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Toy ID Boards => Toy ID Help => Topic started by: jilliannepw on Wednesday 07 January 2015, 04:29 pm

Title: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: jilliannepw on Wednesday 07 January 2015, 04:29 pm

I am looking for help IDing a teddy bear from the mid to late 80's (I got one in 1985).  The bear is definitely not Ruxpin.  It was a plush with a heart on its chest.  When you pressed the heart, it would record its surroundings and play back.

Any ideas what this bear is called?

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: jadedoz on Sunday 11 January 2015, 08:08 am

I have a bear from my childhood that I have had since the mid 80s. You pressed its paw, the heart on its chest would light up and record your voice and play it back. I still have it pictured here:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/jadestoys/5086070662/in/set-72157625119347278 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/jadestoys/5086070662/in/set-72157625119347278)

You can hardly see the heart in the picture but its to the left of his chest. Is this the same as your bear??

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: jilliannepw on Monday 12 January 2015, 02:46 pm

Yes!!!  OMG.  This is the bear.  Is it yours?  Do you know the name of it?  Is it for sale?  I hope I can get some more information on this bear.

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: Dludnerad on Wednesday 14 January 2015, 08:23 am

I remember these bears being advertised in magazines in the early 90's.
They were mail order. Think they were also available in yellow.

(edit - the magazines wern't  high end catalogues. The ads were in free tv guides in the Sunday papers) 

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: jadedoz on Saturday 17 January 2015, 11:53 pm

Quote from: jilliannepw on Monday 12 January 2015, 02:46 pm

Yes!!!  OMG.  This is the bear.  Is it yours?  Do you know the name of it?  Is it for sale?  I hope I can get some more information on this bear.

Yes this is my bear. I have no idea what the name of it is, on its tag it has written Made In Taiwan. There are no other markings on it. He has a white zipper on his back where the battery goes. I remember my father getting myself and each of my cousins each one of these bears. I'm imagining he got it from somewhere like the local markets or something, not a high end catalogue!! Where are you based?? I'm from Sydney, Australia.

I think this bear is a rip off/fake of the 1985 Tattle talk Friends Bear.

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: jilliannepw on Sunday 18 January 2015, 02:27 am

Thanks for the information.  It got me really far in my search for nostalgia.  Lol.

I'm in the USA (east coast).

Title: Re: ID a teddy bear from 1980's
Post by: Mysstica on Saturday 24 January 2015, 04:02 pm

The one that I got has a tag that says:

Emson (both "copyrighted" and "registered")
Style No. 4S28G
100% all new acrylic material
RN No. 19760
2A Reg #347
Ohio #7791
Made in Taiwan
R.O.C.

(I'm not positive about all of these numbers and letters, because some of them are faded.)

Also, to the person who started this thread, I sent you an email to your gmail account. :)