The main character of “Elmo’s World” has been a staple in the education of many toddlers and an icon in television. The highly educational toys and plushies that portrayed him brought a ...

Sesame Street’s Elmo led to one of the most successful ... After the film’s release in 1977, kids wanted toys to create a world with their favorite characters; yet the makers at Kenner did ...

Which Elmo toy is best? Elmo from “Sesame Street” has been well-known by kids in hundreds of countries for many years. Perhaps reaching peak popularity as a toy during the 1996 Christmas ...

(Spoiler alert: You can still find these toys today!) Elmo almost was a monkey. Townsend writes inventor Ron Dubren wanted to create a stuffed animal that would laugh when tickled, after observing ...

Ring, ring, ring — Elmo’s on the phone and he wants to talk ... At $29, Amazon’s No. 1 New Release in “Baby Musical Toys” is “a lot of fun to play with, both for the kids and the ...

“Tickle Me Elmo is a study in mob mentality,” toy buyer Stephen Sandberg told The Wall Street Journal in 1996. “I couldn’t get my retailers to buy Elmo in October. I told one customer I ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Elmo has laughed, danced and sung. Now he's alive, sort of. Mattel Inc. MAT unveiled its latest incarnation of Elmo on Thursday and the interactive plush toy went beyond ...

The laughing, vibrating toy became a sensation, and caused a serious uproar -- and fights -- just in time for the hottest shopping season of the year. The Tickle Me Elmo craze during the 1996 ...

The company introduced the Elmo Slide this year ... After the film's release in 1977, kids wanted toys to create a world with their favorite characters; yet the makers at Kenner did not have ...