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The World of Teddy Ruxpin #19

Double Grubby: Gimmick's Invention Duplicates Lots of Trouble

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This story illustrates the value of liking yourself, because you're better at being you than anyone else.

26 pages, Hardcover

First published December 28, 1985

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September 16, 2021
This was one of those toys I had as a child in what seemed like a very long time ago and when I had to share such toys with my younger siblings. I remember the toy and how it worked but I don't actually remember listening to the story that came as a cassette. Anyway these stories were a bit of the fables that were quite common for the age such as with the Serendipity series so in a sense they were a bit of a dime a dozen.

As a result of the time gone by I just had to look it up and did find out that the included cassette definitely had more going on for the story than the actual follow-along books. As a result there is almost quite no point in reading the books separate but I am also not sure whether anyone has posted any of the Ruxpin stories so you can follow along if you only have the books like I do.

The Airship is pretty much the first book of the series as it introduces you to the main players such as Teddy, Grubby, Gimmick and Leota. Otherwise with a few exceptions the other books seem to be perfectly fine as standalone although the introduction of the Wogglies for instance may want to be pushed after the first just so you have an idea of which characters you are dealing with when you come upon them.

From there the books seemed to fit into two different categories - books and music books. The books of the series included a very limited amount of words per page and due to the briefness seem to leap from point-to-point since again the filling may have been on the tape. As for the other type these are much longer and wordier but as my much suffering husband said they are so repetitive why can't we get them to stop. The music books seem to come with more lessons to readers while the books are just concept art.

Double Grubby was actually a book in the series and as any of the other ones it was a bit piecemeal but not so much as others. It didn't quite make sense how Grubby ended up in the situation that he did nor why he would start to argue with his doppelganger or even why the second vanish. So many questions, not really answers.

Lesson: Like yourself as no one else can quite do you...
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