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- BUSINESS, Page 55Business NotesTOYSChatter from The Batter
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- Collecting baseball cards was once every parent's idea of a
- nice quiet hobby. The only noise it inspired was the popping of
- bubble gum. But this month LJN Toys will introduce baseball
- cards that produce their own chatter when inserted into a
- battery-operated player called Sportstalk. On tiny vinyl records
- that have been laminated on the back of each baseball card,
- players from Hank Aaron to Los Angeles Dodger Kirk Gibson
- reminisce for some two minutes apiece about their famous
- moments on the field. The retail price for the machine with four
- cards will be $28; additional four-card packs will sell for $5.
- The toymaker has already received 400,000 orders for Sportstalk
- from such retailers as Toys "R" Us and Child World.
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