suffered similar indignities. The BLO sent the Smithsonian a "postop" G.I. Joe, who, in his best Barbie soprano voice, warbles such memorable phrases as "Let's plan our dream wedding," "I love to try on clothes" and "Ken's such a dream."

Mattel See 'N Say "the farmer says" Talking Toy (c.1966) - This toy actually has a miniature phonograph record and record player inside it, powered by pulling the "chatty-ring." When the "farmer arrow" is pointed to a picture of an animal and the chatty-ring is pulled, the animal is identified by a voice that is followed by the animal's sound. For instance, if a cow is selected, the toy says "The cow says mooooooo." The cartoon is not really that funny (as the mother correctly points out what's so funny about trying to confuse a baby) nor completely accurate. But if you grew up in that period, its a sound you can probably still hear as you read the cartoon.