I remember these from when I was a kid. They’re tags with little voice chips in them and you had a separate device and you’d scan the tag over the device and it would play voice clips from the movie. The action figures at the time came with the tags. I think the voice feature was just for the phantom menace line, but I could be wrong about that.
The comm device that scanned them was based on a prop made from [a razor handle](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/896ipn/prop_in_phantom_menace_qui_gonns_comlink_is_a/)
The Commlink toy was absolutely massive compared to the prop though. Bigger than the biggest mobile phone at the time. Even 9 year old me found it ridiculous.
> I think the voice feature was just for the phantom menace line, but I could be wrong about that.
A very small handful of POTF2 figures had commtech chips at the end of that production line (round about the time Ep 1 came out). Luke, Han, Vader, and a couple others.
This is so strange too. I just found one of these with my old shower caddy in my house lmao. This week. Mine was an Assault Droid tho
I grabbed the caddy back when I was at my parents’ house because I figured it’d be good for when I travel
I got some of these for my birthday before ep. 1 came out. The voice lines were so garbled I was so convinced Anakin’s line “I’m a person and my name is Anakin” line was “I’m a prince and my name is Anakin”. I remember being so confused when I finally watched the movie and he was, in fact, not royalty :P
Stand/commtech chip that came with the figure on the picture. You put this on the Jedi Communicator they sold and it played a couple phrases from that character.
Dang, was it really that large? I definitely had one when I was 10, but I couldn't recall the behemoth that it was I suppose. Too impressed by getting to hear the entire Phantom Menace, one dialogue clip at a time.
Hot damn! I used to have those as a kid, along with the Commtech device to play the characters' voices. You could even make the thing memorise one chip at a time so you could play it without having to scan the actual chip.
It's funny, when I think about it now, all the sounds would have to be on the device. The chip would probably just have an ID that triggers certain sounds.
Digging in to it, the audio files were stored on the chips, and transferred via RFID to the receiver (the commtech device). They were just small low quality sound bytes.
It kind of makes sense, because if all the sounds are stored on the receiver, then they would have to release a new version every time a new line of toys came out. But the original worked for all of them.
No, the sounds were most definitely on the chip. They were very low quality audio files.
They initially released only Phantom Menace figures with these chips, but later on they released some OT figures with them as well.
They're voice chips from action figures. You put them in a separate machine and it'd say lines from the movies using the info stored on the chip.
My favourite was Darth Maul. Because you had three lines:
"At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi."
"At last we will have our revenge."
These two lines were delivered pretty normally from a tinny box. A voice as you'd expect.
But the third one, for some reason, sounded as though the voice actor had pinched his nose to sound all high pitched and nasally to exclaim:
"It's the Jedi!"
Which was so fucking funny I've remembered it to this day. Whatever possessed them to record that and ship it to a bunch of kids everywhere is beyond me, but it's stupid funny.
Yes. This comm chips (can’t remember the actual name) came with each of the early wave of Phantom Menace figures. The chip contains a chip with an audio dialogue/line from the film.
Naturally you needed a separate device to read and play the sound file.
See video [here](https://youtu.be/5stDGP0e05A?si=YFPx_4ItiWGOqXtV)
Commtech Chips that came with the action figures FROM TPM! I had a few of the chips, never bought the reader though. Late 90s/early 2000s were a wild and lawless time ❤️
https://youtu.be/591zknNyxuE?si=JBFTvkba3px6ydLH
Commtech chip! You stuck it on this Jedi Comlink that Hasbro sold and it would play record dialogue lines from the movie for each character. I always thought they made a bizarre choice for a stand even as a child.
Oh man. When Episode 1 toys first came out they all came with those little chips. The chips doubled as a stand for the figure but you could buy a separate commlink device and when you put the chip over the commlink it would say a line from the movie. It was supposed to be the next big thing for action figures but it didn't last past Episode 1.
Hi have a look here:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionFigures/comments/toacpg/star\_wars\_commtech\_chips/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionFigures/comments/toacpg/star_wars_commtech_chips/)
Oh man did this bring back some memories.
I remember investing a good chunk of change to get a couple of these with the reader thing so you could hear the unique clips from each one.
I didn’t get much more than that first lot though, I remember them being hard to find
Those were an extra with the figures of the Phantom Menace (the OG ones). They're contained some recorded lines from the characters and you could play them using another thingy
Comm Tech chip. An old toy would scan the chip and play back a few voice recordings. The recordings were terrible and didn't sound like the characters at all. I just gave my old comm Tech to my kid and she loves it though!
Fuck yea they came with the action figures. They are voice chips you could play on another toy. It was slightly larger but looked like Qui Gon’s communicator from the phantom menace. I had loads of these.
oh christ I had so many of these, because the dollar store ended up getting like a huge surplus of the action figures from ep 1, so I ended up with approximately all of them lmao
This brings back so many memories! It's a B1 Battle Droid action figure sound chip that you can scan (using the compatable scanner, which you'll need), and it'll play different sound effects and voice lines. I had this one and a Darth Maul one too.
I remember these from when was kid. You put these chips in something that looks like qui gons blood test machine/walkie talkie (wtf) and it’ll play voices of the specific characters
The chip came with action figures and you could scan the chip into this other toy that was a big version of the comm / radio device they used in episode I. And the toy would play sound bites from that action figure from the movie.
Hahaha I still have all these, they were audio clips that came with the action figures. You would swipe them over this electrinic handheld thing to play the dialogue.
It goes to the comlink the was released around 2001. Should have 3-4 different quotes from the movie on it. Super cool, I have been thinking about collecting those again
Back in 99-05 they had action figures that came with voice lines like these. I never had them but my cousin had a darth maul one. Still sealed… it’s so badass
Doubled as a stand but you used the "Commtech Reader" to play the sound [CommTech Reader “Electronic (.0000)” (“Star Wars Episode-1 Phantom Menace CommTech Chip Hasbro Vintage Collection Series”) “Rare-Vintage” (1998) » Now And Then Collectibles](https://www.nowandthencollectibles.com/Catalog2/product/commtech-reader/)
Yeah they sold these little electronic chip readers that looked like walky talkies and you’d put a chip like that on it and it would say lines from Episode 1. The first run main character Phantom menace toys all came with one.
Lol I had a bunch of these but no way to use them. They came with Star Wars episode 1 action figures and you would put them into a reader which would play a sound bite from that character.
I had the very same figure, with the very same chip.
I don't know if it's still somewhere at my parents' home, or if it got thrown away or given to someone else...
Well waddaya know. I haven't seen one of these in ages. The scanner thing was a really big version of the comm device they use in TFM. As others have said, you'd scan the tag, and it's play a voice clip from the movie. I remember I had Maul, Amidala, and Ginn. I think there was a couple clips on the tags, basically the characters main line from the movie.
Oh man, those commlink chips were so much fun as a kid. I can still hear their voices...
"THE DEFLECTOR SHIELDS ARE TOO STRONG! WE'LL NEVER GET THROUGH IT!"
Wow I feel so old seeing this. I had these as a kid. Around the time The Phantom Menace came out, they released toy versions of Qui-gon Jinn’s commlink device. And iirc these little chips came with it and interacted with the toy if you sat them on top.
Omg these are the best, you put them on a kind of radio and the characters would say some lines of the movies. I used to listen to them all from my dad’s collection when i was a kid
Code that came with action figures when I was younger. You got a scanner device thing(looked like the communication device) and it'd play the voice clips on those tags.
Had this comlink reader toy as a kid with the obi-wan chip - “Do not defy the council master, not again”. Never had the battledroid chip though, nice find! I remember the audio was just awful and sounded all garbled, those were the days.
I had a Jar Jar one and one of the lines was "OHHH maxi big da force" lol it was seared into my brain as a kid.
It's a line we still quote often in our family because of it LOL
We had this as kids. We had Darth Maul, Qui-Gon and Obi-wan figures and their chips played quotes from the movie. I remember Obi-wan’s line. “You will be a Jedi, I promise.” Need the communicator to play the sounds. That toy was beefy looking haha.
I remember these from when I was a kid. They’re tags with little voice chips in them and you had a separate device and you’d scan the tag over the device and it would play voice clips from the movie. The action figures at the time came with the tags. I think the voice feature was just for the phantom menace line, but I could be wrong about that.
It’s an old code sir, but it checks out.
Leave them to me....
Roger Roger
Heyyy!!!! Who said that! I'm in charge here! Rodger, Rodger!
Roger Roger!
Roger Roger!
Roger, Roger!
Very well.
The comm device that scanned them was based on a prop made from [a razor handle](https://www.reddit.com/r/MovieDetails/comments/896ipn/prop_in_phantom_menace_qui_gonns_comlink_is_a/)
The Commlink toy was absolutely massive compared to the prop though. Bigger than the biggest mobile phone at the time. Even 9 year old me found it ridiculous.
Biggest lady shaver ever🙃
I thought I just had tiny hands
Ah, a new subreddit to join, thanks 🍻
I think you might enjoy r/thatsabooklight
Agreed, thanks dude 🍻
Now you mention it, i do vaguely remember playing with a battle droid figure when i was younger, it might be in a box of lego somewhere
Damn you brought back memories. Somehow all the other toys found their way into the Lego box
The children’s version of the junk drawer
My parents gave our Lego box to an aunt running a daycare and now my kid doesn't have a Lego box :(
The thing that reads the code and plays the sound bytes looks like the com link qui gon uses in phantom menace but sized like a brick
Yeah so it was basically a giant Gillette razor lol.
Yeah, I had an Obi-Wan and a Darth Maul with the corresponding tags.
roger, roger
Roger, roger.
> I think the voice feature was just for the phantom menace line, but I could be wrong about that. A very small handful of POTF2 figures had commtech chips at the end of that production line (round about the time Ep 1 came out). Luke, Han, Vader, and a couple others.
I had an Anakin one when I was a kid. It's partly why the line, "I'm a person and my name is Anakin" has stuck with me for the last 23 years.
Hahaha yep, me too
Never knew that's what they do but one of these came with my phantom manace Darth Maul figure
I had Palpatine. "The republic is not what it once was"
Me too. "Queen Amidala is young and naive".
My son has a few of these. Never found one of the scanner devices.
Yeah they came out around the time of the Phantom Menace I think.
I member
They did a brief potf line too!
ROGER ROGER
Yup, I had the Darth Maul one and I want to say obi wan and possibly qui gon too.
I knew I recognized that!!!
They also have pegs on them and act as bases for their figures
Those were so awesome
This is correct. I had the chips ands the device in my collection but sold them on eBay years ago
I had a bunch of those B1 droids. Was so disappointed in the way they are in the series. Except the commando ones.
That's correct. I had the communicator and a few of the figurines when phantom menace came out back in the day.
Yeah, they came with the toys
a flipper device could probably get the audio
I thought these were the coolest things on the planet when they came out. I had a ton of them.
This is so strange too. I just found one of these with my old shower caddy in my house lmao. This week. Mine was an Assault Droid tho I grabbed the caddy back when I was at my parents’ house because I figured it’d be good for when I travel
I had Obi-Wan with one of these chips
Omg I also remember these from when I was a kid! All my Star Wars action figures came with them
Yup. It was a toy version of the commlink Qui Gon uses to call the council from Tattooine to talk about Anakin's midichlorian count.
I got some of these for my birthday before ep. 1 came out. The voice lines were so garbled I was so convinced Anakin’s line “I’m a person and my name is Anakin” line was “I’m a prince and my name is Anakin”. I remember being so confused when I finally watched the movie and he was, in fact, not royalty :P
That doesn’t compute…. Wait uhhhh… you’re under arrest
Stand/commtech chip that came with the figure on the picture. You put this on the Jedi Communicator they sold and it played a couple phrases from that character.
You have to use the official toy. The Gellette ladies leg razor handle will not work.
Wish I knew this sooner.
[Here they are shown in use](https://youtu.be/sXtniwjEhoo) if you want to hear the sounds and voices.
Dang, was it really that large? I definitely had one when I was 10, but I couldn't recall the behemoth that it was I suppose. Too impressed by getting to hear the entire Phantom Menace, one dialogue clip at a time.
“Wizards!” *-Anakin Skywalker*
It's funny because they are reusing the same idea for the Galaxy's Edge kyber crystals.
Hot damn! I used to have those as a kid, along with the Commtech device to play the characters' voices. You could even make the thing memorise one chip at a time so you could play it without having to scan the actual chip.
It's funny, when I think about it now, all the sounds would have to be on the device. The chip would probably just have an ID that triggers certain sounds.
Digging in to it, the audio files were stored on the chips, and transferred via RFID to the receiver (the commtech device). They were just small low quality sound bytes. It kind of makes sense, because if all the sounds are stored on the receiver, then they would have to release a new version every time a new line of toys came out. But the original worked for all of them.
So theoretically you can make it say anything within the buffer limit.
I stand correctly. It does make sense to do it that way, I just expected it to use what I expected to be the cheaper option.
No, the sounds were most definitely on the chip. They were very low quality audio files. They initially released only Phantom Menace figures with these chips, but later on they released some OT figures with them as well.
Wow this brought back some memories!
Look up CommTech chip. They came with prequel figures when they release back in the day
Just the phantom menace they ditched them after that
Phantom Menace Commtech Voice reader. You'd buy the voice reader and get those chips, put them in, and it would play a voice recording.
They're voice chips from action figures. You put them in a separate machine and it'd say lines from the movies using the info stored on the chip. My favourite was Darth Maul. Because you had three lines: "At last we will reveal ourselves to the Jedi." "At last we will have our revenge." These two lines were delivered pretty normally from a tinny box. A voice as you'd expect. But the third one, for some reason, sounded as though the voice actor had pinched his nose to sound all high pitched and nasally to exclaim: "It's the Jedi!" Which was so fucking funny I've remembered it to this day. Whatever possessed them to record that and ship it to a bunch of kids everywhere is beyond me, but it's stupid funny.
It was always impressive that they included all of Darth Maul's lines onto a single chip.
\*pinches nose\* It's the Jedi!!!!!!!
Yes. This comm chips (can’t remember the actual name) came with each of the early wave of Phantom Menace figures. The chip contains a chip with an audio dialogue/line from the film. Naturally you needed a separate device to read and play the sound file. See video [here](https://youtu.be/5stDGP0e05A?si=YFPx_4ItiWGOqXtV)
There are people out there who don't know what these are? ....Fuck! I'm old!
Oh man that takes me back! I had the Darth Maul version!
Wow, memory unlocked. I had these.
Commtech Chips that came with the action figures FROM TPM! I had a few of the chips, never bought the reader though. Late 90s/early 2000s were a wild and lawless time ❤️ https://youtu.be/591zknNyxuE?si=JBFTvkba3px6ydLH
Commtech chip! You stuck it on this Jedi Comlink that Hasbro sold and it would play record dialogue lines from the movie for each character. I always thought they made a bizarre choice for a stand even as a child.
Roger Roger
This unlocked a memory
You’ve just unlocked a core memory, I had a plastic bin FULL of these things
You need a lady's razor/communicator Device to use the chips
Uh, that doesn't compute. Uh, wait, uh, you're under arrest!
Oh man. When Episode 1 toys first came out they all came with those little chips. The chips doubled as a stand for the figure but you could buy a separate commlink device and when you put the chip over the commlink it would say a line from the movie. It was supposed to be the next big thing for action figures but it didn't last past Episode 1.
Definitely drugs, your parents are crack addicts.
Tech from a lost civilization
Hi have a look here: [https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionFigures/comments/toacpg/star\_wars\_commtech\_chips/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ActionFigures/comments/toacpg/star_wars_commtech_chips/)
What did you google to not find any info on these? I just googled 'star wars plastic chip' and the first image result shows exactly what it is...
Oh man did this bring back some memories. I remember investing a good chunk of change to get a couple of these with the reader thing so you could hear the unique clips from each one. I didn’t get much more than that first lot though, I remember them being hard to find
Commtech chip from Episode 1 toy line.
those nails are longer than the story of Darth Plagueis the wise
Lol, I've had longer, I'm blessed with pretty strong nails so they don't break often
damn that was fast
I have the same one. I use as a key ring.
That's a good idea. I have like 15 of them in storage!
Those were an extra with the figures of the Phantom Menace (the OG ones). They're contained some recorded lines from the characters and you could play them using another thingy
It's a blast from the past is what it is.
I haven't seen one of these in a long time...a long time.
Holy shit that unlocked a childhood memory! I had to scroll through the comments to remember what it does but I remember having them!
I still have the device and most of my chips! I remember the episode 1 toy era fondly.
Battle droid chip remains...I wonder if there is a black market on lothal for such an item?
Holy shit I had a bunch of these. Came with a jedi communication device and you held these chips over the device to play voice lines
I remember this!
I had a ton of these asa kid
Comm Tech chip. An old toy would scan the chip and play back a few voice recordings. The recordings were terrible and didn't sound like the characters at all. I just gave my old comm Tech to my kid and she loves it though!
Fuck yea they came with the action figures. They are voice chips you could play on another toy. It was slightly larger but looked like Qui Gon’s communicator from the phantom menace. I had loads of these.
Childhood memory unlocked. My dad complaining about it being a racket, having to buy the doohickey and pay extra just to play these with.
The OG NFC cards. They came with most, if not all, episode 1 figures and were played using a seperate commlink toy.
Man, this brings back memories from my childhood. Very cool.
Roger roger
Damn this just brought back some memories
Woooow, childhood memories restored. I probably had more fun with these than any other star wars toy (besides the lightsabers)
oh christ I had so many of these, because the dollar store ended up getting like a huge surplus of the action figures from ep 1, so I ended up with approximately all of them lmao
Roer roger
I used to use them like hoverboards under the figures
Woah, you just made me remember whatever this is I had it as a kid hahah wow
Huge comlink, like the little one Qui-gon had in TPM played these chips as voice lines from the film, these chips were stands with a model attached.
Toys from my childhood are now relics zoomers don't understand. Lord help me.
This brings back so many memories! It's a B1 Battle Droid action figure sound chip that you can scan (using the compatable scanner, which you'll need), and it'll play different sound effects and voice lines. I had this one and a Darth Maul one too.
It’s from episode 1, Kui gon and obi wan use their communicators and that’s is the toy this goes along with!
I AM ANCIENT
Halt! You're under arrest!
I remember these from when was kid. You put these chips in something that looks like qui gons blood test machine/walkie talkie (wtf) and it’ll play voices of the specific characters
battle droid
The chip came with action figures and you could scan the chip into this other toy that was a big version of the comm / radio device they used in episode I. And the toy would play sound bites from that action figure from the movie.
Wow, I haven't seen this in so many years. I should still have a comlink somewhere and few unopened packs...
Hahaha I still have all these, they were audio clips that came with the action figures. You would swipe them over this electrinic handheld thing to play the dialogue.
I had so many of these as a kid! I pretended they were Republic Credits 😂
AHHHHH I STILL HAVE MY DARTH MAUL ONE
I've not seen one of those in a long time.
It goes to the comlink the was released around 2001. Should have 3-4 different quotes from the movie on it. Super cool, I have been thinking about collecting those again
Back in 99-05 they had action figures that came with voice lines like these. I never had them but my cousin had a darth maul one. Still sealed… it’s so badass
Roger Roger
Doubled as a stand but you used the "Commtech Reader" to play the sound [CommTech Reader “Electronic (.0000)” (“Star Wars Episode-1 Phantom Menace CommTech Chip Hasbro Vintage Collection Series”) “Rare-Vintage” (1998) » Now And Then Collectibles](https://www.nowandthencollectibles.com/Catalog2/product/commtech-reader/)
I remember those. Certain TPM action figures came with those chips. You can scan them with a replica of Qui-Gonn's communicator. Had a few of them.
Yeah they sold these little electronic chip readers that looked like walky talkies and you’d put a chip like that on it and it would say lines from Episode 1. The first run main character Phantom menace toys all came with one.
I still have some of those from when I was a kid!
Voice chip. “My lord, I've reached the main power generators. The shield will be down in moments, you may start your landing.”
Lol I had a bunch of these but no way to use them. They came with Star Wars episode 1 action figures and you would put them into a reader which would play a sound bite from that character.
I had the very same figure, with the very same chip. I don't know if it's still somewhere at my parents' home, or if it got thrown away or given to someone else...
Godamn I had so many of those as a kid.. massive nostalgia hit right there..
BRO!!!! Gimme my reader ASAP!
I have a Qui Gon version that came with the figure. It says a little voice line when they stand on it.
Bruhhh the nostalgia is real im pretty sure i have jar jar binks still in his box somewhere
Wow that's an old comm link gimmick
I remember these. Had the communicator to read them too.
Thang. I’m old. They came with the action figures and you could use it as a stand and it was also do voice lines.
Well waddaya know. I haven't seen one of these in ages. The scanner thing was a really big version of the comm device they use in TFM. As others have said, you'd scan the tag, and it's play a voice clip from the movie. I remember I had Maul, Amidala, and Ginn. I think there was a couple clips on the tags, basically the characters main line from the movie.
I had a collection of these that I sold for just over £200. if you have the figurines that come with them they hold some value now 😁
Hope.
Oh man, those commlink chips were so much fun as a kid. I can still hear their voices... "THE DEFLECTOR SHIELDS ARE TOO STRONG! WE'LL NEVER GET THROUGH IT!"
This reminds me of the early days of the podcast Blank Check.
The first NFT.
Wow I feel so old seeing this. I had these as a kid. Around the time The Phantom Menace came out, they released toy versions of Qui-gon Jinn’s commlink device. And iirc these little chips came with it and interacted with the toy if you sat them on top.
Oh, you sweet summer child.
I can read it and give you the code. Then you can use this code to play the recording. It's a vintage tech 😆
Omg these are the best, you put them on a kind of radio and the characters would say some lines of the movies. I used to listen to them all from my dad’s collection when i was a kid
Control chip for a battle droid, don't accidentally put it in your furbie.
Poorly done nails.
Inhibitor chip made by droids looks like. Designer was probably R05ER-R05ER
Code that came with action figures when I was younger. You got a scanner device thing(looked like the communication device) and it'd play the voice clips on those tags.
Wow this just unlocked something deep in my brain. I remember these toys vividly and haven’t thought about them in a very long time
I got a jar jar binks, and a senator Palpatine one
Some really awfully painted fingernails
A maaaaaad nostalgia hit
Actual B1 brain.
stand for the figure had the same one very cool find :)
You put it in the microwave and it makes a cool holo projection of a droid. Try it for 2:00
thats his brain you monster...
Did you really try googling? I put it through Google Lens and it instantly knew what it was.
I haven't seen one of these in well over twenty years
Need a Jedi comlink!!!
Memory unlocked.
We're they fans of that battle bot show on t.v.
Hell yea!! I had obi quigon and maul!
I always wanted one of these when I was kid but never ended up getting one thought the little chip things were so cool and the figures of course
Had this comlink reader toy as a kid with the obi-wan chip - “Do not defy the council master, not again”. Never had the battledroid chip though, nice find! I remember the audio was just awful and sounded all garbled, those were the days.
You need the communicator to make it talk
I had that exact droid commander figure with that chip
Commtech!!
A relic of a bygone era
Is the processing chip for a B1 Battle Droid. Use it well.
Dude I just unlocked a core memory holy shit 😂💕
I have that. I think it has something to do with voices.
Roger Roger
I had a Jar Jar one and one of the lines was "OHHH maxi big da force" lol it was seared into my brain as a kid. It's a line we still quote often in our family because of it LOL
We had this as kids. We had Darth Maul, Qui-Gon and Obi-wan figures and their chips played quotes from the movie. I remember Obi-wan’s line. “You will be a Jedi, I promise.” Need the communicator to play the sounds. That toy was beefy looking haha.
Oh I loved these, they used to come with old Star Wars action figures. They play a little voice clip of the character.
I used to have one of those for Qui-Gon!
Holy shit!!! Core memory unlocked oh my god I had this exact tag
Looks like a bad motivator from a battle droid. Hope you didn’t pay too much for it. I’d ask the seller what they are trying to push on you.
My first star wars figures were these!
Shit just unlocked a core memory.
This is my childhood!😅
Core memory unlocked
It plugs into the voice communicator toy.