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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 7, 2016 19:29:40 GMT -7
About what you said about the button I put a regular tape in teddy and he did animate of course not in syc though. Yes, usually this button is not working, not connected. He is still a pre-1st gen. Functioning buttons are a lot more rare. Whywere they disconected?
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 7, 2016 19:09:59 GMT -7
I noticed in the video when Teddy blinks he looks down simmilar to the WoW Teddy's eyes rolling back into the head.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 7, 2016 15:40:30 GMT -7
Massaging the eyes, snoot and jaw is not a cure all. Sometimes it works. And sometimes after a whole lot of massaging it works too. But most of these guys have been comatose for years. The grease on the gears in the servo will dry and stiffen to the point that there is no alternative but to do surgery to get at them and hopefully bring them back to life.. Take a look at Dr. Eeyore's website - www.dreeyoreshospital.net/ - much useful information on the process. It sounds as if your Teddy is one of the early ones. What you describe as a button operates a cutoff switch that will allow only the Teddy Ruxpin tapes to work. Dolly Price has discussed this here and he references this as pre-1st generation Teddies. The term "rarity" always gives me a bit of a chuckle, but especially so with Teddy Ruxpin. Just a quick look at e-bay would make it clear that Teddies are hardly rare. Are there less of the type that I assume you have than the other types? Probably. But I would still guess there are 10s of thousands around in various stages of condition and operation. I would suppose there are those buying them up in anticipation of increases in value. And it does seem that asking prices have been on the upswing of late. But that there will be a return to that brief period when these guys were being sold for ridiculously high prices is at the very least highly questionable. IMHO the reason to be involved in all of this craziness has to lie in an interest in Teddy and other WoW toys, whether in the technology, stories, or just in terms of nostalgia. So while I understand why some speak in terms of rarity and appreciation potential, I think that the majority that do so use that as an explanation for friends and family who will brand the interest as craziness. For myself, every always has thought I am a little crazy anyway - a good thing as if anyone questions, I can say "I just like them." About what you said about the button I put a regular tape in teddy and he did animate of course not in syc though.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 6, 2016 13:20:13 GMT -7
I have a Teddy metal deck 3 servo that originally didn't move at all and after I did the massage trick moves everything except the upper jaw. How do I know if the massage trick will work? Should I give it time? Also in the tape deck there is a button on the bottom but on another metal back I have it's not there. Does the button increase it's rarity?
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 5, 2016 9:19:46 GMT -7
Not at all, this new Teddy looks nothing like any other version. The app is just scanned artwork with scrolling text, very cheaply made. I think, if they wanted to spend more money (which they do not, because they are cheap), they would have definitely remade the artwork too. Of course Phil Baron is Teddy's voice, it would cause even more people to hate the new Teddy if they changed it... It would be even more terrible. Besides, they want to be as cheap as possible. Teddy or any of the other characters have no new lines, as for now. It is all the original stories, which is good. Looking at the new Furby, I can see that modern toy companies tend to ruin toys when they add new phrases... Well the design of Teddy is what I mean by them making something new. The scanned art is probably hust a placeholder like I said before. When I say they are makimg their own product but keeping it true to the original I mean they changed the design but it's still Teddy.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Dec 3, 2016 22:51:54 GMT -7
I feel like they are trying to make something new but stay true to the original. If you look close at the app you can see ORIGINAL Teddy and GRUBBY but this might be a place holder. You can also hear Phil Baron doing Teddy but that's to be expected.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Oct 20, 2016 8:47:37 GMT -7
When you look at him a certain way he kinda does look like baby teddy aside from the eyes of course.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Oct 19, 2016 12:12:37 GMT -7
There were also teddy hi topps cdv's.
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Oct 17, 2016 17:18:38 GMT -7
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Post by PACNATIC (hyperobscurehunter) on Oct 17, 2016 17:14:23 GMT -7
Hi I found an ebay listing that's gone now with Charlie Brown and early names for stories. The only picture of it now is on one of these threads. The highlights of it are the stories Snoopy's Magic Music Machine and Has Anyone Seen Snoopy. I will get a link to the thread page with the image later.
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