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Since they were so expensive - about $250 inflation-adjusted for the bear and a single tape / book / outfit, plus another $15 for four D cells - I never did get one in my youth.Ĭontinue reading “Teardown: How Many Teddy Ruxpins Does It Take To Start A Coven?” → Posted in Featured, Interest, Teardown Tagged animatronic, animatronics, robotic teddy, teardown, teddy ruxpinīehold the unholy union of Amazon’s Alexa and that feature-limited animatronic bear from the 80s, Teddy Ruxpin. I wanted one when I was a kid, but was also kind of scared of them. Along with Teddy came special cassette tapes, corresponding story books, and outfits. It’s a talking teddy bear that reads stories aloud, all the while moving his eyes and mouth to the sounds. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, Teddy Ruxpin was a revolutionary toy that dropped in 1985. I had to find out.īut let me back up a bit. Maybe the tape itself messed up, and Teddy is fine. Plus, the description promised a semi-working unit with a distorted voice, and who among us could resist a specimen in such condition? Maybe the tape deck motor is going out, or it just needs a new belt. There were and still are plenty of his brethren both young and old to choose from on the auction sites, and when I saw this particularly carefree barefoot Teddy in his Hawaiian shirt and no pants, I was almost totally disarmed. I conquered my childhood fear of talking bears and brought a vintage Teddy Ruxpin animatronic stuffed bear into my home.
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