Teddy Ruxpin Mechanical Animal
- 1985

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Worlds of Wonder, or WoW, was an American toy company founded in 1985 by former Atari sales president Don Kingsborough, and former Atari employee Mark Robert Goldberg. Its founding was inspired by the Teddy Ruxpin prototype that became its launch product.
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Science History Institute. Teddy Ruxpin Mechanical Animal. Photograph, 2021. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/v3nxlnz.
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