Teddy Ruxpin is a bear character created by Ken Forsse. In the early 1980's, an animatronic talking bear was created for the character by Forsse, Larry Larsen and John Davies. He was first produced in 1985 by toy manufacturer Worlds of Wonder. Teddy would move his mouth and eyes as he read stories via a standard audio tape deck built into his back. There was also a companion toy named Grubby which connected to Teddy via a cable; this allowed the two some (minimal) interaction. As well, there were several other non-animatronic companion toys and characters such as the bird-like Fobs, a hand puppet with a sock-like, extendable neck and the larger Wooly Whatsit hand puppet. Despite the success of Teddy Ruxpin, WoW filed for bankruptcy in 1988 in the wake of the 1987 stock market crash. The toy line was sold to Playskool, which produced it from the late 1980s to 1996 using the redesign that had been implemented by WoW. This Teddy Ruxpin was smaller and used spec

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