AI toy I worked on is in stores
Alt link: https://mrchristmas.com/products/santas-magical-telephone Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7QJxZWFQg The first time I talked with AI santa and it responded with a joke I was HOOKED. The fun/nonsense doesn't click until you try it yourself. What's even more exciting is you can build it yourself: libpeer: https://github.com/sepfy/libpeer pion: https://github.com/pion/webrtc Then go do all your fun logic in your Pion server. Connect to any Voice AI provider, or roll your own via Open Source.…
AI toy I worked on is in stores launched on October 12, 2025 with 156 votes, #184 of 8,178 launches that month and more than 95% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
Santa's Magical Telephone is an AI-powered toy phone available in stores that lets users have voice conversations with an AI Santa character. The product is designed for children who want interactive holiday entertainment. What distinguishes it is that users can build custom versions using open-source tools like libpeer and Pion WebRTC, connecting to any voice AI provider or creating their own logic server.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
Alt link: https://mrchristmas.com/products/santas-magical-telephone Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0z7QJxZWFQg The first time I talked with AI santa and it responded with a joke I was HOOKED. The fun/nonsense doesn't click until you try it yourself. What's even…
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