A bit of a departure - not a beloved toy from my childhood,
but one that ended up being rather scary from my daughters' generation.
Remember Teddy Ruxpin? How he was supposed to cuddly, and sweet and tell bedtime stories? And how in reality, the tape recorder in his torso made him painful to hug with all those sharp corners, and how the batteries would begin to run down and his bright cheerful voice suddenly sounded like Boris Karloff on crack? It was the toy every kid wanted that Christmas in the mid '80's and then it went horribly wrong! My little sister was so excited that she was able to purchase one for my girls and the girls were so excited. Oh well, every toy can't be as cool as a civil war set, LOL!
My son had a talking Alf, much more fun and actually soft enough to hug. Besides, he liked to imitate his voice so run-down batteries were no problem. xo
ReplyDeleteMarylinn - Alf! I remember Alf, my kids loved him.
DeleteErin
OMG, this toy. So many nightmares!
ReplyDeleteAnd then every time I wanted something for the rest of my childhood, it was "Remember, you wanted Teddy Ruxpin, too?"
Bron - Ah, yes there's a mother's phrase!
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