Counting Koala

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**Counting Koala** is one of the Linkimals that was released in 2020.

## Physical Appearance

Counting Koala is a bluish-purple koala. It has black eyebrows, a slightly darker bluish-purple nose, a black mouth and its eyes are black and white. It has a "tuft of hair" on its head. Only the koala's right ear is visible. It is made of fabric with a colorful triangles pattern on it, and it makes a crinkly sound when touched.

In the koala's right hand is a spinning ball that is teal on one half and clear, see-through plastic on the other half, with a 3x3 triangle pattern molded in the teal half. The clear window shows six small balls. Their colors are red, lilac, teal, orange, green and yellow. On the koala's right foot are speaker holes arranged in a "sunburst" pattern. In the center of the koala's belly is a light-up circle with a "Fisher-Price" logo in the center which has four lights in it.

In the koala's left arm is a brown tree with green leaves. On the trunk of the tree are 10 colorful buttons with the numbers 1-10 printed on each button, and in the leaves of the tree is a yellow dial with cutouts of a circle, a square and a triangle in it, revealing a "sunburst" patterned colorful background.

One can see from looking at the back of the toy that the koala is holding on to the tree.

## Features and Functions

The koala is activated by either turning the yellow dial, or by pushing the numbered buttons.

If activated by the dial after turning it on, the activation sound plays, then the koala says "It's music time!" and sings "Hello Friends". Turning the dial activates sung songs.

If activated by the number buttons after turning it on, the activation sound plays, then the koala makes a sound. After a second it says the number pushed in the format "Number [x]! (series of dings corresponding to that number) [x]!" Pushing the same number button again has the koala count to it by "singing" the numbers like a musical scale.

The box claims that it plays 50+ songs, sounds, tunes and phrases in total.

### What It Teaches

* Numbers
* Counting, 1-10
* Shapes

### Songs

These songs are played in order.

* Hello Friends
* Counting Koala
* Colorful Friends
* Three Shapes
* Counting Song
* Koala Life
* Marsupial
* Three Shapes (Reprise)

## Interactivity with Other Linkimals

Like the other Linkimals, Counting Koala can communicate with other Linkimals. It can sing "Hello Friends" and "Colorful Friends" with them, it can say phrases not heard when you play with it on its own, and you unlock the roll call sequence before "Hello Friends".

For a full list of the koala's interaction phrases, see here.

### Dial

If the koala is activated by turning the dial, it will say "It's music time!" as normal. Immediately after, one of the Linkimals will play one of its "Celebration" interaction phrases. Afterwards, the koala will start the roll call.

During the "Counting Koala" song, all of the Linkimals count to 10 by "singing" the numbers like a musical scale.

During the "Three Shapes" song, all of the Linkimals say "circle", "square" and "triangle" with the koala, and play the respective sounds for said shapes.

### Number Buttons

If the koala is activated by pushing the number buttons, it will make its sound as normal. A few seconds later, all of the Linkimals except for the koala will laugh.

After the series of dings that match up to the number pushed, all of the Linkimals will say the number with the koala.

When the same button is pushed, the koala says the number, then all of the Linkimals will count to that number by "singing" the numbers like a musical scale.