Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The pack-in cassette that was included with Axlon’s Grandpaw A.G. Bear. Enjoy!
One of the many competitors to Teddy Ruxpin released in ‘86 by Axlon, Inc. (Nolan Bushnell of Atari & Chuck E. Cheese fame’s toy company). This guy, as opposed to having his own internal cassette deck, would hookup to any device (this includes any cassette deck) with an earphone jack, and that would allow for audio to playback and his mouth to move along with it. Or, like the original A.G. Bear. He’d have a “BearTalk” mode. Where, if you said something to him. He’d “talk back” or repeat what you said in a digitized/electronic growling noise.
The pack-in cassette that was included with Axlon’s Grandpaw A.G. Bear. Enjoy!
One of the many competitors to Teddy Ruxpin released in ‘86 by Axlon, Inc. (Nolan Bushnell of Atari & Chuck E. Cheese fame’s toy company). This guy, as opposed to having his own internal cassette deck, would hookup to any device (this includes any cassette deck) with an earphone jack, and that would allow for audio to playback and his mouth to move along with it. Or, like the original A.G. Bear. He’d have a “BearTalk” mode. Where, if you said something to him. He’d “talk back” or repeat what you said in a digitized/electronic growling noise.
![Cooler [from Pound Puppies] Talking Toy Demonstration/Story tape (1986 Tonka/Playtime)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gtlw-TLtgaQ/mqdefault.jpg "Cooler [from Pound Puppies] Talking Toy Demonstration/Story tape (1986 Tonka/Playtime)
Another character released in the “animated storytelling toy” format in the 80s was Cooler from Pound Puppies. Here’s his included/pack-in story tape, enjoy!")
