Well, I did it. I conquered my childhood fear of talking bears and brought a vintage Teddy Ruxpin animatronic stuffed bear into my home. There were and still are plenty of his brethren both young and ...

A Teddy Ruxpin for the digital age. Like Teddy Ruxpin! No Like When powered off it seems to have no soul. Thanks to the abolishment of FCC guidelines limiting advertising in children’s programming, ...

As an ‘80s baby, I have a particular fondness for toys that pre-date the ‘90s nostalgia in which we’re all so often enmeshed — and I will always, always keep a place in my heart for Teddy Ruxpin. And, ...

Talking toys have been around since at least 1960, when pull-the-string Chatty Cathy debuted. But Teddy Ruxpin, a cuddly teddy bear that hit stores in late 1985, marked a technological leap forward.

Ken Forsse—who both delighted and terrified a generation with his most famous invention, Teddy Ruxpin—has died. Forsse suffered from congestive heart failure, dying at the age of 77. As a creator of ...