Mattel drops new details on I Can Play educational guitar

Filed under: Misc. Gadgets, Portable Audio

While the most of us get our shred on via one version of Guitar Hero or another, Mattel is trying to preserve our offsprings’ minds a little while longer with a more educationally-inclined toy axe. Originally mentioned at the International Toy Fair, the I Can Play instrument is slated to land this August for $99.99 and will boast the Allegro Multimedia Guitar Wizard Method for learning licks. Furthermore, the guitar will come bundled with a cartridge featuring “six popular songs” to play along with (additional ones will be $14.99 apiece), and rather than just single buttons being placed on the fretboard, the more complex sensor layout is said to be more akin to a real-world six-string. Notably, Mattel and Allegro both assert that this device can be used by kiddos as young as six years old, but we see no reason why those struggling through a mid-life crisis can’t relive their own rock fantasies once the children head off to bed.

[Via Electronista]

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