In a parallel toon universe, a portable electronic typewriter might look a lot like this:

Back in this universe, “TypeTronic” was a model name used by Smith-Corona (even before the 1980 release of its ill-fated ultrasonic office typewriter) and is one of several names given to the fourth toy electronic typewriter model to be manufactured by Mehano.¹

Models include:

• Model E-110 sold as the Electronic 8000, Tronic 3000, Blanca, Barbie (1988 —1998)²
• Model E-115/116 sold as the Futura Tronic, Barbie (1999 — 2003)³
• Model E-117 sold as the type, Type Tronic, Barbie (2004 — 2015)⁴
• Model E-118 sold as the Type ‘n’ Print, Barbie (2015 —)⁵

All models except the original E-110 have encryption functionality (see the Crypto Museum website for more information).

E-110

Model E-110 was widely sold as the “Electronic 8000”:

More feminine variants include the first electronic “Barbie” typewriter:

And the Italian “Blanca”:

E-115/E-116

Model E-115/116 models have an identical body style.²

The “Barbie” line continued. This image from the Crypto Museum website:

E-117

At the time of posting, this “TypeTronic” was advertised for sale in Russia:

Model E-117 typewriters also include a “type” variant:

And a “Barbie” variant (E-117BA). At the time of posting, this example was advertised for sale in France:

E-118

Model E-118 typewriters assembled in China also include a “Barbie” variant (E-118BA):

At the time of writing a “Type ‘n’ Print” variant was advertised for sale in Russia:

Non-Barbie model variants have no name on the ribbon cover:

¹ Mehanotehnika, a Slovenian toy company, was established in 1952. The company changed its name to “Mehano” in 1990.

² Model E-110 first year of release is based on a sighting of “Design Pending 1988” on the underside of one example.

³ Model E-116 model is almost identical to the E-115, however the battery compartment is missing its contacts, meaning it can only be used with a power adapter. Source: The Crypto Museum website.

⁴ Dated as 2004 on The Typewriter Database.

⁵ Source: The Crypto Museum website.