The Rise & Fall of TEDDY RUXPIN and WORLDS OF WONDER

Welcome to the new episode of Secret Galaxy. And that's what it is all about: Get 50% off your first month of KiwiCo at https://www.kiwico.com/secretgalaxy with code SECRETGALAXY TEDDY RUXPIN was a talking animatronic... NOT bear introduced in the mid 1980's that quickly became the hottest toy on the market. Buoyed by that success WORLDS OF WONDER, the makers of Teddy Ruxpin, went all in on tech with Lazer Tag and a host of other tech driven toylines. And then the Nintendo Entertainment System, or NES, came along and changed everything for both World of Wonder and Teddy Ruxpin. Our video on Lazer Tag: https://youtu.be/MpU9LPgpkgE "Ken Forsse: Come Dream With Me" Documentary: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX-eyHOVL1KvcOX3MqaTWCFktxqgWGtDX&si=YvWRQCiJfnficwwG SOURCES: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teddy_Ruxpin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Teddy_Ruxpin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Forsse http://www.teddyruxpinonline.com/ken.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worlds_of_Wonder_(toy_company) https://www.grundogazette.com/toy/toy_alchemy_ii.htm https://teddyruxpin.fandom.com/wiki/The_Teddy_Ruxpin_Wiki https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81691/bear-necessity-story-teddy-ruxpin https://www.nytimes.com/1985/12/25/us/in-high-tech-silicon-valley-entrepreneurs-turn-to-toys.html?pagewanted=all https://www.cnet.com/pictures/teddy-ruxpin-the-original/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/teddy-ruxpin-tv-film-1235010310/ https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/teddy-ruxpins-creator-ken-forsse-passes-away-n62996 https://www.encyclopedia.com/books/politics-and-business-magazines/yes-entertainment-corporation https://money.cnn.com/2005/06/16/news/midcaps/teddy_ruxpin/ https://money.cnn.com/2016/09/30/technology/teddy-ruxpin-toy-bear/ https://web.archive.org/web/20081203210921/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,966372,00.html https://www.grundogazette.com/television/abcspecial.htm https://www.newspapers.com/image/401463614/?terms=alchemy%20technology%20cuddly https://www.newspapers.com/image/401463624/?terms=alchemy%20technology%20cuddly Help the channel continue to grow by checking out our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/toygalaxy ►►►Social Media and Merchandise links◄◄◄ https://linktr.ee/secretgalaxy Follow Dan on Instagram: http://instagram.com/toygalaxy Toy Galaxy P.O. box 3976 Manchester, NH 03105-3976 Business Inquiries: toygalaxytv@gmail.com

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