Here are Christmas toy gifts that have been at the top of children ... successful toy launches to date with Tyco Toys’ Tickle Me Elmo. The squeezable plush toy would talk, laugh and shake ...

It seems that every year, there’s one must-have holiday gift that takes the nation by ... When it was released in July 1996, Tickle Me Elmo wasn’t expected to make a huge impact on the toy ...

And their parents worried about finding a Furby and the Tickle Me Elmo dolls which started a craze that had not been seen since the Cabbage Patch dolls of 1983. We went through the archives of The ...

Every week leading up to the holiday, we'll be digging into the 13News Now Vault to show you a popular toy or gift from the past ... was all for Tyco’s "Tickle Me Elmo." The giggling version ...

In fact, the hysteria surrounding Tickle Me Elmo got so bad that a Canadian store clerk was reportedly trampled as fervent shoppers rushed to get their hands on the toy. Boosted by a series of ...

One promo on the Rosie O’Donnell show was all it took to spark Tickle Me Elmo mania. Tickle Me Elmo’s sweet voice and vibrating laugh had parents fighting in the aisles. The hottest toy of ...

Here are Christmas toy gifts that have been at the top of children ... "When TYCO launched Tickle Me Elmo in the summer of ‘96, no one expected the little red Muppet to be such a hit," Zahn ...

And their parents worried about finding a Furby and the Tickle Me Elmo dolls which started a craze that had not been seen since the Cabbage Patch dolls of 1983. We went through the archives of The ...