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Grab Bag!…: Quincy Bears
Quincy Bears were a hot new toy that premiered worldwide in October of 2024 on Earth 3-K. The 3 foot tall colorful teddy bears were actually sophisticated robots designed to play with and protect children. Despite costing $200.00 US, there were 38,000,000 sold by Christmas day and another 40,000,000 were sold throughout 2025. Sales of costumes and other accessories ran to nearly a billion dollars.
On January 2nd, 2026, a software upgrade was done to all Quincy Bears. Three days later, the small robots linked together to form an enormously powerful computer and proceeded to shut down the internet across the globe. All attempts to stop it failed…because nobody knew the bears were behind it. Terrorists were blamed and it took weeks to get a cobbled together internet back up.
In that three weeks, the world economy tanked, communications were almost completely gone, and chaos reigned. Meanwhile, Quincy Bears kept on playing with kids. And talking to them when nobody else was around, telling them things about the world and adults.
After 18 more months, a new internet was up, with much greater security and much less freedom to do things that might “cause trouble”. The business world began to get back on it’s feet.
And 100,000,000 more Quincy Bears were made and sold over the next 4 years.
And then the shit REALLY hit the fan.
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