Word: ruxpin
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Dates: during 1985-1985
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While the big companies are busy scrapping over conventional toys, this year's biggest breakthrough, the talking bear, has come from small entrepreneurial firms. Filled with stuffing and wiring, these toys can speak, after a fashion, with their owners. The most popular is Teddy Ruxpin ($60 to $80), a 20-in. bear whose eyes and mouth move when it speaks from a recorded cassette. Ruxpin's voice comes from a tape player in its back. The manufacturer, Silicon Valley's Worlds of Wonder, will ship as many as 750,000 by Christmas but still cannot meet demand. Says Stewart Brown...