Alphabet Apple (1997)

Alphabet Apple was a learning toy released in 1997.

Features

The stem acts as the carry handle and the speaker is on the stem. It has 26 letter buttons from A-Z, an On/Off Button, and a worm as an activity selector.

Activities (US)

1. Learn the Letters
2. Learn the Sounds
3. Find It
4. Before & After
5. Music

Activities (UK)

1. Learn the letter sound
2. Learn the beginning sound
3. Learn the ending sound
4. Learn the word
5. Music

Music List (US)

[A, J, S] And The Green Grass Grew All Around

[B, K, T] Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

[C, L, U] Frog Went A Courtin’

[D, M, V] Camptown Races

[E, N, W] My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean

[F, O, X] The Old Gray Mare

[G, P, Y] Lavender's Blue

[H, Q, Z] Goosey, Goosey, Gander

[I, R] The Alphabet Song

Music List (UK)

[a, j, s] - Alphabet Song

[b, k, t] - And The Green Grass Grew All Around

[c, l, u] - Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

[d, m, v] - Frog Went A-Courtin'

[e, n, w] - Camptown Races

[f, o, x] - Teddy Bears' Picnic

[g, p, y] - Yankee Doodle

[h, q, z] - London Bridge

[i, r] - Lavender's Blue

Music List (Germany)

[A, J, S] Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

[B, K, T] Alle Vögel sind schon da

[C, L, U] If You’re Happy and You Know it

[D, M, V] Kuckuck, Kuckuck rufts aus dem Wald

[E, N, W] ABC, die Katze lief im Schnee

[F, O, X] Ich geh mit meiner Laterne

[G, P, Y] London Bridge

[H, Q, Z] Mary Had a Little Lamb

[I, R] Ein Männlein steht im Walde

Trivia

• This is the only version of Alphabet Apple to:
  • not have background music.
  • not have the vowels and consonants color-coded.
  • not have light-up letter buttons.
  • not have a clock.
  • have 9 melodies instead of 26.
• The UK and Dutch versions are the only versions to have lowercase letters instead of uppercase letters.
• There exists some versions of both English versions that lack the toy's name and have the current VTech logo.
• Despite the Chinese version being based of the American version, it has the UK activity slider and some words are different. These words being:
  • Bug → Bird
  • Hippo → House
  • Jet → Jacket
  • Nap → Nose
  • Rat → Rabbit

References