Post by Illiop on May 14, 2012 11:15:02 GMT -5
What do you guys think of TJ Bearytales? I've never personally seen him in action, but I've seen him on youtube. To me, he's not as cool as Teddy Ruxpin because his stories don't have Teddy's awesomeness. What I've heard seems like you couldn't enjoy them after you were five years old or so, while even adults can still enjoy Teddy's books and tapes.
Another thing I notice is that TJ takes cartridges rather than tapes. One cool thing about the tape talkers when they actually had tapes was the fact that you could put regular tapes in most of them and they could play your music. When kids thought they were too old for the original stories that they came with, they still had a tape player, maybe not a great stereo system, but still a tape player. I've heard a lot of people say they thought it was really cool to hear Teddy sing their favorite songs. With these guys that have cartridges, if you don't want to play their stories, you can't play anything on them. Of course they would still be a good teddy bear, which is what my TJ would be because I don't like to listen to those stories.
I would be curious to know whether TJ will have the impact on children as they grow up the way Teddy Ruxpin and the others had. I think the best way to know whether a toy is truly special is to see whether kids hang on to them as they grow up and treasure the memories. Since TJ came out in 2006, I guess it's too early to tell, but it would definitely be interesting to study in about ten or twenty years.
Another thing I notice is that TJ takes cartridges rather than tapes. One cool thing about the tape talkers when they actually had tapes was the fact that you could put regular tapes in most of them and they could play your music. When kids thought they were too old for the original stories that they came with, they still had a tape player, maybe not a great stereo system, but still a tape player. I've heard a lot of people say they thought it was really cool to hear Teddy sing their favorite songs. With these guys that have cartridges, if you don't want to play their stories, you can't play anything on them. Of course they would still be a good teddy bear, which is what my TJ would be because I don't like to listen to those stories.
I would be curious to know whether TJ will have the impact on children as they grow up the way Teddy Ruxpin and the others had. I think the best way to know whether a toy is truly special is to see whether kids hang on to them as they grow up and treasure the memories. Since TJ came out in 2006, I guess it's too early to tell, but it would definitely be interesting to study in about ten or twenty years.