486:. Though the trademark's usage has been reduced in recent years, Nipper lives on through the RCA and HMV brand names; he has even appeared in RCA ads on television with his "son", a puppy named Chipper who was added to the RCA family in 1991. Real dogs continue to play the roles of Nipper and Chipper, but Chipper has to be replaced much more frequently, since his character is a puppy. Nipper is sometimes referred to as the "RCA dog".
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rollercoaster, a replication of Nipper with the gramophone appeared inside of a spaceship, and remained until the sponsorship from RCA to Walt Disney World ended, upon which he was made into a robot dog and moved elsewhere within the queue.
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