I remember really loving this when I was a wee little Bartman, my grandmom had one which was kinda mine in a way, since I was the youngest in the actual area. But looking back on it, this had to be one of the creepiest toys of the 80s. Right behind My Buddy, which basically started the Child's Play horror movie series (look at a My Buddy and tell me that's not Chucky). But basically with Teddy Ruxpin's you got a miniature version of the animatronic characters at the Country Bear Jamboree or Chuck E Cheese. And those were pretty creepy when you think about it. Anyway, enjoy some original commercial goodness of the creepy talking bear...
Oh yeah, I also remember how creepy the thing was when the batteries would start to die. Remember in 2001 when Dave starts removing HAL's chips and he starts toooo slooooooow dooooooooown? Yeah, now imagine a creepy talking bear doing that.
I got the jibblies.
OMG this is hilarious! Remember Teddy sitting in his chair? You'd walk into the living room and suddenly you'd hear the creepy "mmmmmm rrrrrrr oooooo" when the battery was close to dead. A few times I stayed there on the flip out couch, there were times when I was scouring the room trying to figure out where the heck that sound was coming from. I think that little guy may be at my parents' house...
ReplyDeleteI LOVED Teddy Ruxpin!!! The only thing that bothered me was that he was uncomfortable to cuddle with.... nothing like cuddling a HUGE fabric covered tape deck while going to bed....
ReplyDeleteI remember...now Im going to have nightmares...again...
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