Released in 1985 as the original animatronic, magical, storytelling bear, Teddy Ruxpin was the first of its kind and a bonafide phenomenon. The original bear told stories through a rear-loading cassette based system that was synced to the bear’s speech pattern and included a motorized mouth and eyes. There were 60 original stories with 10-15 new stories released each year over a 5-year period.
