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Post by sparkpikachu on May 16, 2019 15:03:13 GMT -7
Hi,
I hope everybody's doing well. I got curious about the WoW Mother Goose. I know that she tells fairy tales and moves like Teddy, with some turning their heads. Otherwise, I know very little. Could somebody help me, please? I'd also like to know about baby Hector. Thanks so much. |
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on May 16, 2019 18:58:07 GMT -7
You've pretty much got it as far as Mother Goose is concerned. Only the first run of her had the ability to turn her head. The ones that followed had static head.
Hector was essentially Mother Goose's version of Grubby. I believe that he had a cable like Grubby that would allow him to animate and tell stories with Mother Goose. However, unlike Grubby, he had his own line of stories that were based on nursery rhymes.
He's also super adorable (how could anyone in his story think he's ugly?!), and he's on my wish list.
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Post by illiopmom on May 17, 2019 8:39:01 GMT -7
Yeah, Hector's got the same cable and everything. What is interesting about Hector is that his head mechanism is much like the later Playskool and YES! Teddys rather than a standard WOW build. He's also incredibly fragile due to his thin neck.
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Post by sparkpikachu on May 17, 2019 9:34:01 GMT -7
What does he look like?
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Post by illiopmom on May 17, 2019 11:06:02 GMT -7
He's a gray color with blue eyes that are a little more oval in shape than the rounded eyes of most WOW toys. His feathers are really soft, and he's got yellowish-orange plastic feet that connect to the bottom of the whole thing. His beak feels a little more rubbery than Mother Goose's hard plastic beak. Hector's also about half the size of a WOW Teddy. He just sits there, lol. |
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Post by sparkpikachu on May 24, 2019 15:12:47 GMT -7
I just got a Mother Goose today. It said on Ebay that she's supposed to be a head turner but I'm not sure. How can you tell? Is there any way to gently move her head if she is and she's just stiff? So far, Mother Goose works great so it would be a shame to open her if I don't have to.
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on May 24, 2019 16:10:32 GMT -7
I think you should be able to gently move her head to see if there's the chance for movement. The joint should be around where her head meets her neck.
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Post by sparkpikachu on May 24, 2019 16:42:47 GMT -7
It wiggles a very little bit, like it's supposed to move. Then again, maybe it isn't supposed to move since the movement is barely noticeable. My Mother Goose has a hinged battery cover. Does that mean she's a second generation without head movement? The good news is, the tapes play perfectly and the rest of her moves smoothly. I really hope I won't have to perform surgery.
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on May 25, 2019 17:56:27 GMT -7
Hmm, I don't have them in front of me at the moment, but I think the head-turning Mother Goose had a non-hinged battery cover. I can't be sure, but I'm pretty sure it's the non-head turning Mother Goose that has a hinged battery cover.
The hinged covers make it really annoying to try to put batteries in and take out. I've hurt my fingers a few times trying to pry them out.
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Post by sparkpikachu on May 26, 2019 11:00:37 GMT -7
Try picking her up and gently tilting her over a table if you need to change the batteries. I found that worked when I needed to adjust after putting them in the wrong way. It won't hurt anything and helps with getting them out more easily.
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on May 26, 2019 16:05:43 GMT -7
Yeah, I've managed to use that technique before. The big issue is that the hinged cover leaves little space to get a good grip on the batteries.
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