Questron

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Questron was an electronic pen that was designed to promote learning for children. The pen was battery operated and had a red and green LED. Red for a wrong answer and green for a correct one. The pen was used with a book that contained pages of puzzles, questions, etc.

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Do You Remember Questron?

mizzoualum on 2010-09-01 01:52:14

I'm looking for two wands. Does anyone have or know where there is one.

brenda on 2009-12-29 21:36:02

I have found one of the 'pens' that i found with lots of my childrens old stuff from the loft - have put it on ebay for 99p!! cant find the books - probably gave them to the charity shops a long time ago!

chillyrose on 2008-02-28 11:58:34

I loved this toy when I wa a child. It helped me learn how to read - before I even started school. My Dad bought it for me because I stunned him and my mum by reading the sign for it outloud in a shop! The power of advertising!

Anonymous on 2007-04-25 03:06:04

Wow! I am 20 and I still remember this very well. I had the grey / black stick version and this has 'brought it all back'. I still can't find any on Ebay and the associated sites..I would happily pay to get one of these back, with the books.

Anonymous on 2007-02-27 09:18:50

Oh, wow. I had no idea what this thing was actually called. I still have the "pen" (mine is red), which I recently found in a box mixed with other random things from my childhood. My 2-year-old daughter got a hold of it and that lasted about a day before I couldn't take the obnoxious sounds anymore and had to steal back when she wasn't looking. Hehe. How did my parents ever deal with that? Still, I remember having fun with this. As well as finding out which everyday objects were deemed "right" and "wrong" as the editor noted.

Anonymous on 2006-12-30 11:41:33

I went to a museum in Swansea which had a lot of these on display, which was about the only time I saw them outside the ads or a toyshop display.