i konw it's wrong of me..but i just bought the very best of cher cd...

anyone else dig the woman? with her songs na plastic surgery!???

When cher dies they won't have to bury her. She can just be recycled. I think she's #3 plastic.

(Edited by Chopped Liver at 4:29 pm on Apr. 5, 2003)

i love "gypsies tramps and thieves"

Somehow I've missed your previous posts, Teddy, but I gotta say I love the name and avatar... I loved the ole' Ruxpin. I got one for Christmas the year it was big and within 48 hours it had freaked my sister out and she pulled its eye out... it was never replaced. I still hold a grudge to this day.

And this reminds me... anyone else ever notice that the technology for toys seems to suddenly disappear? We don't have dolls that can talk along to any tape and do a reasonably good job with lip movements anymore... we don't have 2XL, a quiz robot that has multiple possible responses on a single tape anymore, and though before my time there was laser tag, it didn't come back until I was just about too old. I recently saw a commercial from the 70s for a car that would follow the path you drew for it with a crayon... where has THAT technology gone?

Will

(Edited by Wiyum at 4:14 am on Apr. 5, 2003)

thank you very much.
There is nothing that compares to Teddy Ruxpin.... it never freaked me out... I loved it

and over all, the toys do seem to go downhill in a way....

they still sell light brights though


(Edited by Teddy Ruxpin at 3:17 am on Apr. 5, 2003)

I always enjoyed Cher more as an actress than a singer.

I feel like I was deprived as a child because I never had a Teddy Ruxpin even though I wanted one. In fact, I never really had many electronic toys at all.

Possibilities as to why electronic toys have dissappeared:

1. Electronic toys that talk along to tapes or just do one neat thing would seem silly when you've got a computer right there.

2. Electronic toys haven't dissapeared, it's just that they are not as novel anymore. Like Tamagotchi and those other electronic pets, they were popular. And they have little toy computers for babies and things. And the star wars toys that came out with episode I would talk I think.

3. We're finally moving away from our dependance on electronics for entertainment. The toy industry is making the inevitable shift to jacks, marbles, and dolls made from corn cobs.

yes, they do....only they are greatly inferior. the best part of the light bright was the fact that you had to craft your picture, peg by peg, until your masterpiece emerged. this took a long time. that's what made it a great toy. now, (along with some regular single lights) they have these light pegs you stick in that are pre-connected, like 3-5 lights in a row. where's the fun in that? you could crank out a picture in like 5 minutes.

see, i seem to think the exact opposite has happened--have you been into a toys r us lately? it seems like every single toy now talks, moves, plays music, sings, and requires batteries. i'd like to think of toys being more organic--let the kids use their imaginations instead of having the toys talk for them. i had my share of electronic toys as a kid (alphie the robot, teddy ruxpin, etc...) but my favorites were always legos and barbies.

I agree, Smee. I remember when I had the GIJoe's that came with talking backpacks. I would never use the backpacks because they never said what I felt the characters needed to say (I mean, the answer to all questions is not "Yo Joe!" or "Vipers attack!"). I mean, my imagination may have been overactive since all my GIJoes had ongoing plotlines and personal problems to overcome.

I loved Barbies. I think I would still play with my Barbies if I still had them.

I went to a few Barbie websites earlier today (inspired by this thread) and saw some really cool vintage Barbies that I would like to own. My favorite was the Twiggy Barbie.

I heard recently that the age at which girls are growing out of Barbies is becoming younger and younger. I think this is sad. To combat this, the Matel company is making "My Scene" Barbies with hip hugger jeans and pouty lips that they hope will appeal to the 9-13 audience. Yuck. I like my Barbies with mini-skirts and pointy boobs.

It's one of those things that is so obvious that it's a gimmick. Kids even realize it. But in the craze that toy lovers create for, kids will buy anything with a product name on it. That's why they created those GI Joes. I feel the same way about talking toys.

My disappointment in what I see of Legos now is that the sets you buy all consist of such specialized parts that I don't see how one could build much more than what the instructions dictate. That, too, is a shame.

Tickle Me Elmo is an awesome electronic toy. Legos have pissed me off. I was thinking of starting a new collection, since in 6th grade my mom made me sell all of mine to a guy that makes those huge shopping mall displays, but they aren't plain enough. There's no such thing as 'town' or 'space' legos anymore, they're too snazzy. The giant Star Destroyer is pretty sweet though.

I liked Teddy Ruxpin's tounge, if I remember it correctly. I loved him and his tan vest that hid the orange tape player in his back and re-attached with velcro. I liked how he blinked too. I wonder what happened to mine. I thought the stories were kinda scary. Didn't he have some kind of enemy of some sort? Am I on crack? What were these things, and why?

my best friend in first grade had a giant teddy ruxpin. she won it in some kind of contest. only a few were made. im talking, at least four feet tall... the batteries ran out in less than an hour. huge. it remains the coolest thing ive ever seen in my entire life.

Was "My Buddy" his enemy?

no, i don't think he was. but i heard teddy had a little something something going on with kid sister (if you know what i mean).

Yes he was. He and that whore Kid Sister would try and change the tape in Ruxpin's back.

(Edited by YaDaDaDa at 4:58 pm on Apr. 5, 2003)

Speaking of Teddy Ruxpin, I had one when I was little to, but we put rap tapes in him one time and it was hilarious.

On the topic of Cher, my mom once informed me that "Mask" was the first movie that she and my dad went to see together.

Completely off topic, is anybody else thinking about seeing WWE Smackdown in Nashville?

you know i'm up for it, damon.....

NIEN! tickle me elmo is the scariest invention of our time. it will never compare to the likes of teddy.

and cher? no comment.

Especially when the batteries ran low and it's voice got all low and stuff.

I'll only go if I can get in free again. I got the hook-up for skybox tix at the last RAW taping and the Judgement Day PPV.

dude, my friend anna and i used to laugh about that movie all the time bc the only girl who would date him was blind. looking back, we were really mean people...

It's spelled "nein."

I've been wanting a Twiggy barbie for a pretty good while now, but they're so expensive. Have you seen the Franklin Mint ones? They look quite a bit like her, but I prefer the original 67 release. I've only been fortunate enough to acquire an original 67 Twiggy thermos. It's quite adorable. I like your avatar, I had one a lot like it for a short time a few weeks ago.

fuck me gently with a chainsaw, just because you're all cool and shit doesn't give you the right to... i mean, thanks for the grammer lesson JC.

Gosh, I've always wanted to incorporate that Heathers quote into my regular vocabulary, but I can never seem to find the opportunity to do so.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 2:27 am on Apr. 9, 2003)

grammar

I used to play with Barbies constantly. Better yet, I still have mine in a huge purple tote bag at my mom's house. When (and if) I have a daughter, she is getting them. That's always been the plan. As far as electronic toys go, I think that for learning, those are good practice, and the parents should be teaching the kids instead of computers and other machines.
And, HSS, Lite Brites rule me. I bought one at the Salvation Army about a year ago (sometime during the Old School Memories topic's popularity), and it is a true one that has only single pegs. Screw that 3 and 4 peg shit.

Didn't mean to steal your avatar idea! I only saw those few Twiggy Barbies on that site, and I'm not sure if they were Franklin Mint or not, but they were very nice. I don't have all the Barbies that I played with in my youth, but I part of me wishes that I did. I distinctly remember my most prized gift of my 7 yr. birthday party: Peaches 'n' Cream Barbie. She was beautiful, and I vowed that Peaches 'n' Cream would always be my signature colours. I have since changed my mind, but...

That's quite alright.

My older sister called me in a fit the other day because they now make pregnant barbies. She was recalling how we used to stuff toilet paper up her dress to make her look pregnant, and that always was too lumpy. They should've made pregnant barbies sooner, although parents are probably reluctant (now they'll have to explain HOW AND WHY barbie has a baby growing in her belly).

Speaking of Barbies I had a teacher once named Mrs. Donna Reed and She collected Barbies, like way back in the 8th grade one time she brought the favorites of her collection adn set them up for us and we were like ? oook cool thanks for doin' that... hey it beat actually doing work that day. She was always a hyper/wierd make-up/ but fun type person.

Interesting.

I thought maybe some of the folks who posts on here from Gallatin, might know here, but they weren't subjected to her love of Barbie...

I recall her name, but I never had her. Sounds pretty amusing.

chloe has her dad's teddy ruxpin (and the tapes and books) from when he was a little boy. it's in perfect condition.
chloe isn't a big fan of barbie, either. my retarded mother bought her a bunch of them when she was 3 (though i told her not to) and she used their legs to dig in the dirt.
my favourite toy when i was little was the sit and spin. i never had one, but one of my bestfriends did. you better believe we ran out and bought one when chloe was old enough.
the most popular toys at our house are mr potato head, tinkertoys, crayons, dragonball z action figures, and little people. i wish they made the little people like they did when i was little, they're too round now.. like weeble wobbles.

Yo, Sina- you MUST bring your children down to my place of birth for a beach vacation. My mom owns a children's consignment shop & she has an entire walk-in closet full of old school Fisher Price toys & their accompanying Little People. She has the Indian, the guy with the pot on his head, the curvy blonde lady, Mr. Hooper, EVERYONE! She calls it our "inheritance". I think they made the new style because they thought kids would choke on the old ones. Dumbass kids.

oh my god!
old school little people!
i would cry. the indian! man, we would play with little people for hours everyday after kindergarten.
we were very disappointed when we went to buy the new little people, but alas we have the farm, the home sweet home, noah's ark, the garden, and the school bus. and the collection is still growing. they have some playsets that are even newer that talk and make noises. those are dumb.


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