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Post by surfpark on Jun 29, 2011 22:47:51 GMT -7
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Post by teddy4evr on Jun 30, 2011 0:35:55 GMT -7
Yes, I wrote some thingson that site Dr. CE is a friend of mine!!
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Post by TRO Admin on Jun 30, 2011 2:39:13 GMT -7
Neat! I have never seen that particular drawing of Amber before. From what I understand, though, Amber wasn't halted due to production problems at WoW but instead because they had a hard time with the design... they didn't want her to simply be Teddy Ruxpin with eyelashes. There was a really cool story that would have went along with her character being introduced. Hopefully someday.
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Post by teddy4evr on Jun 30, 2011 6:07:58 GMT -7
I think it was both reasons, her design and WoW's problems.
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on Jun 30, 2011 8:11:46 GMT -7
Wow. Amber really was just Teddy with feminine features slapped on.
The hair ribbon looked better on the actual prototype than the sketch.
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Post by teddy4evr on Jun 30, 2011 8:49:53 GMT -7
Yes it did, XD!!
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Post by indigodragon on Jun 30, 2011 13:22:56 GMT -7
Yeah, it's interesting that she's a vet. I think she would be better if she didn't just look like Teddy in drag and had long eyelashes. Like what MarzGurl said when reviewing "The Land Before Time 4", she referred to Littlefoot's love interest Ali as a clone. And she's right. I'd hate for Amber to go through the same thing.Check the fan-art section under "Amber" for what I think Amber should look like.
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Post by TRO Admin on Jun 30, 2011 14:49:10 GMT -7
I am glad Amber never made it to market in that form and that AlchemyII kept it's eye on quality rather than licensing another character just to make a quick buck. WoW could have streamlined manufacturing of Amber and probably made a lot of cash just for the cost of a set of eyelashes. Amber as a character is great and the storyline behind her emergence is a great one that I hope someday comes to market.
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Post by teddy4evr on Jun 30, 2011 19:03:35 GMT -7
I, on the other hand, think that Amber SOULD have been released, but at LEAST in a different color, XD!!
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 9:02:12 GMT -7
Sorry for the bump, guys, but I just found an *AWESOME* PlaySkool Teddy II prototype photo, and it deserves to be preserved and shared here. ;D I also found another image, of the late-WoW Teddy II prototype, but he's not too different from the final version. I'll post that one first, since it's slightly more mundane, whilst the PlaySkool prototype is *very* interesting. Firstly, the late-WoW one (which I found a little while back, and have posted before in another thread, albeit not one that was directly about prototypes); Note that his arms are fully-stuffed (the final late-WoW Teddy II is not like this), and, though it's somewhat hard to see, that his trouser-legs appear to be done in the same fashion as the original, larger model, whereas on the final one, his legs and trouser-legs are one piece, with them turning to his legs and feet at the knees, rather than them being separate with the clothing attached to the body. The legs also appear to have more stuffing, as well. As I'm sure you all know, one mark of the late-WoW Teddy II is that the limbs are deliberately a bit understuffed. And now, the PlaySkool Teddy II prototype. I found this on an eBay listing for a 1992 PlaySkool Toy Fair catalogue, and saved the picture of the relevant page; The one at the left, holding the Teddy Ruxpin toy telephone that I could have sworn was produced by Worlds of Wonder, looks a *little* different, but not really too different to the late-WoW prototype or the final PlaySkool version (bearing in mind that the PlaySkool Teddy II is cosmetically *slightly* different to the late-WoW one). The one on the right, however, sports some major differences: The bottoms of his feet are not their usual cream colour, and have separated toes, and he has fabric paw-pads with three separated fingers - and he lacks thumbs! Check that out, guys! ;D It looks like they modelled this prototype after the appearance of the artwork that appears on both the late-WoW and PlaySkool Teddy II boxes. Well, that, or Alchemy II didn't approve the changes that they made to the design, and they just didn't change the art used on the box, for whatever reason. There also appears to be more stuffing in his arms and legs than the final retail version, similar to the way it is with the late-WoW Teddy II prototype, but this is far less interesting than the other differences! Of course, we all know what ultimately happened - PlaySkool did not go with this look, and instead just gave their version of Teddy II longer trouser-legs and bigger hands and feet than the late-WoW version.
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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2012 19:58:38 GMT -7
I have that Teddy Ruxpin telephone. I played with it all the time, in between listening to my Teddy Ruxpin tapes of course. Lol. I still have it packed away, probably with my original Teddy Ruxpin. There aren't any batteries in it though.
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Post by retrobear on May 7, 2012 9:20:42 GMT -7
What is a Teddy Ruxpin telephone? Do you have a video of one of those talking?
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 9:47:30 GMT -7
I don't. It's been without batteries and packed away for years. Basically, it's a red telephone receiver, with the words Teddy Ruxpin on it, and the WoW logo on it. When you press buttons, Teddy talks out of it, like he's talking to you on a real telephone. I can't remember what his lines are for it, but it was pretty cool.
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Post by retrobear on May 7, 2012 15:18:56 GMT -7
I would have loved to have one of those as a kid.
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2012 16:25:38 GMT -7
I wonder if PlaySkool ever produced them, as well as WoW, as the catalogue page implies?
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