8. Teddy Ruxpin
The top-selling toy of the 80s was so influential that it got its own TV cartoon in 1987. The bear was so hot that people were waiting in huge lines to get it. There were several packages to buy with the big teddy, which operated in combination with audio played from cassettes – the bear “read” the stories to kids simultaneously moving his mouth and eyes accordingly. Now, electronics weren’t as actually made as today, and weren’t such high quality; they often failed, activating themselves in the middle of the night. Imagine the situation: you are having a good sleep, everything is quiet, and then a creepy voice of a Teddy Ruxpin creeps the heck out of you and your child as well.
