Teddy Ruxpin: 9 Wild Facts About the 80s Talking Bear
Teddy Ruxpin was the animatronic talking bear that ruled 1985 and 1986 — then helped bankrupt the company that made him. Here’s the wild story.
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Speak & Spell: The 1978 Toy That Started the Digital Age
In June of 1978, on a folding table at the Consumer Electronics Show in Chicago, a small yellow slab of plastic with a red faceplate said the word “cylinder” out loud, and a generation of toy buyers leaned in. It was the first Speak & Spell, the first consumer product anywhere to talk without a…
