hahaha how can you be afraid of Teddy Ruxpin?! i had a Feifel (sp?) that would do the same thing... eventualy, he would just burn up my tapes :x i also had a clock called something like Grand Father Time or Clock or something like that, that came w/ a whole slew of tapes of hime telling stories... i loved that thing...
my sisters used to have a talking barney doll... one night, when i was about 14 i think, i was home alone... i was walking from my room down the hall to the living room... and to do that i had to pass my sisters' room... as i was walking past i hear "I Love You!", which made me jump and squeal like a lil girl. i look over and there is barney sitting on top of their pile of dolls, like it was his thrown of death, w/ his arms stretched out to me! i grabbed him and threw him in the back of the garage... havent seen him since...