Home Alone 2: Lost In New York is among the best Christmas movies out there, and that was evident not long after it was released in theaters. I recently learned the holiday movie, now available to watch with a Disney+ subscription, was the cause of a big toy craze a year after its release in 1993. While the toy becoming such a hit, like the movie, wasn't too surprising, the story behind the Talkboy and how it became a hot holiday item is.
Anyone who watched Home Alone 2 as a child no doubt felt a bit jealous of Kevin McCallister's Talkboy and how he could masterfully utilize it to trick adults into giving him a hotel room and all sorts of other things. What's most interesting is how it came together and ultimately became one of the hottest toys on the market in Christmas 1993.
