Editing Cindy Smart (section)

== Reception ==

Several news outlets, including ''[[The New York Times]]'' and ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'', compared Cindy Smart to [[Chatty Cathy]], which was the first talking doll and influential in the toy business.<ref name=nytimes/><ref name=wired/> ''Wired'' and ''[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]'' also compared Cindy Smart to I-Cybie, the first widely available toy to accept voice commands.<ref name=wired/><ref>{{cite news |first=Jackie |last=Chowns |title=Toy story |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=22 November 2003 |page=C6}}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' named Cindy Smart to its list of the 42 best inventions of 2002, praising her technical capabilities but calling her "a little creepy".<ref name=time/> ''Wired'' also called her "a little creepy".<ref name=wired/>

Cindy Smart was a modest financial success.<ref name=latimes>{{cite news |first=Melinda |last=Fulmer |title=Minimotos kick-start Toy Quest's fortunes |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=29 March 2005 |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-29-fi-moto29-story.html |access-date=15 October 2014}}</ref> ''[[The Australian Financial Review]]'' named it a "must-have" for Christmas 2003.<ref>{{cite news |first=Neil |last=Shoebridge |title=Selling toys isn't child's play |newspaper=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |date=29 September 2003 |page=48}}</ref>