8-Track Robots: 2-XL Talking Trivia Toy from 1978 

Wow! I had the nineteen nineties version of this. My little robot accompanied me through some of the worst and best moments of my life. He was at my bedside when I woke up from heart surgery as a teenager and sitting on the headboard of my bed as I left him and went off to college. I hope whoever bought him is enjoying him as much as we enjoyed ours.

I freaking loved this toy!! Had him around 1980

I got this for Christmas in 1978. It was my favorite toy for years! I think I had about 12 different 8-tracks. The one on the Metric System was fun - back at that time, they were telling all school kids that we were all going metric by 1990. It seemed so far off in the future.

This robot was my favorite toy when I was 6-9 years old. I think that and my Speak & Spell were my only companions when I had to spend weekends at my grandparents' house in the 80s. Wow. I was such a geek.

I got one in 78 when I was 6...it was a Christmas present... loves it... never got more cassettes though

I used to play with this at my Grandma's house when I was a kid, it used to be my aunt's

When I was a child (in the mid 90s) I wanted the version that was available back then but my parents couldn't afford to buy me one. They found this model at a flea market and it worked perfectly fine!!! I had a blast with it!!

I got mine on Christmas I Rember It well. Good times

I Had a Really Nice one too , I remember all those tapes , Question , The Billy Jean King Tennis one , Moon Landing , Hours of fun , and a Player too

I had this as a child

Thanks for a wonderful childhood memory

Wonderful toy. I am a college professor and wheelchair user. I regularly amuse experts, by saying I am the smartest toy adjunct in the world

One of my cousins originally had this and I remember using it all the time when I was at my aunt's house. I remember there being one about characters from stories and one about monster movies

I had the 90s version of this that ran on 4-channel cassette tapes I mostly used it for the adventure stories. This thing was literally awesome to me! If I still had to excel I use it every single day thank you for posting the video. I think I literally wore out three of them.

I had an updated version in the 90s as a cassette tape player and he would ask me questions and the voice was the same.

When I was a kid, 2-XL was my homie. I had the 90's updated version that played the cassette tapes and LOVED replaying the tapes and answering the questions over and over again! I never had the original 70's model, but always thought it was very cool, too! Thanks for sharing this video!

I had this as a kid. We would play our 8 tracks in it back then. I had all types of fun with this thing.

starts up: "89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery."

My grandparents would pick up random batches of 8-tracks at various garage sales, and the tape with interviews with Lilian Wald, and Thomas Edison were on it. I only found out that this was a robot toy in 1998 while looking around on the web.

I remember one day I purposely answered all the questions wrong in a category and the robot spoke negative. I mean it literally belittled me...🤣. Though I was young I recall thinking that the toy was *programmed* to do that. And since it was, meant that a kid that *didn't* get those questions correct because they truly didn't know,, would be made to feel stupid. *TRUE STORY*

Dude, I just dug mine out of my old room complete with 8 cassettes and yes, it did teach me a bunch of stuff too.

that voice takes me right back to being a kid

What an awesome toy, that I was fortunate enough to have, back in the day (when he was new)! I hope to add one to my collection, some day soon. :)

The reason I love the old Misfits is my rich aunts kids had this and the trivia "tape" about 50's movies. I was 10 then 3 years later heard them. Loved them since 1984.

Imo one of the best toys of the 70s. I never had one but I knew kids that did....

Omg I loved my 2XL! I bought the 90s version for my kids but the original is the best!!!

That sounds like Randy Newman, using the same voice he used for the singing bush in "Three Amigos".

Got this is a hand-me-down from a neighbor kid around 1984. On one of the 8 tracks it asked me if I was a boy or a girl and I hit the third option. It scared the shit out of me because I thought I was misbehaving.

This is crazy - I was just reminded of this when I was watching Argo earlier today and saw it in the background. I haven't thought about this in DECADES. Wow!

Had a dream about 2XL last night. This toy and The Dark Tower were absolute favorites in our house.

Had one. Loved it! Mazel tov for posting this.

this robot's voice actually sounds like another fellow robot, DJ R-3X (formerly RX-24) found in oga's cantina at star wars galaxy's edge in both disneyland and disney world

I had this back then ! He was Awesome !!

I remember one time... only once, there was some kind of tape error or something that kinda sounded like a fart... and wouldn't you know it 2-XL said, in that 2-XL voice, "Oh, excuse me..." I thought this was the funniest thing I'd ever heard at the time (I was about 8 years old) Nonetheless, one of my favorite toys as a kid, and as a teenager 2-XL kicked out the jams from the old 8-tracks I had kicking around

My younger sister had this version of 2XL, which was such a great educational toy. We had so much fun learning from this robot. That voice of 2XL was absolutely perfect. For some reason I always remembered what 2XL said. Perhaps it was that super clear voice of the robot that just made me remember the information very well. Once in a while we would just press the wrong button to hear what the robot had to tell us. There should be a 2XL website where today’s young children can have fun learning with this wonderful and charming robot. It would be great if 2XL got another reboot with new learning material, and the exact same voice, but now the robot would be able to move around and have all kinds of cool functions like a droid from Star Wars.

I had the compact cassette version of this toy in the 90s. I prefer the older 2XL voice over the new one its more cartoony. Plus the one you have looks like it was pulled right out of Lost in Space, whereas the 90s version looks like the bastard child of the maid from the Jetsons and Johnny 5.

my brother use to have this model and when he moved out he left the robot behind and i had fun for hours with this thing using the old 8 track tapes

whoaaaa! Had one 😍 when i was 5years old i was scared to play this. 😥 im already 25years old now and this toy was hide on our antique Cabinet 😁 the tape was already broken haha.

OH I had one too! Sadly, he broke back in the 1980s and now he's long gone.

I got one of these for Christmas too! Thanks so much for posting!

Oh my, it's even more amazing than I ever could have imagined lol

I still have mine and ONE tape.. No power supply though.. I need to rig it up. Thanks for the video man.. Such Memories.

I tried 2XL in a store when I was a kid, and he fascinated me. I always liked how he would tell a joke and laugh at himself.

I loved 2 XL as a kid!!!! I want one!

This is so cool I had one I got for Christmas also and I loved it ❤

I had one when I was a kid thanks for memory

I had one too and it made me so smart, I figured out that I could use it to play my 8-track Pink Floyd Dark Side Of The Moon! It was my first hi fi!

2-XL is indeed a groovy robot!

i guess im not the only one here that had one of these as a kid...i had the "funny facts and world records" 8 track...seems so silly now. but i loved it at the time,i was 11. 3:42

I had this thing wow! I forgot about it. The eyes were haunting.

I was born in 1977, and I remember finding my parent's 2-XL in the mid 1980's in some long lost area of the house just getting dusty. I think I only found 1 or 2 tapes that survived past 1978, but even then, the power adapter was long lost. So this is the first time I've ever actually seen 2-XL play a tape. It's kinda wild.

Cool toys like this are virtually impossible to get hold of over here in the U.K.

I still have mine!!! Many hours of fun

Tri-Lex always fascinated me.

Had him in 81 best toy ever.

I had one one of the best Christmas presents ever

I had a 2XL. He sounds like an electronic version of Richard Simmons. Hahha.

I got this for Christmas when I was 7. 1978

Hello friend , sorry to bother you , but I have one just like I lost the charger. Please tell me which of voltage and current has eliminator your 2XL . Thank you and congratulations for having one so careful . Cheers !!!!!

I played normal 8 track tapes in him

I Have The Guinness book of world records Tape I just found out tonight that it was for this toy when I got it in a box of 8 track tapes this summer I thought it was an audio book version of an old Guinness world records publication

My mom couldn't afford to buy me this at the time..I can afford it now..

I had a 2XL as a kid too.

oh god that singing D| this sounds like plex from yo gabba gabba

Wow, so cool. Mine was from the 90s. I had no idea they were around since the 70s

I had a tic tac toe game.

I Love him!!!

I don't know why, but this thing reminds me a lot of Claptrap from the Borderlands series of video games. He even has the same comedic tone and dialog as Claptrap does.

My cousin had the newer 2-XL that used regular tapes. he ended up giving it to me and I played music tapes on him. I found a hidden fast forward button which allowed my 2-XL to be a regular tape player. I'm not sure what happened to him.

I had one...fun times!

He could be a little rough on you if you got it wrong.

Very 1978 sounding music but still cool.

I think I had him in Christmas of 1985

Could you do a video on LeapFrog's My Pal Scout? He's a green stuffed dog that can learn your name, favourite food, colour and animal, and play music and stuff via being hooked up to a computer. Pretty easy to find in thrift stores and there's also a purple female version called Violet. I'd like to see how the software works.

I have one -you don’t know where I could get a replacement power cord?

I still have mine.

2XL was revamped in the 80s to work with cassette tapes.

The voice is the same as the one I had... but this one is cool

I had one and am trying to find out the name of a story on the bedtime cassette about a little girl. I think her name is Alexis. Does anyone know the name of the story?

Like a CL4P TP, but cool instead of insufferable.

Great video. You have to do a video on a few of those tapes. 2XL was the best.

Could you use it as a normal 8 track player?

Listen to the 2XL intro song and then Listen to the Moody Blues "Your Wildest Dreams." It seems there are musical cues lifted from 2XL.?

He was my one and only friend

Sounds like Billie Hayes doing her impression of a tone deaf Bart Simpson!

I had the original version which his eyes didn't flash and had to exchange it because it had bad 8 track. I had the game that mounted on his ears. Nice...

Dude, why didn't you play any of the tapes with the freaking questions and answers!!!!

Had. Loved it

What if you put a KISS 8 track in that? Would it explode?

Hi, i have bought one from UK. Manual says that works on 110v, IS correct? Do you know where i can get The 3 amp adapter? It works on 9 volts?i would like test It.Thanks from Spain.

Which tape did this song come from? I grew up with the 90s version and have never seen the 8-track. I do have one on the way though.

He's so cute! Can he play regular 8 track tapes too? Instead one's that just made for him?

Are you still selling him? What's your ebay link?

I had one. Sold it at a garage sale :(

2-XL is from the Jewish section of Brooklyn, NY

How did the toy last so long? Did you have to repair it?

Tiene parlante interno o salida de audio?

ME TOO.

My cousin had one of these! If you answered too much stuff wrong on purpose he would scold you for using him incorrectly.

Sing My Ding-a-ling