Post by Shychick on May 21, 2007 8:01:24 GMT
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOa-LuRowkg
I remember this song, too! I had the story-cassette with this song on it; I used to always get it stuck in my head!
I used to have both of them waay back in the day; but I don't remember using them much; they rarely worked right, or something- the mouths and eyes always out-of-sync with the voices, and sometimes they never movied at all. I think the snout popped off the Teddy doll too, and I ever used either of them since.
The Grubby was sold seperately; you had to hook it up to Teddy to for it to opperate under the character's lines on the tape.
This was the most technological advance on the Toy Market back in the 80s when it came out. It was the hottest-selling Christmas toy; everybody went mental over this bear! And after this, animatronic story-book/cassette dolls were all the latest rage in the late-80s-early 90s. There were even Seseme Street ones- at least a Big Bird, though I seem to recall seeing Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch in stores too; they were probably optional add-ons to Big Bird, just like Grubby was to Teddy. (I did have the Big Bird, and I do remember ALWAYS listening to it. Oddly enough, I never had any problems with it. It was my favorite toy when I was four-five.) I also remember this little girl, who came with a directors chair and a megaphone; can't remember her name... I think a frined of mine had one.
On YouTube, there's a ton of old commercials for the Teddy Ruxpin (and Grubby) dolls, mostly from the 80s when it was orginally released, but there's one from the early 90s for when it came back to stores due to its popularity. (The 90s version was apparently a bit better; the mouth and eye mechanics seemed improved upon, I heard.)
The cartoon was based on the doll, instead of vice-versa... but then, that's how it was with a lot of shows and cartoons in the 80s. I used to love that cartoon.
I was wondering... how cool would it have been if they had released a talking/interactive Duckula doll like this back in day, with its own story-book and cassette? God, can't you just picture that? ;D
I remember this song, too! I had the story-cassette with this song on it; I used to always get it stuck in my head!
I used to have both of them waay back in the day; but I don't remember using them much; they rarely worked right, or something- the mouths and eyes always out-of-sync with the voices, and sometimes they never movied at all. I think the snout popped off the Teddy doll too, and I ever used either of them since.
The Grubby was sold seperately; you had to hook it up to Teddy to for it to opperate under the character's lines on the tape.
This was the most technological advance on the Toy Market back in the 80s when it came out. It was the hottest-selling Christmas toy; everybody went mental over this bear! And after this, animatronic story-book/cassette dolls were all the latest rage in the late-80s-early 90s. There were even Seseme Street ones- at least a Big Bird, though I seem to recall seeing Cookie Monster and Oscar the Grouch in stores too; they were probably optional add-ons to Big Bird, just like Grubby was to Teddy. (I did have the Big Bird, and I do remember ALWAYS listening to it. Oddly enough, I never had any problems with it. It was my favorite toy when I was four-five.) I also remember this little girl, who came with a directors chair and a megaphone; can't remember her name... I think a frined of mine had one.
On YouTube, there's a ton of old commercials for the Teddy Ruxpin (and Grubby) dolls, mostly from the 80s when it was orginally released, but there's one from the early 90s for when it came back to stores due to its popularity. (The 90s version was apparently a bit better; the mouth and eye mechanics seemed improved upon, I heard.)
The cartoon was based on the doll, instead of vice-versa... but then, that's how it was with a lot of shows and cartoons in the 80s. I used to love that cartoon.
I was wondering... how cool would it have been if they had released a talking/interactive Duckula doll like this back in day, with its own story-book and cassette? God, can't you just picture that? ;D