“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.

The Ms. Rachel Tonie is the standout toy of 2025. In 1996, parents (and their children) went wild over the Tickle Me Elmo toy, an animatronic stuffed Elmo doll who laughed each time he was squeezed.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — This may be the year that chalk makes its mark on the National Toy Hall of Fame, or American Girl outmuscles He-Man for a place of honor. But don't count out Uno or Magic ...

Each features the usual over-the-top attention to detail, sculpting, and accessories that Hot Toys is known for, including steep $243 and $355 price tags. [Sideshow Collectibles Gladiator Hulk and ...

Six months later, while Tickle Me Taz was still in development, Tyco got the rights to create Sesame Street plush toys, and they pitched Tickle Me Elmo as a toy they could create if they had the ...

Six months later, while Tickle Me Taz was still in development, Tyco got the rights to create Sesame Street plush toys, and they pitched Tickle Me Elmo as a toy they could create if they had the ...

Just like Tickle Me Elmo, Furbies, and Cabbage Patch Kids, there's one big toy that everyone wants to get their hands on this year. A figure from the new live action How To Train Your Dragon movie ...

Although the Tickle Me Elmo doll retailed for around $30 in 1996, some parents intent on getting their youngsters the most in-demand gift that year reportedly spent more than $1,000 on a single doll.

For most of America, Tickle Me Elmo is the must-have toy of Christmas 1996, its street value bid ever upward by frenzied parents who can’t find it in the stores but absolutely must have it under ...