Bandy the MP3-playing teddy bear

Kids love teddy bears, and kids love music, so what better way to get the little ones begging for your product than by combining two of their passions into one adorable package? Certainly not the first bear-inspired audio device we've seen, Mogoon's MP3- and WMA-playin' Bandy (not to be confused with the ice hockey-like sport of the same name) trumps most other offerings by featuring a built-in SD slot for loading up tunes or serialized versions of its fictional pre-history; 27 minutes of said history are pre-installed on an internal chip. Knowing that Bandy is bound to end up in some pretty dirty / dangerous predicaments, Mogoon also made the bear dust-proof, splash-proof, and able to withstand falls from up to two meters, ensuring at least a few days of usage before your kids manage to break it. The fun begins this fall -- in Europe, at least -- for around €69 ($88).

[Thanks, Sven N.]

[blake @ Jul 31st 2006 2:43PM]

Teddy Ruxpin would kick Bandy's ass any day.

[TeleCustom @ Jul 31st 2006 2:47PM]

blake pretty much read my mind.

I wonder what happened to my Teddy Ruxpin...

[john doe @ Jul 31st 2006 2:47PM]

wow- did you see where the memory card goes? yet another way to scar developing minds with teddy bears

[Ladderless @ Jul 31st 2006 3:08PM]

Survives drops from two meters? Given that this is a ball of stuffing around some solid state components, how hard was that to design in?

If all it will survive is two meters, than I give its overall lifespan in the hands of a toddler about a day...

[Craig @ Jul 31st 2006 3:16PM]

This is going to give some children nightmares. A talking bear! Everytime they see a bear they are going to run, or most probably scream.

[srw985 @ Jul 31st 2006 3:18PM]

and when the dog gets hold of it?

[Chris @ Jul 31st 2006 3:33PM]

interesting, but i'm sure a little 3 year old wouldn't care about the electric components on the inside or even what it does for that matter. kind of a waste of technology.

[Chris @ Jul 31st 2006 3:36PM]

interesting, but i'm sure a little 3 year old wouldn't care about the electric components on the inside or even what it does for that matter. kind of a waste of technology.

[Jimmy C @ Jul 31st 2006 4:02PM]

Agree with Blake, once they start offering Soundwave (Transformer that played the cassette tapes) in MP3 version then and only then would I be interested.

[Steven @ Jul 31st 2006 8:19PM]

4-year-old cousin thinks this'll be crap on the retail market. (Actually, she said it looked ugly and nobody would buy it)

[B$ @ Jul 31st 2006 9:12PM]

Oh, I can't even begin to imagine the strange and unusual hacks that will come out of this...

[Shadowfire @ Jul 31st 2006 9:33PM]

WOW why Bears seriously first the USB thumb drive Teddy Bear and now the MP3 lol i can only see it the teddy bear Laptop and than the Teddy Bear Server (cause we all know our 3 year olds need this type of thing especially the server) where is it going to end

[Rick @ Jul 31st 2006 10:27PM]

http://www.teddyruxpin.com

[Riley Sheehan @ Aug 1st 2006 12:29AM]

ipod's got nothing on this

[DM @ Aug 1st 2006 5:31AM]

haha guys did u check out the 2 page jpeg "manual" on this, it had "an/aus" printed for the power switch, and I thought it was referring to the bear's (u know what) :-P

[Jason @ Aug 1st 2006 6:38AM]

i can just see it now - the kid's older brother loads Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Baby Got Back" and cranks the volume and sends the little kid into mom's bedroom. "Now push it!"

And the parents are scared awake by a teddy bear busting out "I like Big BUTTS and I cannot lie..."!

You know that's coming...

[yuppicide @ Aug 1st 2006 8:49AM]

Could they make it any more uglier?! It's like a bear had sex with pack of Kool Aid.

[Jiggsaw @ Aug 1st 2006 1:37PM]

Nah you guys got it all wrong - the most efficient use of this heap of junk will be for would-be kidnappers to send voice ransom notes to parents of said victim (you know like those south american kidnapper kind of guys in the movie "Man On Fire"). Even better, hire the guy that plays Jigsaw in the movie SAW2 to record your ransom note for extra oomph to the message. "Go to Main street and Grand, come with 5 mil in hand. You have 24 hours to comply... or BABY.. WILL.. DIE".

Hopefully the company that sells these will be smart enough not to ship these to any orders placed to south american addresses.