A massage toy having a massage body, a drive for generating a vibration for driving the massage toy, a control unit connected to the drive, an operator control for operating the control unit, and a battery compartment implemented in the massage toy for reversibly accepting a non-rechargeable battery or a rechargeable battery, wherein the operator control comprises an electrical contact for connecting to an external charging device for charging the rechargeable battery if the rechargeable battery is received detected in the battery compartment, wherein the massage toy comprises a charging device set up for detecting whether a non-rechargeable battery or a rechargeable battery is received in the battery compartment, wherein the charging device is set up for preventing or stopping charging by means of the external charging device when a non-rechargeable battery is detected in the battery compartment.