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Teddy Ruxpin, a battery-operated talking bear created by a Disney engineer, became one of the biggest toys of the ’80s. But there would be no talking his way out of bankruptcy proceedings. Mary Brady ...

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.

Mary Brady was in the aisle of a Toys "R" Us near Miramar, Florida, when she felt a sharp, stabbing pain in her leg. She was one of dozens of adults crammed into the store in late 1986, all of them ...