Oregon Scientific Introduces Two Star Wars(TM) Learning Laptops As Part of Partnership With Lucasfilm Ltd.
TUALATIN, Ore., Sept. 26 /PRNewswire/ — Oregon Scientific, one of the world’s leading designers and marketers of award-winning personal electronic products, today announced two new electronic learning laptops as result of a partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. The Star Wars Darth Vader Laptop and the Star Wars R2-D2 Laptop include interactive learning activities and games for young kids and are currently available at retail stores nationwide.
“We are extremely excited to partner with Lucasfilm on these new electronic learning products that combine genuine Star Wars elements with learning benefits,” said Bill Uzell, executive vice president of Oregon Scientific. “The popularity of Star Wars truly spans all ages and the new learning laptops are guaranteed to be a hit with kids and parents alike.”
Designed in the shape of Darth Vader’s mask and R2-D2, the Star Wars Darth Vader Laptop and the Star Wars R2-D2 Laptop each help teach children fundamental skills in subjects including math, grammar, music and spelling. With over 50 activities, the Darth Vader Laptop lets kids pick-up the interactive lightsaber and join the iconic villain on a variety of missions. Activities include logic, memory and music games and the laptop is equipped with a QWERTY keyboard to help introduce kids to computers. For younger fans, the R2-D2 Laptop lets kids join R2-D2 and C-3PO on adventures around the galaxy — expanding their vocabulary, having fun with numbers, and developing logic and memory skills. With eight activities including “Word Scramble”, “Reflex Training” and “Shape Recognition”, the laptop is ideal for young learners and includes a handle for easy portability.
The partnership with Lucasfilm Ltd. allows Oregon Scientific to develop electronic learning laptops based on the entire catalog of Star Wars films.
The Star Wars Darth Vader Laptop (ages 5 and up, $59.99) and the Star Wars R2-D2 Laptop (ages 3 and up, $24.99) are available at retail stores nationwide. For additional information on these and other electronic learning products from Oregon Scientific visit http://www2.oregonscientific.com/.
About Oregon Scientific:
Founded in 1989, Oregon Scientific is headquartered in Tualatin, a quaint suburb of beautiful Portland, Oregon. Nestled amongst other Northwest technology giants, it is quickly becoming one of the world’s leading designers and marketers of upscale personal electronics. Oregon Scientific offers six families of products, ranging from youth & learning to sports & fitness. Built from its hallmark of timing and weather devices, Oregon Scientific is expanding to meet the diverse needs of its customers to enhance the way we live, work and play. Consider Oregon Scientific’s products to be “Innovating the Everyday.”
Oregon Scientific’s Youth & Learning Electronics offer a variety of educational and fun kid-friendly electronics ranging from interactive laptops and books to small gadgets for on-the-go learning. Licenses from Mattel, Batman(TM), Superman(TM) and now Lucasfilm bring activities to life, enhancing the imagination and connection to learning. Oregon Scientific’s Youth & Learning Electronic products can be purchased at major toy and game retailers and at Oregon Scientific retail locations in the Stanford Shopping Center in Palo Alto California, the Century City Shopping Center in Los Angeles California and Bridgeport Village in Tigard Oregon.
Oregon Scientific is a division of one of the world’s premier electronics manufacturers, Integrated Display Technology, Ltd. (IDT), based in Hong Kong. IDT was founded in 1977 and is listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchanged as IDT Technology and on the Singapore Exchange as I-Com.
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Web site: http://www2.oregonscientific.com/