In 1996, the toy company Tyco launched the toy that mesmerized a lot of children. They created the Tickle me Elmo toy that entertains toy owners while it laughs and shakes when they squeezed it. It was based on the popular Sesame Street character little, furry and red muppet Elmo.
The successful released of the toy in the market created a big chaos in the North America. Tickle me Elmo began to be the must have toy of every children but the supply of the toy did not meet its demand causing parents fighting each other just to have a toy for their child. A not so good incident even happened to a Wal-Mart clerk because of the toy.
As of 1997, other tickle me dolls Sesame Street characters were launched by Tyco. There is the Tickle me Big Bird and Tickle me Ernie then Tickle me Cookie Monster. Unfortunately these products did not get the high demands like the Tickle me Elmo did. The Elmo toys had been out on the market in 2001.
In American International Toy Fair held in 2006, Elmo dolls were said to be back. This time the Elmo Tickle me dolls were very far way beyond the Elmo dolls ten years ago. The latest Elmo doll is known as TMX (Tickle Me Ten or Tickle Me Extreme). The TMX dolls does not only shakes and laughs when tickled but it laughs so hard that it lays to the ground and smashing its fists and begging for the tickler to stop tickling it.
The Tickle Me Extreme Elmo dolls also had three versions. The first one is with the warning sticker in front of the box. Then, the other one is with the top secret sticker and the last one does not have flap but rather a hole for customers to try the doll. These three versions differs with Elmos statement when opening the flap or trying the toy from the hole.
The newest Elmo dolls might once again repeat its history where a guy was reported pointing a gun to somebody and asking for the Elmo doll that it carries. For consumer to avoid this kind of incident they may just want to buy the doll through online purchasing though it may cost them much more rather than purchasing from a toy store in exchange of their safety.
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