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Subject: Owl Calculator
Written By: sunflwrs12 on 11/14/05 at 2:36 pm

I am looking for the owl calculator from the 80's. It was yellow, with an owl on the front. It was a children's calculator. It was the owl I think from the old tootsie roll commercial.  Any help at all would satisfy this long search for one. Here's a picture of Mr. Owl. Thank you!
Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Heather on 03/07/06 at 4:01 pm

You know...I HAD that calculator...it is circa 1981 I want to say....If I recall, the digital display was red and the calculator was the owl, and the outer rim was yellow/orange.  I just did a search on Ebay looking for one, but was unsuccessful.  GOOD LUCK!!! :D
Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Tony J Case on 03/14/06 at 2:35 am

You dont mean one of the Little Professor variants? I know (well, I'm pretty sure) that there was a non-tootsie roll owl calcualtor in that series.
Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Luvjugs on 03/21/06 at 3:54 pm

I've been looking for the SAME exact calculator... i look on ebay almost every week.  Anyone found it yet???
Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Lisa on 04/27/06 at 10:03 am

I think if you go on Ebay you can find one now.  The calculator is called the little Professor.

Hope this helps.

Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Allie Fox on 05/01/06 at 1:41 pm

It is NOT the "Little Professor." 

The item you are looking for was called the Quiz Kid.
http://www.datamath.org/Related/NationalSemi/Images/QuizKid.jpg

In fact those were less calculators than they were math quiz games.  The Quiz Kid had LEDs in its eyes that lit up for correct and incorrect answers.



Subject: Re: Owl Calculator
Written By: Allie Fox on 05/01/06 at 1:43 pm

This is The Little Professor
http://www.datamath.org/Edu/Images/Prof_80.jpg