New Backpack Teddy Review

Well the new Teddy Ruxpin by Backpack Toys has
finally been released. Since my focus is Worlds of
Wonder Teddy Ruxpins, I do not own the new Teddy
Ruxpin. I have received emails from customers
requesting info on the new toy. One visitor to the site
has a new teddy Ruxpin and agreed to do a review
and provide pictures. Thanks to Liz Kendrick from
Kansas City, MO

   I, like a lot of 80's children had the original Teddy Ruxpin and loved him until he was falling to pieces. I even
picked up a vintage one for my 4 year old daughter. I was anxiously looking forward to the re-release, and it doesn't
disappoint.
  My husband found Teddy just sitting at Walmart last week. I'd been looking forward to the re-release for a long
time, so he knew he had to pick it up. I assume a more far reaching release is upcoming. That is why I've been so
eager to put info out there-because so little has been know about the new ones, even though they've been working on it
for a couple of years now.
  The first thing I said when I saw the new Teddy was "Wow! He's tiny!" I couldn't believe how small he was. It's
been years since I've seen the box that the WOW Teddy came in, but I the new box is about the same size. He was
just dwarfed in that big ole box!. Someone from the Teddy Ruxpin Online posting board said that the new Teddy
seems to have the approx size & look of the Playskool Teddy. I've never seen a Playskool Teddy in person, so I have
no idea if this is true.
  Teddy has some changes. He's smaller and runs on cartridges instead of tapes. The stories are richer, more
expanded versions of the original tape/book sets. Stories are now contained in two books-one for the pictures and one
for the story itself. It may make it a little harder for small kids to follow along, but it also allows for some beautiful
illustrations and nothing to distract from them.
  My only disappointment is with battery life, 4 AA batteries lasted only 1 day! Invest in rechargables.

I took a small video of teddy talking (there's
an advertisement at the end of the Airship
on the new cartridges, so I filmed it) I
uploaded it to YouTube, and if you want to,
you can click the link and see a video of the
new Teddy Ruxpin

Filmclip by Liz of her new Teddy Ruxpin
If the link doesn't work:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-5MBELojXU